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Spotify Arrives On Nokia’s Symbian, Sony Ericsson And Samsung Platforms

[Sweden] The much – perhaps justifiably – hyped music streaming service Spotify has extended its mobile reach significantly today with the release of an app for phones powered by the Nokia-led Symbian operating system. This follows earlier clients for ...

From STEVE O'HEAR, TechCrunch,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Sony

Top 10 Digital Media Products of 2008

There was lots of activity in the digital lifestyle space in 2008, with new devices, services, and platforms being launched and some of our favorites from last year getting significant updates. One notable trend throughout the year was the way these ...

From STEVE O'HEAR, ReadWriteWeb,  18 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Netflix,  Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  TiVo Inc.

Goodbye ZDNet

As of today, I have to say goodbye to ZDNet. After just over two years of writing this blog, I’m sad to say this is my last post here on the Social Web. I’ve been ‘let go’ as they say. Or perhaps more accurately, this blog is no more, making way for ...

From STEVE O'HEAR, ZDNet,  11 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.

Microsoft gives Windows Live a social networking makeover

Microsoft have announced a major overhaul of its Windows Live service that, similar to Yahoo’s ‘Open Strategy’, rewires the company’s suite of consumer web-based products — e-mail, instant messaging, photo sharing, blogging and more — to turn them into ...

From STEVE O'HEAR, ZDNet,  13 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Facebook Inc.,  Yahoo!,  Flickr,  LinkedIn Corp

Is Facebook the mobile web's killer app?

Active users of Facebook’s various mobile products has grown from 5 million to 15 million since the beginning of the year, says the company. In particular, the ability for users to not only update their ’status’ while on the go but also to comment on ...

From STEVE O'HEAR, ZDNet,  11 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.

Careful what you say on Twitter - delete option removed?

It appears that the micro-blogging service Twitter has removed the option to delete a ‘tweet’ once it’s been published, making the service a haven for digital litter — the trail of information about you or things you’ve said that perhaps you shouldn’t ...

From STEVE O'HEAR, ZDNet,  5 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Twitter Inc

MTV and MySpace partner to monetize pirated content

Similar to YouTube’s most recent proposition to copyright holders, News Corp-owned MySpace is offering to identify pirated content uploaded by users, insert advertising and share the subsequent fruits with the content’s owner. The first benefactor of ...

From STEVE O'HEAR, ZDNet,  3 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Viacom, Inc.,  Jon Stewart

LinkedIn apps arrive - another platform play

LinkedIn has finally switched on its own OpenSocial-powered apps platform, which, on the surface at least, borrows quite a bit from Facebook. Unlike Facebook, however, apps are being heavily vetted by LinkedIn to ensure that they remain focused on ...

From STEVE O'HEAR, ZDNet,  29 Oct 2008
Related Topics: LinkedIn Corp,  Facebook Inc.,  Reid Hoffman,  Google Inc.,  Six Apart

Social Web news: Twitter terrorism, YouTube ads, Social Networking on TV

A few interesting links from today on news relating to the Social Web… Twitter could be a tool for terrorists. From Wired.com: “Could Twitter become terrorists’ newest killer app? A draft Army intelligence report, making its way through spy circles, ...

From STEVE O'HEAR, ZDNet,  27 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  WIRED Magazine,  Microsoft Corporation

Social Web news: Facebook, MySpace, Google, StockTwits

A few interesting links from today on news relating to the Social Web… Facebook considering MySpace Music response. The ’social utility’ is talking to a number of streaming music services about an outsourcing deal that would more deeply integrate their ...

From STEVE O'HEAR, ZDNet,  17 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Google Inc.,  New York Post,  Twitter Inc

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