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PickupPal<\/b>
\nPickupPal<\/a> is an interesting concept. Its a web tool to connect drivers and passengers, to help carpool, in various towns, all around the world. This is something I wish I’d known about had I been in Melbourne. I of course only found out about it, thanks to the city of Ontario being silly, and fining them for unregulated transportation<\/a>. I say fair game for all – this is like hitchhiking 2.0? Good way to make new friends, and I’m guessing it’ll work well, if you already enjoy things like CouchSurfing, for example.<\/p>\n

Ordering pizza from Facebook?<\/b>
\nOrdering Pizza Hut From Your Facebook Page? It’s on the Way<\/a> is an interesting read. To know that Pizza Hut crossed $1 billion in online sales in the last 18 months is valuable – to know that now you’re going to do it from your possibly favourite website, with a viral widget, is even more valuable. <\/p>\n

Imagine you ordering a pizza, it updating your Facebook status, and another bored friend isn’t sure what to eat in another timezone, and decides to order a pizza. Highly plausible. <\/p>\n

Ordering via text\/phone[web] (they seem to focus on the iPhone), also makes a lot of sense. Cuts out the need to speak to a human. Cuts out the waiting time. <\/p>\n

Artist scatters a thousand of his paintings around London<\/b>
\nA great social experiment? Adam Neate left a thousand<\/a> of his paintings around London, for anyone to pick up. Some people are finding them and placing them on eBay, raking in up to \u00a31,000<\/a>. And Adam is happy about it – it’ll help people during the upcoming Christmas season. <\/p>\n

Radar and Apple<\/b>
\nApple’s bug tracking system is called Radar. Its been notoriously kept closed, unlike most open source projects have. Read more about Open Radar<\/a>, check out the Google App<\/a>. <\/p>\n

As technology enables people to do more, and more, companies previously setting up virtual roadblocks, will face competition from the community. A lesson to learn.<\/p>\n

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