links for 2009-10-05

• DriveSafe.ly: Hands Free Texting While Driving
  "DriveSafe.ly is a mobile app with a noble purpose – help drivers avoid touching the phone in order to reply to text messages while driving. Yes, it introduces the concept of hands-free texting. It reads the text messages and emails aloud and can also automatically respond to them to let your contacts know you are driving."
  (tags: drivesafe drivesafe.ly web2.0 iphone)
• YouTube – Show Your Media Literacy
  "In celebration of Media Awareness Week (November 2-6, 2009) we are encouraging students, teachers, and the general public to create videos, digital stories, text, images or any digital media "
  (tags: literacy media_literacy)
• iPhone Exclusivity Ends in Canada Next Month
  "Next month will see Rogers Wireless lose its iPhone exclusivity in Canada, according to the Globe and Mail."
  (tags: iphone apple)
• FTC: Bloggers Must Disclose Payments For Reviews — Or Pay Big
  "The Federal Trade Commission on Monday took steps to make product information and online reviews more accurate for consumers, regulating blogging for the first time and mandating that testimonials reflect typical results."
  (tags: ftc blogging disclosure)
• Twitter Has Got Brizzly In A Bear Trap | Techgeist
  "Brizzly is an amazingly simplistic, yet powerful Twitter client. Of course, this should come as no surprise considering the Twitter client was built by ex-googlers. Many have likened Brizzly to a souped-up version of Twitter web, or what Twitter Web should be. It seems like Twitter agrees."
  (tags: Google Web2.0 Brizzly Twitter)
• Monitor Your Electricity Usage in Real-Time With Google PowerMeter
  "Today, Google announced the availability of a device that puts your energy usage data into your own hands."
  (tags: power device widget electricity Google)
• The International School : DesignShare Projects
  "The International School is a meeting place for 1800 pupils with 80 different nationalities, all with their own language and culture. All of them move very often, this is why the school schedule of all the International Schools around the world is exactly the same. "
  (tags: designshare schools)

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