GigaPan brings you Gigapan images that you can explore by zooming in, zooming out, and moving the image around. This is a whole new way to look at photography, and it combines very nicely with social media. What's a Gigapan? Gigapans are gigapixel panoramas. They are digital images that have billions of pixels. They have a clarity that other photos
It's not yet “Facebook official”, but it looks like game maker Zynga and the social media website Facebook have talked about changing their relationship with each other. The two have been together for years, and I never expected them to consider revising their partnership. However, it seems that they have had “a talk”. The two companies have reached a new
I used to have a Facebook account. Earlier this year, Facebook stopped being fun (to make a long story short). I have since deactivated my Facebook account, for good, and have no intention of returning. The problem, though, is I have started to miss playing some of the little “time waster” games that I used to log into Facebook to
Korg has something that I think every musician can use. It's called the MicroStation. It solves a lot of the problems that many musicians face when they are trying to create and record music at home, (or outside of a professional music studio). The MicroStation has a compact 61-key Natural Touch Mini-Keyboard that is way more portable than a standard
Two teachers who live halfway around the world from each other figured out a really interesting way to get students engaged in learning something new. They are incorporating technology into their classroom in order to utilize the technology in “real world” scenarios. St. Patrick's Catholic School, in Arroyo Grande, California, used Skype to connect with another classroom. The fifth-graders from
My husband has been using a really fun app called Plane Finder. Today, he discovered that an Airbus A380 flew over the house. He heard a loud plane outside, and wondered what kind it was. Plane Finder had the answer! Plane Finder picks up ADS-B plane feeds that are used by both commercial and private planes to transmit information. It
What's the weather like today? Each of us asks this question at least once a day. We need to know if it would be a good idea to wear a winter coat, to carry an umbrella, or to put on some sunscreen. Netatmo can reliably and accurately answer that question for you. Netatmo has created the world's first personal weather