Explore the world cup stadiums in 3D

Google holds the virtual ticket to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa: Google Earth features impressive 3D models of all ten stadiums – plus thousands of buildings in the nine corresponding cities of the host nation. Bruce Polderman, Google's Product Manager, says: “These 3D cities can help you get a feel for why South Africa is receiving the world’s attention." Check it out!

Google Earth
Earth view in Google Maps

“The era of browser dominance is coming to a close.”

Author Michael Hirschhorn (The Atlantic) predicts that web browsers are slowly dying: 17 years after launch of Mosaic, companies like Apple and Twitter are attracting the most interesting content. The reason why: Publishers finally want to earn money on the web.

The Atlantic

“Technology is rewiring our brains”

Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse and one of the world’s leading brain scientists, compares the lure of digital stimulation less to that of drugs and alcohol, rather than to food and sex, which are essential but counterproductive in excess.

The New York Times

Porsche China accelerates on the Internet

Porsche China has asked mediaman Shanghai to develop a flexible online platform for its 27 current dealers. With this centrally-controlled platform, Porsche is ensuring that it has an unmistakable brand presence in China, while simultaneously allowing its dealers to integrate their own content easily by themselves. mediaman has also set up a dealer portal for efficient cooperation of the dealers with the Porsche central office in China.

1 of 27 new Porsche Websites

TYPOlight becomes Contao

The name of the popular open source content management system, TYPOlight, has repeatedly led to misunderstandings: It has nothing to do with Typo3. Therefore, the developers decided to change its name to Contao Open Source CMS. Everything else remains the same.

Learn more on Contao

Web-based MS Office goes live

Microsoft has released browser-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint – a late response to similar productivity tools like Google Docs. Consumers get free access, along with 25GB of storage space. Business clients may host their own Office Web Apps using Sharepoint.

cnet News
Windows Live

Mobile will be a World Cup Winner

Mobile During the World Cup will you use your mobile to?

How will people use their mobiles during the Football World Cup? Research from Admob gives some insights – from likely cross-media consumption trends to choice of mobile content.

Admob WorldCup survey