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Google Maps Africa
Google Maps has launched maps in more than African countries, including Kenya and South Africa. Information on roads, towns and local businesses is crowd-sourced from local people, along with photos of various sites and attractions. Businesses can add their listings for free, making it easy to find that essential something you need in a hurry. [...]
Virtual Farming
Le Vedure Del Mio Orto (The Vegetables From My Garden) is an Italian website where, like the massively popular Facebook game Farmville, you can grow your own crops. The difference is that you can actually eat the crops you grow, as the website will actually plant them on its farm near Turin, harvest and then [...]
Wanted: Copy Cat Serial Killer
This video could be disturbing to TV Mole readers, so look away now if you are easily upset. Watch the video to find out why. In the words of Crimewatch, “don’t have nightmares. Sleep well”. See more on Ice Truck TV:
Global CV Campaign
When Brit Toby Hemming wanted to get a new job on the other side of the world, he decided to ditch the boring CV and launch an ““integrated communications campaign, comprising a press release, a website and a bespoke Twitter account (@ajobdownunder) and an interactive map based on Google maps. Read more on Mumbrella
Makemende
Makmende is Africa’s first viral video star – described by Monocle as “an African version of Shaft, mixed with a bit of Chuck Norris, he is the karate-chopping, damsel-rescuing star”. Makemende first appeared in the music video for Kenya’s but soon had a Facebook fanpage with 26,000+ fans and topped the Kenyan Twitter chart for [...]
The Stir
US-based social networking site CafeMom, has launched a new section – The Stir – where moms can kick back and gossip about celebrities, swap stories about their kids and discuss current events, it also features blogs posts from a team of well-known bloggers on subjects ranging from whether Kate Gosselin looks mad to whether potato [...]
Parallel Lines
“Five very different films. One piece of dialogue.” Parallel Lines is an online movie project that allows you to watch five films that are all based on the same script (as you might expect from the tagline). Watch them here. via @jph
Urban Pathfinding
The Pavement is a free magazine aimed at homeless people in London and Scotland. Designer Emily Read has helped the magazine come up with a series of symbols that can be chalked on the pavements and sides of buildings, which will alert fellow homeless people to dangers – security guards, high police presence, previous attacks [...]
Jinni
Jinni claims to be a ‘taste engine’ that allows you to find movies that match your mood and stylistic preferences using a ‘movie genome‘. Once you’ve entered your tastes it will recommend movies and TV shows you might like. You can also link Jinni to your Netflix account.
Shop at a Street Market Anywhere in the World
24 Hour Market allows you to browse the stalls in street markets around the world – Hong Kong, Shanghai, Stockholm and London – and immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of the local market experience. For example, in Hong Kong, you can visit Mr Wong’s Comb stall and buy an aluminum comb for $6 [...]
