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Muslim social network Muxlim.com, live since late 2006, is planning to launch a Muslim-oriented virtual world not unlike Second Life. The idea is that something tailored to the Muslim world would be allowed through the IP-blocks of countries like United A

VastPark is a developing virtual world platform well known to regular readers. NICTA (National ICT Australia) also has a number of years pedigree in some of the technological underpinnings of virtual worlds. In the case of the collaboration with VastPark,

"The New Hive makes it easy for you to express yourself online. Whether it's a journal, collection of recipes, portfolio or flyer, it's fun and easy to create and update all of your media and ideas in one ad-free space. Decide what you want to share to the community, the world and all your social media sites. What's your vision to change the world?"

One of the promises of the mobile web was the possibility of being able to integrate the internet with the real world. One of the ways to accomplish this task is through the use of barcodes. The idea is that you take a picture of the barcode with your cam

A Platform for Good (PFG) is a project of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) designed to help parents, teachers and teens to connect, share, and do good online!  At FOSI we work with leaders in the field of online safety and, regularly, we hear about incredible stories and exciting opportunities in our digital world. We hear stories of parents, teens, and teachers using technology to raise social awareness, encourage activism, enhance our education system, and of course, have fun!

Wikipedia's not the only project brought to us by Wikimedia. A number of ongoing experiments are offered by the not-for-profit, all aimed at making it easier for human beings to share information. There's a database of free media, a collection of public domain books and the ultimate quote book, to name a few. All of these projects represent the Internet at its best: people from all over the world getting together to build something useful for mankind. If you're not familiar with these tools you're missing out on a great deal of the web's inherent awesomeness, so let's take a look.

Rovio is a wifi enabled mobile web cam that lets you see, speak and hear from anywhere in the world as if you were right there in the room.

This is an open source, free online book about the NEW world wide web, and it's geared for tech ed.

So long as you've got a Wi-Fi signal to grab onto and a Web browser with Google's Gears engine on board, Google is enabling Web developers near and far the option to locate users all around the world and feed them information relevant to their respective

Sprol shows the visual macroscopic effects of the decisions and behavior of our society. Since previous generations have not had the advantage of this perspective it is our obligation to use it wisely.

Welcome to one of the Web's most comprehensive listings of worldwide electrical and telephone information.

Googlers muse about the next decade's technological advances and their possible impact on the world.

The WePad is the latest generation of tablet computer. It offers users fast Internet connectivity, a complete world of ready-to-use applications and easy access to books and photos, as well as magazines and newspapers from various publishers via the WeMagazine ePublishing Eco System.

Keek is the easiest way to share microvideo with friends, family and the world. Currently you can share microvideo updates ("keeks") using your webcam and soon you'll be able to keek from your smartphone too. Connect via webcam, share short videos, funny videos and more. It's a fun new way to meet people, connect with friends and share your life - see you on Keek!

Lots of tools let you share a webpage with the world but what about sharing a specific quotation or specific piece of text? BookmarkQ is an amazingly simple tool that helps you share specific text from a website. It works as a bookmarklet by adding it to your browser's bookmark bar. 

The NWP Digital Is website is a collection of ideas, reflections, and stories about what it means to teach writing in our digital, interconnected world. Read, discuss, and share ideas about teaching writing today.

The BBC's US08 bus is travelling coast to coast to find out what Americans are really saying about their country and this election. Click on the map to follow the journey.

Oooh... new tool! :)