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Orange signs iPhone deal

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:38:21 +0100

O2’s exclusive deal to support Apple’s iPhone in the UK is to come to an end, after Orange announced today that it would also be selling the handset later this year.

In a brief statement,…

Top 50 Real-Time Web Companies

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:38:19 +0100

Top 50 Real-Time Web Companies:

As part of our lead-up to The ReadWrite Real-Time Web Summit, which is just over two weeks away, in this post we’re listing 50 leading companies of the Real-Time Web. Like any list, it is…

Want to be like Noel Edmonds? There's an app for that

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:15:39 +0100

Want to be like Noel Edmonds? There's an app for that:

TV presenter’s obsession with ‘cosmic ordering’ branches out with iPhone app that allows buyers to send their wishes out to the universe

Noel Edmonds might not be a name you’d readily…

The Awesomeness Manifesto

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:54:51 +0100

The Awesomeness Manifesto:

Innovation: it’s the ultimate source of advantage, the undisputed heavyweight champion of the economic ring. Innovation is what every organization should be ruthlessly pursuing, right? Wrong.

I’d…

reading: Young’s launches microwaveable fish finger http://bit.ly/2vAFPv < are people...

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:04:42 +0100

reading: Young’s launches microwaveable fish finger http://bit.ly/2vAFPv < are people really that lazy?

How Publishers Could Do Micropayments

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:41 +0100

How Publishers Could Do Micropayments:

I’ve been thinking recently about how Publishers should set up their paid for model (given that News International have said they are going to do it). Last time I wrote about it I was trying to…

Alibaba Turns 10 – Aims To Create 100 Million Jobs, Employ 10 Million People

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:40 +0100

Alibaba Turns 10 – Aims To Create 100 Million Jobs, Employ 10 Million People:

This is a guest post by Shanghai-based entrepreneur George Godula. His company Web2Asia partners with Western Internet companies for market entry in Eastern Asia, and also does early stage…

Facebook reaches positive cash flow and 300m users

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:34 +0100

Facebook reaches positive cash flow and 300m users:

LONDON - The world’s largest social networking site Facebook is cash-flow positive ahead of schedule, independent of recent investments, and has passed the 300m user figure.

reading: The future of ‘colouring in’ is here. Introducing the colour picker pen....

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:10:31 +0100

reading: The future of ‘colouring in’ is here. Introducing the colour picker pen. http://bit.ly/FzLSV < like this

The future of ‘coloring in’ is here. Introducing the color picker pen.

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:05:14 +0100

The future of ‘coloring in’ is here. Introducing the color picker pen.:

This is a little gem. A pen that lets you quickly scan any color from your general environment and automatically detect the color. The pen, using RGB ink cartridges in the pen, will then…

Studdex launches worldwide course booking engine for students

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:59:06 +0100

Studdex launches worldwide course booking engine for students:

Deciding on a degree and where to study is a pretty tedious process for students so Studdex - a startup I saw in Berlin a few months ago - launches today a one-stop portal to search and apply to…

20 badass iPhone apps for the boss

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:59:06 +0100

20 badass iPhone apps for the boss:

Yesterday our CEO Ashley Friedlein finally did the honourable thing and bought an iPhone. Already his world has measurably improved.

We asked our Twitter followers to suggest the apps that he…

RT @Duffyster Google’s prediction on the “sexy job” for the next 10 years...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:05:46 +0100

RT @Duffyster Google’s prediction on the “sexy job” for the next 10 years http://bit.ly/DMEYL

from e-consultancy >20 badass iPhone apps for the boss http://bit.ly/3RTLED

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:05:46 +0100

from e-consultancy >20 badass iPhone apps for the boss http://bit.ly/3RTLED

Personas: Representing Your Online Identity as Visual Data Portraits

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:54:38 +0100

Personas: Representing Your Online Identity as Visual Data Portraits:

Personas [media.mit.edu] uses sophisticated natural language processing algorithms to create a detailed, visual data portrait of one’s aggregated online identity.

Personas explores the web…

Build Your Own iPhone App with New Service from Sweb Apps

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:54:38 +0100

Build Your Own iPhone App with New Service from Sweb Apps:

A company called Sweb Apps has just launched a new service which lets anyone build iPhone apps, even if you don’t have a technical background. The service is aimed primarily at small to…

Online Advertising: Factors That Influence Customer Experience

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:54:38 +0100

Online Advertising: Factors That Influence Customer Experience:

By Afshan Kirmani
Published: August 17, 2009
“Psychological factors such as thinking, feeling, sensation, and intuition directly correlate with our customers’ online advertising experience.”…

Boxing at lunchtime, burger king on the way home - the yin and the yang

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:36:24 +0100

Boxing at lunchtime, burger king on the way home - the yin and the yang

The Sun makes web job listings free to fight recession

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:59:53 +0100

The Sun makes web job listings free to fight recession:

LONDON - The Sun has waived the charge for companies to list jobs on its website in a self-styled crusade to solve the UK’s growing unemployment problem.

Katie Price launches TV company http://bit.ly/t5iTx <’Pricey TV’ a fine reason never...

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:50:31 +0100

Katie Price launches TV company http://bit.ly/t5iTx <’Pricey TV’ a fine reason never to turn on the telly again