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Listiki Releases Crowdsourcing Widget, 3 Weeks Left to Switch to OAuth and Lemmings on Windows Phone 7

July 27, 2010 · View Comments 

Need to put together a crowdsourced list for your website? Listiki offers a smart way of gathering public opinion through crowdsourced lists – you can even clone the list and customise it

A Computational Knowledge Engine on Your Site: Wolfram Alpha Launches Widget Builder. You can now create a widget on your website that provide users with the data they need without needing any programming knowledge

Using the Twitter API with basic authentication? Twitter OAuth Countdown Hits Three Weeks – so switch to OAuth

Lemmings on Windows Phone 7 – Steve Clayton spots the Windows Phone 7 app to beat

PHP 4 and MySQL 4 End of Life Announcement – Wordpress stop support for PHP 4 and MySQL 4 later this year. If you want to make sure your site is hosted on the right version, install and run the Health Check plugin

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England Wins World Cup! (well, the Mobile Keepy Uppy World Cup actually)

June 22, 2010 · View Comments 

Want to join in the World Cup action but can’t afford the ticket (or time) to get to South Africa? Why not host your own Mobile Keepy Uppy World Cup! You play exactly like ‘real life’ keepy uppy, using the phone’s accelerometer to work out the trajectory of the ball. Once you’ve downloaded the game, just click ‘start’ and keep the ball in the air for as long as you can! Requirements are: HTC compatible handset Windows Mobile 6.x Professional (Touch screen) G-sensor (Accelerometer) Display VGA (480×640), WVGA (480×800 Download here and start playing. But remember –... [Read the full story]

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Review: BBC Click

February 26, 2010 · View Comments 

This week’s BBC Click was, not surprisingly, focused on Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. As the biggest mobile conference the world has to offer this is where handset manufacturers, network carriers and even software companies set our their stall both present and future. Of course the Windows Phone made a big splash and, although the device itself didn’t really feature in the programme there was a good, albeit brief, interview with Steve Ballmer. Whatever you think about Steve I’m always left in awe of his ability to handle questions across the broadest of spectrums. Today’s it’s... [Read the full story]

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The Underbelly Cartoon, by Andrew Fryer

June 10, 2010 · View Comments 

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10 jQuery plugins, free VS2010 training and how to stay sane

May 23, 2010 · View Comments 

Free Visual Studio 2010 training – learn the new features for Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). Yep, it really is free… Trying to get a good website layout and CSS not quite cutting it? here’s 10 jQuery Plugins to Help with Web Page Layouts Starting out building retail websites? Make sure you add SEO into your list of things to do. To help, here’s 5 SEO Tips for Retail Websites  Fancy playing around with CSS and html to create some cartoons, videos and animation? 10 Mind-Blowing Experimental CSS3 Techniques and Demos 46 CRO/Conversion Rate Optimization Resources for Web Design, SEO... [Read the full story]

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Setting up Social Media Tools on your Website – An Introduction

July 29, 2010 · View Comments 

You probably use Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Messenger, Buzz – all the social media tools you need to keep in touch with your friends and family. But how do you integrate all those different tools and contacts into your website? How on earth do you manage the community you’re building and still have time to get your regular work done? How do you protect people’s privacy and ensure your site’s security? The essence of social media is about communication and building relationships – the technology is simply the means to assist communication. We’ll show how you can use a variety of... [Read the full story]