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Flightradar24

Feb 22, 2011

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFlight radar 24 is an iphone app that allows you to see where aircraft are on google maps. It shows the callsign, registration, altitude and a lot more. It is a fun app for plane spotters. Sit on a city roof or at the top of a mountain and as you…

Blackberry torch as a new toy.

Feb 20, 2011

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in blackberry torch, mobile

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBlackberry is the latest phone operating system I have played with. So far my impressions of the OS are not that favourable. In particular what confuses me is the inability to setup the mail client, twitter and facebook out of the box as I can do with symbian, android, iOS and…

NewsRack

Feb 12, 2011

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in google, social media

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a while I have been looking for an external feedreader for reading the items collecting and stagnating in google reader. Yesterday I came across Newsrack and what I like is that it syncs instantly with the online version. As a result I can read the feeds on the macbook air when…

The small matter of Cairo

Feb 5, 2011

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in mobile streaming, observation, social media, social media living room, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat makes the situation in Cairo so interesting is the number of media outlets that you can use as sources. From 24 hour news channels like France 24, Al Jazeera, BBC World and others to individual people with mobile phones. For France 24 you have three languages to chose from, with…

Glympse and real time location sharing

Jan 19, 2011

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in Android, Apple, Real Time Web, social media, social media living room

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGlympse is a real time location software that allows you to share your location with twitter, facebook, by e-mail or via a number of other social networks. It is simple and intuitive to use. Connect your facebook, twitter and other services with the application. When you are heading to work or…

Flight to the Monzino Refuge and hike.

Sep 12, 2010

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in Apple, flickr, mobile, observation, Swiss walks, travel

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA short helicopter flight to a mountain refuge in Aosta, on the Italian side of the Mt Blanc. Good fun, walk to the glacier and back. I also tested my Iphone 4 phone. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157624937122156″]

PalÃ©o Festival De Nyon images, Nexus and Olympus

Jul 24, 2010

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in lifestream, mobile, observation

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere are some images of the PalÃ©o festival. These pictures were taken with the Nexus One [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157624569201440″] And these pictures were taken with the Stylus tough 8010 minimu tough 8010. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157624567505952″]

Canyoning and a new camera

Jul 21, 2010

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richard

in observation, reviews, tech related

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Saturday I went canyoning, or as you Americans would call it Canyoneering and the adventure was fun. You suit up in 30Â°C heat and walk for fifteen minutes through a mountain path before going down to the river and jumping from pool to pool. The natural cooling effect of the…

Instant translation with Google Chrome

Jul 20, 2010

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in Google Chrome

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the best features of google chrome at the moment is it’s instant translation function. The idea is simple. You surf to a page, it automaticaly detects the language and then presents the content in a language you understand. With such a feature the advantage is that it opens up…

Some Android apps.

Jul 16, 2010

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in Android, mobile

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTo see which apps I have just take a look below. With Appz.im you can easily share which apps you have with people. It’s quick and easy to set up.

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