It's late but I just had to throw a few words here to say how quietly excited I am about the latest instalment in location based iPhone apps. Rally Up seems to have a couple things that Foursquare and Gowalla don't have. Firstly the 12Seconds.tv team at the helm but also a serious consideration for privacy. As with other location based social networking apps there are badges Continue Reading
Journalisted
Picture the scene... Just another tired hack after a long flight. Standing in a sweaty immigration office, searching your mind for your best lines and watching a power mad official scan your 'nearly real' accreditation papers from an oh-so-friendly publication you know he reads and respects.It's been a good two hours of unusual questioning mixed with the usual bureaucracy and it looks like you are Continue Reading
The Future Of Social Networking
This is not science fiction. This technology exists in separate devices now. I know that, you know that, but show this to someone outside of social networking and other such geekery and it would blow their socks off. I remember earlier this year whilst touring with the GetAmbition team Bill Thompson talked about Augmented Reality enabled contact lenses. Miniature low powered lasers Continue Reading
Privacy
Blog for Your Life
The Government needs YOU to start blogging now! Think about it. At this moment in time, those that run society have a few tools at their disposal to monitor the populous. Whether it be RFiD chips, CCTV, or Menwith hill and it's technological wonders. The private life of the individual is secretly captured, mapped, collected, and owned in effigy by a mass of private business operations—. The Continue Reading