The 2012 Formula 1 Calendar has been announced by the sports governing body, the FIA. There are going to be 20 races in all, and as expected Turkey as been dropped from the calendar. This is a shame as it always provides a good race. This year, notably, the DRS activation zone was acredited with a large number of 'easy' overtakes and attendance of the grand prix has generally been poor, the BBC reports.
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Twitter has released a promotional video claiming to be faster than the recent earthquake which hit America's East Coast. It only takes seconds to send warning messages across the country on Twitter. Original story on Mashable.
NASA's APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day) has featured a video showing the development of hurricane Irene. Original post: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110827.html
Google have recently created their own social network: Google+. Google+ is similar to Facebook but with an emphasis on control. You assign contacts into circles and you can post items specific to circles. For example, "I'm off to the pub, anyone fancy joining me?" Could be posted for your friends circle and not your colleagues. People can appear in multiple circles too. When it's time to chat to a couple of people you can use huddle to create an instant messaging group which works across platforms, so your friends might be using an iPhone, iPad, Android mobile or Android tablet, it really doesn't matter.
If you fancy joining Google+ plus there are plenty of invites out there and if you already have a Gmail account you have already registered!
AutoCAD WS is a FREE online CAD editing tool from Autodesk - and it's received an exciting set of updates. There are limitations though, but that is to be expected from a free web based app. This really shows the power of web 2.0. You can modify and amend your drawings almost anywhere, which is a new and novel idea in the CAD industry. The main feature lacking is full support for 3D across all the various AutoCAD WS platforms. For more casual users Google SketchUp's free version is the way to go, it's support for 3D drawing and quick textures is ideal for home use.
Autodesk are market leaders in Computer Aided Design (CAD) Software and their flagship product, AutoCAD, is probably the standard for engineering, architecture and manufacturing. AutoCAD typically runs on a specific computer and any work that needed doing to a specific drawing would have to take place on that computer. For those that aren't aware of AutoCAD you could draw parallels from Adobe's Photoshop suite:
So AutoCAD WS is a web based product that allows you to view and edit your drawing files online and on the go. Just like Adobe's Photoshop Express iPhone app there is an AutoCAD WS smart phone / tablet app for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. The latest features include the ability to manipulate layers within a drawing. You can also enter lines at a specific length which was a particularly big downfall of the original 2010 release of AutoCAD WS. Another new feature of AutoCAD WS is that you can connect it to your existing online storage solutions such as box.net. Here's a short video showing off these new features:
There is also now a Mac App which works with the online service and also provides support for offline editing. The AutoCAD WS Mac App can be downloaded for free from here.
AutoCAD WS is also fully integrated into the latest version of AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2012.
Love playing air guitar? Love your iPhone? Love Guitar Hero?!?!? Then this product is for you: Air Guitar Move for iPhone. It's currently not for sale but is up for investing in on Kickstarter.com. Kickstarter is a funding platform for new creative projects. It allows you to donate towards projects that you want to see get off the ground. This project got enough funding on July 10th so hopefully we can see it available to buy soon!
Enjoy listening to BBC Radio? Hate not knowing what song's it is they play? Then here is a solution for you! Britify works with Spotify (hence the 'ify' in the name) to bring you playlists of recent shows on BBC Radio stations. You can even download the latest 100 tracks played on a particular radio show. The website includes Radio 1, 1Xtra, 2, 3, 4 and 6 Music.
Google's App Store has loads of apps to choose from but this one caught my eye and deserves a few minutes of your attention. This app is actually just a link to a website, a particularly well made website. It's a virtual book with a history of the internet and web browsers. It's written by the team behind Google Chrome, but it applies to all web browsers.
The book goes through 20 things that everyone might want to know about how web browsers and the internet works, and the best thing is that it's free. It covers all the big questions and covers the big topics such as "What is the Internet?".
