Net Applications is analyzing market shares of the different operating systems according to the Internet usage of these computer systems. It’s basically the same technology of services like Google-Analytics, but Net Applications is not only analyzing the visitors of their own website - they are using much, much more data. Read the rest of this entry »

You probably did not win one of the academy awards this year - and if you did: Congratulations! But if you are experimenting with mobile phone video - you should take a break in the French capital Paris. For the third time the Pocket Film Festival is taking place in the art center Centre Pompidou. The festival is focusing on art films realised with a mobile phone. It’s interesting to see how art is using that new media channel - and this technology is getting part of our culture.

Entry deadline for submissions: March, 30th, 2007.

Source: festivalpocketfilms.fr

Lemgo, a German town situated between Hannover and Dortmund, is testing a new mobile application in a field trial: By sending a 50-cent premium-SMS a street of houses can be illuminated for 15 minutes.
Many communities in Germany turn off their street lighting system from 11 pm to save energy and funds. It’s a bad solution for pedestrians at night, but a town like Lemgo saves about 50,000 Euro a year. Read the rest of this entry »

What’s behind codedifferent? What is the mission of that blog?
… it’s a tricky question and that’s why there is no one-sentence mission statement: Read the rest of this entry »