Through the Dutch site Startpagina Verkeer (Startpage Traffic) it's now also possible to obtain real time detailed information regarding traffic jams. The information originates from the TomTom.

A Kenyan boy has developed a system with which he can prevent car theft. As soon as the car leaves unexpectedly a text message is sent. Then the owner can react and stop the car remotely.

Wherigo is Groundspeak's newest on GPS-based activity. Groundspeak has made geocoaching into a worldwide phenomena. With Wherigo (pronounced "Where I Go") people can make and play adventure games, historical trips or other innovative games set in the real world. On connected GPS devices people can look at location, terrain, difficulty, hints and descriptions. One example is the Penguin game which starts in the Woodland Park Zoo, Washington DC, US and lasts two hours.

The Technical University Eindhoven is working on a device that can trace protein in blood extremely fast and then determines a person's illness. After taking some blood a diagnosis can be made within ten minutes.

At Capricorn Computerservices in Den Hoorn (South-Holland) customers can order antivirus-software through an interactive shopping window. The screen is projected onto the window and fingers are detected with special foil. With the created interactivity interested parties can also order software outside of opening hours. The software will then be delivered through email.

After investing in infrastructure and oil, China is now investing money in the African agricultural sector. Agriculture is one of Africa's main sources of revenue, but it's also one of the most plagued sectors. It's plagued by, amongst others, climate change and a lack of means. Last week the Chinese governor Chen Yuan spoke with African ministers of finance and banks and told them that the China Development Bank has planned investments in African agriculture. These investments are aimed at decreasing the food shortage.

Hotel booking site Hotels.com has launched an application for the iPhone that allows users to search for hotels in their area (which uses the built in GPS module), sort them (on price, rating, amount of stars, names or hotel.com picks) and book a room.

On devices that are equipped with Android, Google's operating system for cell phones, it's now possible to recognize someone by their iris. Developers have shown this.

Through Checkout, an application for the Apple iPhone, people can check prices immediately (online or in the neighborhood), read reviews or visit an online store to order there. This is done by entering a product's barcode.

The International Olympic Comitee, the IOC, will broadcast its own images of the Olympics in Beijing via YouTube. In countries where the television rights haven't been sold and in countries where those rights haven't been sold exclusively, the IOC will takeover the role of broadcaster. The games' organization won't have to make deals with television broadcasting companies because it'll place the images directly on the internet. No full sports competitions will be offered, but solely summaries and highlights. Inhabitants of 77 countries (such as Afghanistan and Ethiopia, but also Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Thailand) will profit from this move.

The Financial Times has 450.000 subscriptions for its paper edition and its website has 500.000 registered visitors of which 100.000 have a paid subscription.

The Dutch recruitment agency Netwerven puts the GPS-location of recruiters on Google Maps. With this candidates can address the recruiter directly if they happen to be in the neighborhood. It's also possible for the candidate to make his or her position known to the recruiter.

The Dutch internet provider KPN has started a webcareteam: a specialist group of people who watch forums and blogs and reacts where needed. This is intended to keep information accurate.

And 80% has broadband. The number of .cn domain names is by now surpassing the number of .de domain names.

Google Maps now also shows pedestrians how to walk from point A to B. (Dutch) One of the options is to avoid hills as much as possible.