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Category Archives: Internet
Buying prepaid airtime through Nedbank
For some reason I’ve received a huge number of hits on my post about Nedbank bank charges that come from searches for how to buy airtime, so here’s a quick explanation. If you have an account with Nedbank and need … Continue reading
Google Social Search
Google have launched a new feature called the +1 button. Essentially, this is similar to the Facebook like button for Google search results. You click +1 and this allows your friends, and others, to see what links you liked. Sometimes … Continue reading
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4square&7yearsago reminds you of time gone by
Often the most fun new technologies are actually mashups of existing products and services. Take this new site for example, 4square&7yearsago. It doesn’t really serve any useful purpose other than to remind you of good times gone by, but it’s … Continue reading
The Cobra that’s on Twitter
Last Friday a juvenile Egyptian Cobra escaped its enclosure at the Bronx Zoo reptile house. Yesterday, Twitter user @BronxZoosCobra began tweeting about its escapades around New York and now has over 77K followers. via: LaughingSquid from: NY Times Bits Blog
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Social Media Detox
Awesome infographic from Column Five, poking fun at those social media addicts that we all know so well. (Click for fullsize) From: Column Five via: GigaOM
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Android Virtual Machine
This has to be one of the coolest things on the web right now. The new Amazon Appstore gives you a fully functioning Android virtual machine called Test Drive with which you can install and uninstall applications, modify settings and … Continue reading
No category of digital content has attracted payments from more than 33% of American Net users
David Weinberger has a post up with a breakdown of online spending habits in the US. This could prove to be a valuable insight into your customers if you sell anything online. Pew Internet reports that 65% of American Net … Continue reading
The first truly honest privacy policy
The data we collect is strictly anonymous, unless you’ve been kind enough to give us your name, email address, or other identifying information. And even if you have been that kind, we promise we won’t sell that information to anyone … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Governance, Internet, Privacy, Risk, Security, Tech
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Manual BOINC?
Once again, something that is not technically difficult can solve problems that are extremely difficult technically. Computer scientist Luis von Ahn, after noting that over nine billion person-hours were spent playing Windows Solitaire in a single year, devised the online … Continue reading
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Privacy boundaries on the internet
Here I go off again, quoting Ethan Zuckerman on privacy. Very good article though. And Coach Ryan has now had the memorable experience of ducking questions about his wife’s feet in a press conference, leading to a sentence which may … Continue reading →