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TED: Bing Maps Augments the Hell Out of Your Reality
Posted by Raiven in Nerd Stuff, Web Browsers on February 16, 2010
I’ll be honest, when Microsoft revealed Bing I was glad to see something that might finally give Google a little competition to keep things interesting but I really didn’t expect too much. I use Bing now but of course I still use Google as well, moreso in fact, and iGoogle is still my homepage. When Bing Maps unveiled some cool new tech a while back using Photosynth for a Streetview like display I took some more interest but it still wasn’t quite a “game changer” or anything to steal the thunder from the Googs.
Well with yet another TED conference to unleash the cool involved with Silverlight, Dragon and Photosynth here, Bing Maps has just really blown my mind. Augmented Reality photos from Flickr, live video that is photo-stitched into the streetview image and the full night’s sky viewable from wherever you are in the street level view courtesy of WorldWide Telescope. Watch the presentation video after the break, you shan’t be disappointed. Read the rest of this entry »
Firefox 3.5 unleashed into the world
Posted by Raiven in Nerd Stuff, Web Browsers on July 1, 2009
For those that may not have heard, the world’s most popular alternative browser, Firefox, was upgraded to version 3.5 yesterday after a relatively long (but not unusual) beta testing period. If you’re already using FF 3.0 then the update will look very familiar to you. Minor aesthetic changes include the tab bar remaining visible even with only one tab open and the addition of a “plus” button to add a new tab without needing to use the menu or “Alt+tab” keyboard shortcuts.
As with all new browser releases these days the focus is on Javascript speed and with their new TraceMonkey JS engine, mozilla has brought FF 3.5 up to par with the likes of Chrome and Safari 4.
Firefox 3.5 is also one of the first browsers to support some new tag elements from the yet to be ratified HTML 5, namely the video tag. This will allow developers to embed video directly into a page without the need for plug-ins like quicktime or flash.
Head on over to Mozilla’s Website to scoop up the download. As of this writing there have been over 5.4 million so far.
UPDATE: It’s 20 days later and the download count is just over 30 million.
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