SimplyPeachy

There’s little getting away from Pinterest these days. I noticed that they are using the same online monetization provide as I have been using on some of my sites.

Although I’m not going to retire on the income I get from my Skimlinks implementations. It is worth noting that it is very quick and easy to get a skimlinks account up and running on your blog or website, and as this article points out it is a very unobtrusive way of injecting advertising revenue in your website.

Long live Skimlinks! We look forward to seeing how this service develops in the future.

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The new Google Search app for iPad – Official Google Mobile Blog

November 23rd, 2011

Today, we’re very pleased to be launching a significant redesign for the Google Search app for iPad. As you can see in our video, whether you’re doing research and comparing results, or exploring beautiful imagery, we have added new features to make the app more interactive, more visual and to help you find what you want more easily.

More interactive

You’ll notice that searching is faster and more interactive from your first keystroke. As soon as you begin to type, Google Instant starts to display results, so you don’t even need to press the search button.

Once you pick a web page to visit, you’ll see the page load on a new, slide-in pane that will layer over the search results. You can slide the pane to the right to get back to your search results, and even keep scrolling through the results as your web page is loading. This allows you to go back and forth from results to web pages quickly to get the information you are looking for.

via googlemobile.blogspot.com

Interesting that Google has chosen to release this tool on iOS prior to its own

It certainly looks like an innovative a fluid way to search the web.

I can’t wait to download and play!

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Introducing Twitter Web Analytics | Twitter Developers

October 27th, 2011

via dev.twitter.com

Twitter is currently beta testing this service, but this article indicated that the service will be rolled out to all very shortly. This could be a very useful addition, I wonder how much benefit it will offer over current analytic services such as Crowdboost for instance. I await with anticipation.

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Apple’s 1987 Knowledge Navigator, Only One Month Late – Waxy.org

October 20th, 2011

Apple’s 1987 Knowledge Navigator, Only One Month Late

Posted Oct 4, 2011

In 1987, Apple released this concept video for Knowledge Navigator, a voice-based assistant combined with a touchscreen tablet computer.

Based on the dates mentioned in the Knowledge Navigator video, it takes place on September 16, 2011. The date on the professor’s calendar is September 16, and he’s looking for a 2006 paper written “about five years ago,” setting the year as 2011.

And this morning, at the iPhone keynote, Apple announced Siri, a natural language-based voice assistant, would be built into iOS 5 and a core part of the new iPhone 4S.

So, 24 years ago, Apple predicted a complex natural-language voice assistant built into a touchscreen Apple device, and was less than a month off.

(Thanks to Hugh Dubberly for the video, who helped create it for ex-CEO John Sculley’s EDUCOM 1987 keynote in six weeks on a $60,000 budget.)

via waxy.org

I love this! For me Apple have always gestured to the future, but sometimes you get a rare glimpse of just how accurate, and steadfast their vision is. Did Kubrick get it wrong agai? ‘No Stanley, Pan Am went bust, and IBM kit just wasn’t up to the job.’

I jest of course, but I can’t help wondering what kind of cabin comms/entertainment systems Virgin Galactic will be running. An iPad would look and perform great on the head rest in front…….

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