Category: Technology
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Holy shit
Google have launched the Google Earth API. Install the plugin here. The whole world in your hands, in a browser.
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World's biggest airport
In China, and just completed. Gizmodo has some photos. It’s, erm, huge.
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Dublin on Live Earth
After Cork, Carlow, Navan, Galway and Waterford were added in March, it appears Dublin has now been added for high res aerial photography on Microsoft’s Live Maps. Here is the Custom House in Dublin: (Looking North) The Spire on O’Connell Street: (Looking East) And of course: Gangster Central (Looking East) I wonder what Dubs like…
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Downing Street on Twitter and Flickr
No 10 have opened a Flickr account. Now how long before the Taoiseach does the same? *snigger* https://www.flickr.com/photos/downingstreet They are also twittering.
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3G iPhone in May?
So sayeth the rumours. I will hold off even thinking of a purchase until I see the 3G iPhone.
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Internet censorship in Dubai
This leaked internal document details the kind of websites that are censored in the UAE. Interesting reading.
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Aerial photos of Cork and other Irish places
Via Tom comes news that Cork has made it onto earth.live.com bird’s eye view photos. It’s very impressive. Given certain buildings on the map, and the stage at which they are built, the photos are very recent. It’s only appropriate that Cork is on there before Dublin. But don’t worry jackeens, Dublin will be on…
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Where wind turbines go to die…
El Reg story.
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Faking Facebook 2
As I expected, someone has come clean as the faker of Barry Egan’s profile. “Egan” added me as a friend, but I never replied to the request. Putting “natch” after one of the profile items was the clincher for me. It seems it was a very successful experiment in adding people as friends who may…
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MacBook Air?
That’s one of the rumoured names for Apple’s upcoming laptop. We shall have to see. MacRumours has some photos of the impending event. Yup…thar she be.