Google owned Youtube is testing new code for playing/embedding videos. The new code uses an iframe and actually embeds the video using HTML 5, meaning it doesn’t require flash, or any other plugins at all. Pretty cool! Here’s an example of using the new embed code: <iframe type=”text/html” width=”640″ height=”385″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID” frameborder=”0″></iframe> The video will [...]
I remember reading about this a long time ago and only just saw that it has gone live: http://www.wolframalpha.com/ The idea is that you ask a question, and unlike Google where you are (usually) presented with a list of potentially relevant resources, you are given an answer. It still doesn’t understand a lot of things [...]
Thus far the iPad is performing particularly well as an E-Commerce device. Online stores which are not optimized for mobile devices have an average conversion rate of 0.37% but the iPad is converting up to 2.04%. For some online stores the iPad is converting at double the standard PC rate. This increase could at least [...]
Google has released a beta SSL encrypted version of the Google search engine: https://google.com Source: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/search-more-securely-with-encrypted.html
Interesting insights into current social media trends:
Stereoscopic images are created using multiple viewpoints of the same scene, using animation this can produce an interesting affect. Here’s a great example, but don’t look for too long! http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/articles/stereoscopic/images-3D-sans-lunettes-Stereoscopie-4.gif For more info see the Wikipedia article on Stereoscopy.
Google recently purchased a company named Plink, a company focused on creating image-based search engines. The initial concept allows users to identify a piece of artwork simply by taking a photo of it with their phone, but the possibilities for visual search seem limitless: Google Buys Plink to Improve Visual Mobile Search
Struggling Palm has been bought out by Hewlett-Packard according to the HP website. This will allow HP to make a strong move into the Smartphone marketplace. Palm shares closed Tuesday at $4.63 but after the announcement that HP would pay $5.70 per share have climbed over 25% to $5.83 in after hours trading. Here’s the [...]
Facebook recently released a new feature called ‘Like’ which allows you to put a thumbs-up Like button on your site. When a user clicks the button, a ‘xxx likes this content” message is posted on the users Facebook wall. You can see an example under the video here: Top 10 Biggest and Best Jumps EVER There [...]