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Category: Software

  • Google Cube game brings fun to learning

    A very neat idea from Google – a game to raise awareness of, and educate you about, Google Maps. Cube runs in your browser (ideally Google Chrome). You play it by completing levels that set you navigational challenges in various…

  • How to report Twitter hashtag spammers

    One of the most useful features of Twitter for events like conferences and tweet chats is the hashtag. A hashtag – a keyword preceded by the ‘#’ symbol – enables conference-goers, the event organizer and anyone else interested in the…

  • A cure for hotel wifi frustrations with Connectify

    One of the biggest frustrations when you’re travelling is the less than compelling experiences that are typical with internet connectivity in hotels and conference venues – high cost, difficulty and/or extra costs to connect more than one device (laptop plus…

  • Twitter hashtags: spam magnets

    One of the most useful engagement tools for a conference is a Twitter hashtag. This little device, where a word is connected to the hash symbol (#) – known as a pound sign in the US – is a useful…

  • Scroll Excel 7 first look

    The market for tablet computers is looking rosy according to any number of research studies and reports in the mainstream media and tech press. It’s continuing good news for Apple and its iPad and for the myriad Android tablet-makers; and…