Over the last couple of months I've been developing a lightweight PHP framework that helps quicken the construction of various apps and websites that I build. Having used Zend and Symfony I've come to dislike the heavy footprint and limitations of using other peoples frameworks within my projects.
This was in response to an email sent out by our Head of Digital Innovation asking for some feedback to future proofing websites and cross-browser/platform compatibility.
Jason Calacanis has written a great post about why we should be abandoning Facebook as it gradually consumes the free web. There's some interesting points in there regarding Facebook's privacy issues (or lack of them) and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Google is releasing it's next edition of Google search to the public - Mashable has written a piece about the new features and what to expect.
Here's an amazing example of non-flash animation purely using jQuery and HTML5! It's a reproduction of the intro to the old Spiderman cartoon and it's pretty sweet - especially considering there's no flash involved!
Mircosoft have released their purpose built social media phone The Kin. Aimed at the teenage market by specialising in connecting all your social networking sites in one plac
I've just found this amazing Wordpress plugin that configures your site for mobile users. WPtouch automatically transforms your WordPress blog into a web-application experience when viewed from an iPhone, iPod touch, Android, or BlackBerry Storm touch mobile device.
The iPad 3G is now out in the US and Mashable.com has written a comprehensive review. It compares the new 3G model with the WIFI only version released earlier this year.
Apparently lately there has been a backlash in SEO advertorials. I've been reading an article that discusses what is right about obtaining an inbound link via a sponsored advertorial, and how to make it more legitimate and not just a disguised paid link.
Take a look at the Sublime Player demo from Jilion for a great example of what can be done with HTML5 and web video.