Google tackles VP8 quality, keep track of your kids and paperbacks get hyperlinks

Bing gives Microsoft search credibility. A year after its launch and with innovative features like Bing maps, the search engine’s biggest challenge is ‘overcoming Google’s place as an embedded piece of online culture’.

Google tackles VP8 video quality question. Some say VP8 isn’t as good as H.264, aka AVC, but Google points users to the WebM project blog for the answers.

Cisco helps build prototype for instant cities – Cisco is wiring a new South Korean city from top to bottom, making it one of the most technologically sophisticated urban centres on the planet.

ZenTracker lets you keep tabs on your kid’s location via Google Latitude – kids going AWOL? Track them down with the new location-based service built on top of Google Latitude.

Ubimark Adds Hyperlinks to Paperbacks – accessible via a smartphone and a web application, readers can click on a 2D hyperlink code in a printed book. Cool!

Published by Sara Allison

Sara is the editor of Ubelly - when not heads down scouring Ubelly articles for typos (and not always catching them), she's scouting for new writing talent. Give her a shout @SaraAllison if you've got something to say about development/design and want to be heard.

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