Location Aware Facebook
Facebook is becoming location aware on mobile devices in the EU (or at least in the UK, Germany, Italy, France, and Spain). For more details see Facebook Deals Launches in Europe.
View ArticleGlobal Debt
A nice interactive graphic from the BBC showing who owes what to whom: Eurozone debt web: Who owes what to whom? It feels a bit depressing for a Friday afternoon :(
View ArticleStupid Application of Stupid Law
I read Teen charged over Facebook post this evening, and frankly I am amazed at the stupidity of this charge! (It is a very short article, so I will include it here.) A teenager has been charged after...
View ArticleUK Stupidity – Student Jailed Over Tweets
Liam Stacey, a 21 year old student, has been jailed for comments he made on Twitter, according to Student jailed over Muamba comments. I have not seen the exact comments that Liam made, so I cannot...
View ArticleHello .scot
It looks like there will soon be a new TLD according to UK.gov gives nod to .scot! I was going to write about this yesterday, but I was afraid it would be confused with some of April Fool’s Day madness!
View ArticlePirate Bay Blocked in the UK
Last week I read that the UK’s courts have declared that access to The Pirate Bay must be blocked in Pirate Bay must be blocked in UK, High Court rules. It is disappointing that the UK is becoming the...
View ArticleEU Patents
It looks like the EU leaders have finally agreed to proceed with a single EU patent, according to EU leaders agree to introduce a single european patent. You can read a brief overview of the torrid...
View ArticleRaaS
Imagine a world where a single company buys radio spectrum licenses, and then rolls-out infrastructure, to create a radio access network (RAN). Imagine that this company then sells this service to...
View ArticlePatent Wins and Losses for Apple
It has been a busy week for Apple regarding its patents in court! Firstly,it had a win in the US where it has (temporarily) blocked sales of some Samsung devices! I think that Google will quickly...
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Outliers
I finished reading Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell this weekend. For more information about it see Outliers or Outliers (book), and you can buy it at Outliers: The Story of Success. I enjoyed reading it....
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