by Tom | Jul 7, 2011 | Reading, Tech
It’s a labs feature, so you have to do some fiddling to enable it, but this is a great addition. Android Google Maps takes users offline. You have to choose to download the area around a location rather than have it happen automatically, but it covers a 10km...
by Tom | Jul 7, 2011 | Reading
Classic essay: What the papers won’t say. He also has more to say about the Chipping Norton set. Thanks to Alex for the link to an interesting perspective from the US.
by Tom | Jul 7, 2011 | Reading
Some collected readings from the last few days. China from a Russian perspective: China got special economic zones right, it learns from and adapts from experiences elsewhere in the world (the rule is to act gradually)Â The Chinese retain a strong sense of...
by Tom | Jul 7, 2011 | Tech
I can’t use Google+, not because I am not cool enough to have been invited, but because I pay Google for services (for Google Apps to run Raggett.net mail and extra storage on Picasa). This seems a little odd in terms of customer service, but that’s how...
by Tom | Jul 7, 2011 | Reading
Because there are so few reported. Woman Catches Child From 10th Floor Fall, Awarded 200k – chinaSMACK.