June 2008
23 posts
Jun 27th
MySpace Teams With NBC To Continue Citizen... →
Citizen journalism seems all the rage these days, with normal people breaking news to the world with their mobile phones and portable computers.
Jun 26th
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SoundCloud
I recently discovered SoundCloud, a new start up from Berlin. Although I’m still looking for an invite (anyone?), a quick tour of their site left me wanting more! Basically, SoundCloud is a feature-rich alternative to sharing music with the likes of YouSendIt.com or SendSpace.com. In addition, it has a social network side where you can interact with listeners as they leave feedback and...
Jun 24th
Nokia in full buy-out of Symbian →
Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia is paying €264m ($410m; £209m) to buy out the other shareholders in handset software firm Symbian.
Jun 24th
Germany's Plazes Acquired By Nokia →
Berlin, Germany based Plazes, a location based social network (and one of the first startups we ever wrote about here on TechCrunch, back in 2005), has been acquired by Finland-based Nokia, the…
Jun 23rd
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Jun 22nd
Android running on an N95? →
Someone seems to have managed to hack Google Android to enable it to work on a Nokia N95. There’s a YouTube video showing this but the video quality raises suspicions.
Jun 20th
Facebook is broken this morning with a ‘common’ error! Hope they get it fixed soon!
Jun 20th
MySpace clears up as users jump ship →
The founder of MySpace has told BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat that a major revamp of the site is needed to make it less intimidating for new members.
Jun 19th
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HelloTxt
One of my current favourite applications right now is HelloTxt. I’ve been using the beta version for a while now and have been pretty happy with it so far. HelloTxt allows you to send a single status update to a number of sites in one go. It includes sites like Facebook, Tumblr, MySpace, Twitter and has recently added Brightkite. The simplicity of HelloTxt is what first attracted me to...
Jun 19th
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Neuroscience 18 (May 2008)
18.1 [Ché Armstrong] 01 Douglas Hazelwood - Innocent 02 First State - Your Own Way (First State’s Pounding Club Mix) 03 Mescal Kid - Magic (Mix 1) 04 Sia - The Girl You Lost To Cocaine (Sander Van Doorn Remix) 05 Bolier & Van Riel - Malibeer (Original Mix) 06 Ronski Speed - All the Way (Jonas Steur Remix) 07 Evgeny Bardyuzha - Braindamaged (Santiago Nino Remix) 08 Paul Van Dyk -...
Jun 17th
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Jun 17th
Firefox aims for download record →
Version 3 of the popular Firefox web browser is going on general release on 17 June.
Jun 17th
Going to buy a new toy this afternoon… I nice new video camera! :)
Jun 15th
Hands on with iPhone 3G →
Apple unveils the new 3G iPhone… Will it live up to the hype?!
Jun 12th
Android blog rips into 3G iPhone →
Amid all the hype and hoo-ha surrounding Apple’s 3G iPhone announcement on Monday, it’s good to get some perspective.
Jun 12th
Back to work today… Wounld rather not, but it needs to be done. Time to get back to something normal.
Jun 12th
Jun 10th
Apple launches film downloads in the UK - Times... →
British customers will be able to buy films from Apple’s iTunes website, in a move that is expected breathe new life into the digital download market.
Jun 4th
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WOE IDs
Yahoo! are launching some more very cool location-based features based on WOE (Where On Earth) IDs. The Yahoo! Internet Location Platform (which can currently be previewed) “is designed to facilitate spatial interoperability and geographic discovery; users can traverse the spatial hierarchy, identify the geography relevant to their users and their business, and in turn, unambiguously geotag,...
Jun 4th
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Social Networking
It’s been a while since I gave an update about my goings on in the social netwoking world. A while back I posted about Brightkite and Socialthing! so I thought it was time to give a little update on those to begin. Although I could see the potential and what they were trying to achieve, Brightkite has failed to capture me. If it wasn’t due to the fact it can be tied in with Twitter,...
Jun 3rd
Son of iPhone: the next revolution - Times Online →
It seems as if it was only yesterday that Apple unveiled its revolutionary iPhone, yet the company is already gearing up for the launch of its successor.
Jun 2nd
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Jun 1st