by Ardrich
March 17, 2011 in Events
Date: 30th March 2011, 10am-6pm
Venue: The Carriageworks, Leeds
Tickets: £25 Full price, £20 Early bird
The Carriageworks in Leeds is hosting the Music Futures Conference event on 30th March, organised by Newcastle’s Generator.
The confirmed speakers list looks like their strongest line up yet for the Yorkshire area providing a unique opportunity for the region’s music businesses.
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by Ardrich
April 15, 2010 in News Roundup
CNN is planning to integrate social media as a more substantial part of its website, Mediaweek reports.
In addition to new blogs being launched on food and health, regular columns from tech experts, such as Mashable CEO Pete Cashmore, Farhad Manjoo from Slate and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, are set to be kicked off.
by admin
March 31, 2010 in News Roundup, Uncategorized
The battle for top spot in Technorati’s Top 100 blog list is practically non-existent. Week after week the position is occupied by the US-blog-turned-news-website, The Huffington Post.
The Huffington Post launched in 2005 aiming to provide a commentary outlet for liberal viewpoints. What started as a project for a few enthusiastic writers is today a social hub with, according to the co-founder Ariana Huffington, an active community of over 20 million web users.
by admin
November 15, 2009 in News Roundup
Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off: About 100 of NASA’s geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, laptops and other Twittering gadgets.
They plan to let loose with electronic messages – provided they aren’t so swept away by the afternoon liftoff that they fall uncharacteristically silent for a moment or two.
The tweeps, as they’re called, represent 21 states plus the District of Columbia, as well as five countries, including Morocco and New Zealand. They’re traveling at their own expense.
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November 15, 2009 in News Roundup
Much-hyped video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has smashed UK sales records on its first day of release.
The first-person shooter sold an estimated 1.23 million units and grossed around £47m, according to industry body Elspa.
The game sold almost double that of the previous record holder, Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV).
Hundreds of gamers gathered at shops around the world ahead of its release at 00:00 GMT on 10 November.
“These first day sales figures are astonishing and clear evidence that videogames are now mainstream in the UK,” said Michael Rawlinson, director general of the entertainment and leisure software publishers association (Elspa).
by admin
November 15, 2009 in News Roundup
Web search giant Google faces a court case in Switzerland because of privacy concerns over its Street View service.
The application allows a 360-degree view of any street-level location.
“Numerous faces and vehicle number plates are not made sufficiently unrecognisable,” said data protection commissioner Hanspeter Thuer.
Google said it was disappointed by the move. The firm says it is sure that Street View is legal in Switzerland and will “vigorously contest” the case.
by admin
November 15, 2009 in News Roundup
Thousands of Xbox 360 owners who have been cut off from Microsoft’s Xbox Live service will have to buy a new console if they want to play online again.
Microsoft told BBC News that banned machines will be permanently barred and “unable to connect to Xbox Live”.
A message displayed on affected consoles said there was “no recourse for terms of use violations”.
Microsoft has barred as many as 1m gamers from Xbox live for modifying their consoles to play pirated games.
by admin
November 15, 2009 in News Roundup
FLING! £0.59 Puzzle game featuring thousands of different challenges ? a great value app.
by admin
November 15, 2009 in News Roundup
Social networking is one of the fastest-growing activities among mobile users around the world. And as one of the primary ways mobile users communicate with one another, it is proving a significant driver of Internet usage on mobile devices.
eMarketer predicts the number of mobile users accessing social networks from their mobile devices will reach 607.5 million worldwide by 2013, representing 43% of global mobile Internet users. In the US, mobile social networkers will total 56.2 million by 2013, accounting for 45% of the mobile Internet user population.
by admin
November 15, 2009 in News Roundup
Nintendo is launching a dedicated channel for the BBC iPlayer on the Wii next week as it looks to grow the 900,000 users the service has had since becoming available on the Wii browser in April 2008.
The iPlayer channel will be available to download from the Wii online store for free from 18 November.
When the iPlayer was first made available on the Wii web browser, users reported struggling with the interface. The relaunched iPlayer has been designed to address these problems, placing a stronger emphasis on service and more convenient navigation.
