The updated Linked in iPhone app
For obvious reasons Google has long-trumpeted the notion that brands should create a mobile optimised site first before developing a costly iPhone app.
While Google now offers a free way of doing so with its recently launched Mobilize tool, brands are looking to create more sophisticated mobile sites as they start to realise that the only way isn’t necessarily Apple. Read More
Very interesting presentation from venture capital investor Roger McName, of Elevation Partners, which was an early Facebook investor. He covers a lot of ground, but his thoughts on social media are very interesting. His basic message is simple: social is over.
He also says Google’s dominance is over because it lacks prominence on mobile connected devices.
For a design medium that is less than 20 years old, Web design has undergone a lot of changes and evolution. The sites that were common in the mid-nineties look nothing like the sites today (for the most part) and the medium is one defined by constant evolution and change.
Much of this change has been driven by technology. New languages and design tools such as HTML5, CSS3, etc. give designers new features to experiment with. However, the aesthetics of the Web have changed as well, not to mention the ways people interact with it. Read More
Foursquare has partnered with JESS3 to help design and develop a map that will visualise real-time Foursquare check-ins at polling stations in the US as it prepares for its crucial mid-terms elections next week.
The site is going to be accessing over 108k official polling locations provided by the Voting Information Project, which have been geocoded by the Foursquare team. Read More
I’m sure you wise people know this, but I found this really helpful. Its like an idiots guide to HTML5 – which is (basically) the next major revision to HTML, which smarter people have blogged about here already. Enjoy. Read More
Yahoo! may have been overtaken by Google and Bing, but with the promised enhancements to its search being launched today the portal is saying it’s still in the race.
Google of course dominates the US market, with 65% of search volume, while Bing inched ahead of Yahoo! last month for the first time, putting them both on around 13% each. By improving the aesthetics and functionality of search and offering more relevant entertainment and news content alongside, Yahoo! hopes to recapture some of its market share. Read More
Despite all the hype and Google’s changing logos this week the launch last night was not Google Me, but something called Google Instant: the ability to search and get results before you type. It is Google says “smarter and faster search that is interactive, predictive and powerful” and it will save you time and possibly boost ad performance. Read More
Google’s homepage logo has changed again, for the second time in 24 hours, like the rumblings preceding a seismic shift. Could the search giant be about to launch its much-anticipated social networking service, Google Me?
Google has a history of releasing thought provoking or technically beautiful ‘doodles’ to celebrate the passing of events.
Their last release, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pacman was a massive success, heralding huge amounts of noise on Twitter and the like. The Google particle logo seen today sticks to that innovative spirit delivering high quality HTML5 interactive graphics. Read More
The Wilderness Downtown is a collaborative experiment in the latest web technologies bought to you by Chris Milk in association with Google Chrome. Google describe it as ”a music experience designed specifically for the modern web.” Well that is certainly one way to put it – another would be one of the most awesome uses of HTML5 seen so far! Read More
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