Interesting article over at Mashable about some new trends happening in the online news arena. There appears to be a paradigm shift from ‘global to local’ as far as some news-based sites go, with journalistic responsibilities shifting to members of local communities. No surprises that this trend coincides with increased uptake of smartphones offering location-based services.
Jack is back!
Jack Dorsey, co founder of Twitter is now set on a new revolution, and has created Square. A mobile payment start up that allows iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android devices to take card transactions.
So if you want a coffee but have no cash on you, you’ll be able to pay for your espresso with your card. Square will be an easy cheap way for coffee shops and other retailers to accept card payments.
So here’s my visual over 4 and a half hours on Friday as promised 
A neat little app and a really nice visual overall as well. 
IOGraphica is a simple application which runs in the background and tracks your mouse movements. If you run it while you’re working you can get some pretty cool visualizations, and some useful usability feedback if you’re working on Photoshop or something all day! Will post my visual at the end of the day.
Panic, purveyors of the best ftp app there is, has not only a drag and drop shop, but also a very nice blog built in html5. Impressing to see how well the browser, well at least Safari and Chrome, handles the slight rotation.
They also have an Apple e// that can play music videos. Can we have one too please?