We’re a pretty hard-nosed, cynical bunch here at Wirefresh, but Arcade Fire’s Google Maps interactive video mash-up got a few jaws dropping around the office.
Diaspora, an open source open alternative to the monstrously popular social networking site Facebook is set to launch on 15th September.
Describing itself as a “privacy-aware, personally-controlled, do it all, open source social network”, the Diaspora project has been driven by four impossibly fresh-faced New York students – three computer scientists and a mathematician – who have so far raised $200,000 (£140,000) in funding.
With the newly announced Facebook Places already sending the eyebrows of privacy campaigners arcing skywards, a nifty new infographic has appeared highlighting Facebook’s less than illustrious track record on privacy.
Google has introduced a new feature that lets US-based Gmail users call residential and mobile phones directly from their web-based email client.
It’s a Friday, so what better time for a viral music video, and this time it’s a mashed up news clip given the “Auto-Tune the News” treatment, by the Gregory Brothers.
Posting on the official Facebook blog, Michael Sharon, Facebook product manager has added more detail to their new Places functionality, enthusiastically introducing it as a feature that lets you tell your friends about new places and inform them where you are.
Apple has knocked out another of their slick adverts, this time bestowing fresh superlatives in its iPad device, only for a parody version to appear within hours of its release.
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Breaking at an unfeasibly early hour this morning is the hot news that Facebook is launching its long-rumoured location-aware, check-in product, called Places.
The new service sees Facebook partnering with Gowalla and Foursquare, with representatives from the two rival services taking the stage at a special event at Palo Alto, California at 2am UK time.
We’re mighty keen on things that hurtle along on rails at Wirefresh, although we often find ourselves shouting at rail booking websites which often bedazzle us with endless options and befuddle us with complex pricing structures.
Twitter has announced that they’re unleashing their very own ‘Tweet Button’ on the world, which lets you share links directly from a web page you’re perusing.
It’s Friday, so what better time to take time off work and watch a parody movie trailer lampooning Twitter?
Boasting a list of no less than 362 meet ups around the world, tech site Gizmodo are keen to show just how big a force they are around the world, inviting their readers to a massive global party.
Mozilla has released its latest version of the Firefox 4 Beta, with the updated browser packing a truckload of bug fixes and some mighty impressive mullti-touch functionality.
We’ve been mightily underwhelmed by the GMail contacts interface for a long, long timer, so we’re highly chuffified to report that it’s finally had a bit of fairy dust sprinkled over it.
It seems that employees who spend their work time uploading status updates, posting up amusing photos and Tweeting about the minutiae of their boring work days are costing British businesses billions.
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