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Monday, 22nd March 2010

Google Earth is Coming Back to Iran, Cuba and Sudan

Because of U.S. export restrictions, Internet users from Cuba, Iran and Sudan haven't been able to download Google Earth since 2007. This situation is about to change, however. According to the Ogle Earth blog, which has been monitoring this situation closely since Google first blocked these downloads, Internet users in these countries will soon be…

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Inventor of the Web Gets Backing to Build Web of Data

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, and prominent researcher Nigel Shadbolt will lead a new British Institute for Web Science with $45 million in government backing. The announcement was not without its critics, but the Institute could have a world-wide impact. The two men collaborated in helping build the excellent data.gov.uk…

Marshall Kirkpatrick comments

Can You Hear Me Now? Check This Crowd-Sourced Mobile Coverage Map

Have you ever found yourself wondering why your friend hasn't called - even though they promised - only to realize you've been sitting in the cellular equivalent of the Dead Sea for the past hour and a half? Sometimes, it just happens that the spot you decided to wait out an important call had no coverage and now, you could know that beforehand…

Mobile Mike Melanson comments

Opera's Widgets Become Mobile Apps

Opera Software, developers of web browser technology for PC, Mac, Linux and mobile, have just announced that their Opera "widgets" will now work on nearly any mobile phone. The widgets in question are small mini-applications that can run in Opera's web browser itself, on the desktop as standalone apps and now, as standalone apps on mobile phones…

Mobile Sarah Perez comments

My6Sense Releases API: 'Digital Intuition' for the Real-Time Web

We trust services like Last.fm or Pandora to learn our musical tastes and serve up custom radio stations, so why not the same for the numerous streams that bombard us daily? My6Sense, a recommendation engine for your social streams and news feeds, is releasing its functionality today in its "Attention API" at the DEMO conference.

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