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Entries from August 26th, 2009

The Scottish government was right

August 26th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Politics

Gordon Brown has now given his thoughts on the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi.  Sort of.  He has voiced his opinion on the crowd reaction at Tripoli airport but not said anything about whether he agrees with the decision to free the man in the first place.  I’m happy to be a little less circumspect […]

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Crowdsourced traffic

August 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Technology

Google’s announcement about expanding traffic information on Google Maps (in the US) is fascinating stuff both technically and sociologically.  What they are doing is collecting data from mobile phones that have GPS-type functionality and tracking how quickly they are moving along main highways so that information about traffic problems can be overlaid on their maps […]

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