Category: Web 2.0 (News)

Does Google Chome OS redefine our computing needs?

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So the dust settles on the details on Chrome OS and everyone can spend the next few months debating Google’s strategy. Unlike other Bay Area companies, Google has been known to get it wrong, so just because they are doing something, it doesn’t meant that they will make a success of it. With Chrome OS they’re making the biggest play to cloud computing yet. By cloud computing they actually mean “we’ll be your hard drive that you can connect to wherever you are in the world.” Yes Google have brought us full circle back to the days of mainframes Dec52’s

A Card Game Designed For Heavy Duty Mathematics

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Now this looks fun! Geekstack (www.geekstack.com) is a card came, currently in the late stages of design, from Peter Chrisensen and Michael Pavelich. The hook? It’s not going to be just a great collectible card game, but it’s going to have educational cards by using real life people as the ‘heroes’, and it’s going to have a strong online component as well both for playing and trading. Not only that but it’s using the Silicon Valley network in the way that every other town and country gets jealous of… a quick call into one of the many “look at this

iFringe and The Podcast Network bring BAFTA-nominated Fringe Show to the iPhone App Store

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For Immediate Release Monday August 3rd, Edinburgh iFringe – the independent guide to the Edinburgh Fringe for the Apple iPhone – and The Edinburgh Fringe Podcast have announced a major collaboration for this year’s Festival. A unique new venture from six of the Fringe’s leading independent reviewers, iFringe brings together reviews, video and interviews from across the Fringe – all delivered in one convenient, up-to-the-minute package, straight to the iPhone. Making full use of the iPhone’s ground-breaking technology, iFringe highlights nearby shows with good reviews, guides Fringe-goers smoothly through the practicalities, and points out special offers from participating venues. The

Skipping the Edinburgh Girl Geek Dinner Next Month

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Kate has asked if I’d mention the upcoming Girl Geek dinner to take place in Edinburgh. Following on from the first Scottish Dinner in Dundee, the Edinburgh Girl Geek Dinner will happen on May 14th, at Edinburgh University’s Informatics Forum in 10 Crichton Street. More details and tickets can be found here. I look forward to reading the reports as I can’t make it. Not because of a lack of a date, but because I know I’m otherwise engaged, and I don’t mean by John Barrowman in Concert through in Glasgow… Cue mysterious smoke and lighting effects!

Twitter Shot J.R. – How The Buzz Is Turning Towards Making Money

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TechCrunch is reporting that Twitter is close to securing another funding round which should value Ev’s company at a quarter of a billion dollars. No matter the economic climate, or any lingering web bubble, investors do not put down the cash unless they see some concrete plans. Now those plans could be a cold hard plan on how to make money from Twitter, or it could be something slightly less concrete in the near future but coupled with the volume of users (and intra-user connections). Whatever The Big Book of Making Money in 140 Characters or Less says, someone has