Google Maps for Mobile phones -like GPS, but not really GPS but local based services

Nice try!
found at
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/11/28/new_google_maps_feature_could_simulate_gps_on_iphones.html
and
http://www.google.com/gmm/mylocation.html?hl=en

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Great Article on the reasons for success of social networks and communities

The author had hard lessons to learn to write this article:
An Important Lesson About Grassroots Media
I learned — the hard way — some truths about grassroots content and online community. This is my attempt at preventing you from going through similar business heartache. By Steve Outing
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/stopthepresses_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003677395
Thanks Nate for the recommendation
http://nathanaels.livejournal.com/

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Learning languages 2.0

check this out:
http://www.palabea.net/
found at
http://www.foerderland.de/

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Barcamp in Mannheim this weekend

Infos:
http://barcamp.org/BarCampMannheim
 Wiki:
http://barcamprheinneckar.pbwiki.com/

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Internet economics and business models for the future

Techdirt
http://techdirt.com/articles/20071121/083858.shtml
and J. Lanier
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/opinion/20lanier.html?_r=2&ref=opinion&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
 from New York Times talk about internet strategy and how to create revenue in the web.
There is a trade off between generating revenues with free content and ads  on the one side, and on the other side micropayment which are on the radar since years but are still not established.
In my opinion micropayments are not [...]

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iPhone without contract in Germany

T-Mobile Germany offers the iPhone without contract for 999€.
 Source:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2220141,00.asp

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Android SDK available for download

http://code.google.com/android/download.html
Android Blog
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/
Wikinomics Blog also talk about that
http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/13/the-android-challenge-and-the-open-g-phone-platform/

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Video tagging

Somewhere I just discovered a video from Scobelizer where you could tag particular positions within the video. Also comments on certain positions are possible
The technology/services is from
http://www.viddler.com/ 

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no GPhone

ok, there was no gphone announcement – bad WSJ, but Google Android an open platform for a mobile os

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GPhone announcment on monday?

According to the wired blog epiccenter http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/11/wsj-google-to-a.html
WSJ http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2007/11/01/ring-ringgoogle-to-announce-phone-plans-monday/
seems to have some information about a gphone announcement on monday…
After the google earth success GPS should be implemented….

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