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True Secrets There are secrets in this city. True Secrets' detectives have uncovered a treasure chest of urban tales, rumors and lost news stories. Zoom into the story and be swept back in time with these high-quality, site-specific, immersive audio dramas.

"We have a profile page in which we ask you a series of questions. We don't ask your age, sex or job because that can lead to discrimination. We encourage you to leave a photo or image that moves you, rather than a photo of yourself," said Stephane Legouffe, a sociologist and one of the co-ordinators of the site. Log on and enter your details, scan your neighbourhood and there you go: someone to hook up with. But it is not all one-on-one. Regular small meetings, called Apero de quartier, give the denizens of the cyber world a chance to gather at a neighbourhood watering hole.

A point of interest for the Geoinclinated.

The Axiotron ModBook™ The ModBook is the first and only Mac tablet computer solution! Ideal for: Mobile Users, Business Professionals, Artists, Students, and Technology Leaders.

focusing on site specfiic experimental works utilizing digital media, computation, and internet resources

Imagine combining cultural insight provided by a local guide with the information found in travel books, brochures, shopping guides, and maps in one easy-to-use device!  The Calabash World Explorer™ truly gives you the freedom and ability to experience what makes the U.S. Virgin Islands unique.

maps for people, locations, stories and stuff … and sometimes flickr gossip

he Camineo Guide is the tireless travelling companion which reveals the richness of your area. Portable and small, it is the same size as a Pocket PC or last generation mobile phone (smartphone).Multimedia and interactive, it incorporates texts and pictures to arouse the curiosity, videos to show the sights, detailed maps, 2D and 3D animations to reconstruct what has been demolished or lost, audio commentary to excite your imagination, games and riddles so that you will not get bored…Thanks to its GPS, this astute device delivers information when and where you need it.

Sensing a “place,” our devices deliver narration, music, archival audio, sound effects -- even video, photos and maps -- that bring the place alive.

by making navigation easier, they may also hinder acquisition of a mental map of the space, reducing navigation performance when the navigation aid is not available

Plundr is a location-based game of piracy and trading on the high seas created by area/code. Start out as a bilge-spewing land-lubber in a leaky tub, search the ocean for unsuspecting ships to pillage, upgrade your ship, and amass a fortune in black market goods.

You will need the Loki location-sensing browser plugin to play this game. Once you have installed Loki, click here to install the plundr channel.

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