Archive for April 4th, 2009

Billy Bragg Attacks Google (Undercover)

Billy Bragg has joined Neil Young in a vocal attack for Google owned YouTube.

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

Google ready to swoop for Twitter (The Scotsman)

INTERNET giant Google is set to buy up the latest online phenomenon, micro-blogging site Twitter.

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

Google Ventures Fund For ‘Next Big Thing’ (SKY News)

Google has upped its drive to stay at the cutting edge of technology by launching Google Ventures, a capital fund for new and emerging companies.

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

Translator built on Flash and Google (All About Symbian)

Manikantan is a keen (Python and) Flash developer and has produced a prototype app, Translator, for S60 3rd Edition phones that leverages Google's recently updated language translation engine. A nice Web 2.0 example, even if it's not very polished yet. See below for screenshot and link.

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

Google Street View: Your comments (BBC News)

Angry residents in Broughton in Milton Keynes blocked the driver of a Google Street View car when he started taking photographs of their homes.

Saturday, April 4th, 2009