BBC News - Catholic church gives blessing to iPhone app

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12391129

The catholic church has given its blessings to an iPhone app that guides you through a confession. I'm sure there's an episode of "Family Guy" or something in here. So, the catholic church will approve an iPhone app, but won't approve condoms for contraception or to prevent the spread of STDs. Awesome stuff. Way to go Ratz! Way to stay up with the times. I also like that the church has determined that using social networking sites is not a sin. I feel so much better about spending time on Facebook now. Do you think the church would approve an iPhone app that lets people report sexual abuse by priests? The app would tell you to shut up and think about the good of the church, then it would recommend that you change parish but it won't actually send the report anywhere. The report would just be deleted as soon as it's submitted. Something tells me, the church would not approve.
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BBC - Schools - Primary History
Explore the distant to the very recent past, with the Primary History timeline: Ancient Greeks Romans Anglo-Saxons Vikings Children of Victorian Britain Children of World War 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/
Tags: history, bbc, timeline, interactive, education, social_studies, romans, victorians, ww2, elementary Saved by: admin

BBC - Glow JavaScript Library
The BBC has released their own JavaScript library. Before you cry, "oh god, really?! Another js lib?!" there really are some nice looking bits here. Most impressive is the browser support, which stretches back quite far. The syntax is familiar otherwise. I even commented to a colleague this morning that it looks a lot like jQuery with wider browser support. Of course, jQuery's influence is far reaching to most JavaScript libs these days. I, for one, like all the options we have for doing JavaScript development, and this one looks like a worthy addition.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/glow/
Tags: javascript, library, bbc, framework, opensource, glow, ajax, js, design, development Saved by: admin

BBC - Digital Revolution Blog: Rushes Sequences - Danah Boyd interview - USA (Video)
From an adults perspective it's identifying information is their absolute fear right. The idea that it's your name, your address, your phone number, anything that will identify you. And this has to do with the idea of physical risk. But for young people it's about the you know, alright fine you can call me by my name why is that a big deal? It's more about the things that make you vulnerable.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/digitalrevolution/2009/11/rushes-sequences-dana-boyd-int.shtml
Tags: danahboyd, youth, privacy, web, identity, internet, blog, research, socialmedia, technology Saved by: admin

BBC - Magazine Monitor: 100 things we didn't know last year
The most interesting and crazy facts can come from the daily news stories and the regular Magazine docs some of them inside its weekly feature, ten things we did not know last week. To kick off 2010, here's an almanac of the best from the past year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2010/01/100_things_we_didnt_know_last_4.shtml
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BBC News - Internet has 'not become the great leveller’
"The internet has not become the great leveller that it was once thought it could be," according to Harvard academic Ethan Zuckerman. Mr Zuckerman was speaking at the TED Global (Technology Entertainment and Design) conference in Oxford. He said that the web was now contrary to the original utopian vision and users focused on information from a handful of wealthy countries.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10642697
Tags: internet, socialmedia, technology, twitter, social, media, ted, news, via:packrati.us, 2010 Saved by: admin