Tag: BOSTONGLOBE

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. The marketers behind JavaZone 2010 (also known for this trailer), the Scandinavian expo for software developers, just released some kind of parody video that mashes up ...

No longer content to just sit in the background and feed its readers their daily news, the Boston Globe has launched a new mobile scavenger hunt that sends its readers around the city. The 'Boston Globe Trek' uses SCVNGR, a location-based game system that's similar to Foursquare or Gowalla, to challenge users to solve riddles, snap photos of landmarks, and scan unique QR codes. After ...

There's nothing quite like using Twitter to rally your supporters in a time of crisis -- just ask the Mythbusters -- but author Alice Hoffman seems to have gone a bit too far. The writer took her grievances to Twitter after Boston Globe reviewer Roberta Silman issued a mildly negative review of her new book 'The Story Sisters.' According to Popwatch.EW.com, the aggrieved writer tweeted, "Now any ...

If you're like us, surfing news sites can feel a little constricting. Sure, you'll probably get three pages of text describing some global happening or another, exactly as it happens, but you only get a tiny little thumbnail of a picture to squint at -- and that's if you're lucky. It's for this reason we absolutely love Boston Globe's new feature, Big Picture. It's just a collection of large, ...