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Rage Against the Personalised Search Machine: How Google fell out of bed with relevancy
Millions of people sleep at night completely unaware that personalised search has steadily been revolutionising the way they see the web and, as with most Google led initiatives, there’s essentially nothing we can do about it…or is there? Imagine the... -
Out of touch: manual controllers face competition from hands-free interfaces
The mouse and keyboard have been around for 50 and 140 yrs respectively – offering fast typing and precision cursor clicks at your fingertips, they have become the essential office tool. But outside the office, cutting-edge computer interfaces are ch... -
Making a hash of it: The (diminishing?) power of words
At the risk of sounding like an Edwardian school boy, I think Twitter is magic. I mean this in the supernatural sense (fitting, as it was Halloween last weekend). The mysteries of the internet have always struck me as evidence of occult intervention ... -
From Kangaroo to YouView: Internet TV is coming...
It was only ever a matter of time before our two main channels of media communication were united. The Internet has revolutionised everything from accessing news to purchasing music - our social lives are managed online, and now the opportunity to tr... -
Facebook Places and serendipity
Most of you will be familiar with Foursquare, which allows its users to check-in at various places around town, and share favourite locations with their friends in real-time, while they’re already at the pub, the park or the gig. The point is to co...