‘Snowl: Unified Messaging In Your (Firefox) Browser’

August 6, 2008

For all you road warriors out there this one might prove useful.  TechCrunch has a story about a new release from Mozilla Labs called Snowl: “Mozilla Labs announced a new project today called Snowl. It is an add-on for Firefox that aims to bring all of your messages together in one place, whether it is […]

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OpenMoko FreeRunner – a good thing waiting to happen

August 6, 2008

Not long ago I attended O’Reilly’s FooCamp and had the opportunity to fiddle with OpenMoko’s FreeRunner.  A dozen of these nifty little gems littered a table in the MAKE workspace.  I was rushing between events but I managed to squeeze in a few minutes of playtime. While the FreeRunner has taken some hits for various […]

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Google Earth most popular in Sudan!?

August 6, 2008

When I ran Google Earth as a search term through Google’s new Insights for Search tool I received the following: Yes, that is correct, it shows us that the folks in Sudan have the most interest in Google Earth!  Really!?  Sudan!?  Wait, last time I checked Sudan was a ‘no go’ zone for Google Earth […]

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Trouble is brewing in Georgia! No, not THAT Georgia.

August 6, 2008

Well, it looks like things are heating up in Georgia.  Reuter’s AlertNet has a story about the escalation in tensions between Georgia and the separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.  Apparently, Georgian jets flew eight missions over South Ossetia yesterday and the Russian peacekeepers in the region are not real happy about it. Read […]

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SPOT – plays well with Fire Eagle

August 6, 2008

Remember SPOT from a few posts back?  Well, the corporate blog posted our post so we are going to return the favor and let y’all know that SPOT now boasts Fire Eagle support.  “To enable SPOT GPS data sharing with Fire Eagle in the SPOT web service, select the Share tab and click on Fire […]

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Track your laptop after it’s been jacked – for free

August 6, 2008

If you have just shelled out for a stack of new laptops which you paid for with donor money and you are determined not to lose track of a single one of them then you might want to consider Adeona.  Adeona is a free laptop tracking app that was developed by a couple of college […]

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FortiusOne has acquired Mapufacture!

August 5, 2008

News comes to us via Stefan Geens’ Ogle Earth that Andrew and Mikel have sold Mapufacture to FortiusOne.  Congratulations Mikel and Andrew! Read on… UPDATE:  Check out Brady Forrest’s write-up over at O’Reilly Radar. Tweet

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Afrigadget – A much needed reality check

August 5, 2008

Erik Hersman over at White African has a sister site which he has aptly named Afrigadget.  It is a wonderful look at the resourcefulness found throughout Africa.  For you Ubuntu lovers, check out the image below.  For the rest of you please head over to Afrigadget and check out some of the ingenuity on display. […]

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SPOT + Fire Eagle + Twitter = no problem

August 5, 2008

Evan Henshaw-Plath, a.ka. Rabble, wrote to let me know that he has linked his SPOT to Twitter via Yahoo’s Fire Eagle.  (You catch him on Twitter under his alias.)  Check out this Twitter post: rabble “Fire Eagle last spotted you 14 minutes ago at xxx NW Gxxxxx St, Portland, OR using SPOT Satellite Messenger. ” […]

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ThurayaIP Launched

August 4, 2008

It seems Inmarsat has a serious challenger in the arena of satellite modems.  With the recent launch of the ThurayaIP I am sure that many in the humanitarian community are now considering this newcomer as a worthy alternative to the BGAN.  Until now the BGAN was really the only option for remote INTERNET connectivity when […]

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