Cody Taylor

We’ve seen plenty of interesting Google Maps mashups over the years, and Twitter mashups too; but rather than just plotting Tweets on a map, why not go even further and show the street Tweets are posted from?

In Italy artists and musicians have made a charity song to raise money for victims of the recent earthquake and over in Spain, artists have performed to raise funds for a seriously ill boy. Both events, thanks to the involvement of music industry lobby groups, have been touched by copyright controversy.

Ever since the the Pirate Bay verdict was announced, the poor record labels have been waiting to collect their share of the damages. The law firm representing several record labels has now filed a request at the Swedish Enforcement Authority, to claim anything of value from the Pirate Bay defendants.

The precise specifications for many iPhone chips are murky. Should Apple be more open about its secret ingredients?

SilverMind writes in to note a blog entry at Byte Size Biology describing in detail a few hours spent with Wolfram Alpha (which we have discussed before). “After playing around with Wolfram Alpha for a few hours, I can safely say the following: it’s different, it’s incomplete, it’s idiosyncratic, and it’s funky cool. And no, it will not dethrone Google, nor does it aim to do so.”

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An anonymous reader writes “Last month, Google officially announced the Android 1.5 update, dubbed ‘cupcake.’ The new software is apparently ready to roll out to Android-powered devices beginning tomorrow. Make no mistake, Android 1.5 is a major upgrade — they could have called it 2.0. The software brings a host of new capabilities, some of which can’t be found on rival mobile platforms, including video recording and sharing.”

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