How Things Work
Science:The recent Euroscience Open Forum has stimulated an appetite among the public for all things science-related. Coursera is a great place to fill up on some delicious scientific knowledge! As 12 universities recently joined, a free course entitled "How Things Work" is starting soon. It's physics for non-science students and it looks very interesting. Sign up now!
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Grief-stricken in a crowd
Bereavement:Social media is a platform for bustling, lively, engaging communication. But what happens when a user passes away? How is their Facebook profile treated? How do people express their sadness online? A fascinating study from two universities in the US has looked at this and found that the grief-stricken use social media in different ways as methods of coping. Some continue to "talk" to the deceased by posting messages while others "de-friend".
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Google+ for the iPad
App:There has been lots of hoopla around the shiny new Google+ app for the iPad. And lots of negative observations that this app will not improve the level of users on the fledgling social networking site. If you haven't given it a chance yet, then try it out now because this is a dynamic, well-designed app that showcases the superior layout of Google+ in comparison to Facebook. All it needs now is critical mass . . .
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UnBlock Us
Proxy:Legal loopholes have made this proxy service legitimate to use (for now). Signing up gives you a free trial account and provides the user with DNS (domain name system) settings for various devices including the iPad, Xbox-360 and PS3. These DNS settings could theoretically be used to access US content of streaming media services such as Netflix. Which sounds appealing when you look at the limited number of movies we have access to in comparison to US subscribers due to geographic restrictions.
