Posts Tagged ‘facebook’

Rdio launches Vdio for TV and movies on demand

Rdio launches Vdio for TV and movies on demand

Music streaming service Rdio has launched a new Vdio site for streaming TV shows and movies on demand. Unlike Rdio, Vdio adopt a pay-per-item approach rather than a monthly subscription model, with content available to buy or rent. The service is currently only available to existing Rdio Unlimited subscribers, or…

Facebook Unveil Mobile Inspired Design for News Feed

Facebook Unveil Mobile Inspired Design for News Feed

Any company with a billion customers can justifiably regard itself as being successful, but one drawback of such popularity is that even minor product changes can become hugely controversial if they don’t meet with general approval. Having faced a barrage of criticism over previous changes like its infamous Timeline adjustments,…

Via.Me: The Social Media App that Does it All

Via.Me: The Social Media App that Does it All

Via.me, a new social publishing platform from developers RadiumOne, launched on March 1st. The app enables you to publish content to different social media accounts, without having to log in to separate websites or apps to do so. The first of its kind on the app market, Via.me shares text,…

HTC’s ChaCha and Salsa handsets go Facebook crazy

HTC’s ChaCha and Salsa handsets go Facebook crazy

HTC have well and truly embraced the notion that everyone is now using Facebook to manage their social lives. Their new ChaCha and Salsa (exclusively on o2) handsets promise to bring you “Facebook like never before” and come complete with a dedicated Facebook button to help you share photos and…

Adding a ‘social layer’ to the travel industry with the Gekko Facebook app

Adding a ‘social layer’ to the travel industry with the Gekko Facebook app

Who can blame companies, no matter how big or small, wanting to integrate somehow with Facebook, after all the social networking giants have got more than 750 million active users worldwide. Gekko, the personalised international hotel booking service, is the latest company to join the Facebook integrating trail, unveiling a…

Minuscule over massive: Xperia mini and the Xperia mini pro

Minuscule  over massive: Xperia mini and the Xperia mini pro

Bigger is better, they say – or is it? When it comes to technology and gadgets, minuscule is usually chosen over massive, so when Sony Ericsson tells you that they’re launching the world’s smallest HD recording video smartphone, you’ve got to open your eyes and ears and take notice. The…

Soundcloud and Bandcamp: Usurpers of MySpace’s online music throne

Soundcloud and Bandcamp: Usurpers of MySpace’s online music throne

A music blogger recently tweeted, “Tried to play a song by a band on MySpace but it didn’t work cos’ MySpace is a mess.” That one sentence, in essence, encapsulates the downfall of social networking website MySpace in one fell swoop. It was once the first-choice destination for music fans…

MySpace and Facebook team-up: Flogging a dead horse?

MySpace and Facebook team-up: Flogging a dead horse?

It might be akin to flogging a dead horse, but the more eagle-eyed social networking fans out there may have noticed that MySpace has had a bit of a facelift in an effort to reassert its position as a web heavyweight. MySpace is a veteran of the social networking scene…

T-Mobile Vibe Mobile – Simple, cheap and social media friendly

T-Mobile Vibe Mobile – Simple, cheap and social media friendly

Following the success of the T-Mobile Vairy Touch series, ZTE have announced the launch of the T-Mobile Vibe. Part of the Vairy Touch series popularity was because they provided a pay-as-you-go mobile with mobile broadband and email at an extremely reasonable price. Being available for just £39.99, the T-Mobile Vibe…

Windows 7 phone review roundup

Windows 7 phone review roundup

The Windows 7 Phone platform has just been released, and reviews across the internet have been published as publications try to give their two penny worth. The replacement for the much maligned and now defunct Windows Mobile, it will be available in the UK with the HTC HDZ and HTC…

TWIG: Wiki AudioVibe, Plextor PX0B120U 3D USB drive and Skype/Facebook love-in

TWIG: Wiki AudioVibe, Plextor PX0B120U 3D USB drive and Skype/Facebook love-in

The week in gadgets. Ever been caught short without a boombox? I know you have. What you need is AudioVibe, a portable widget that allows you to produce sound, utilising vibrations and nearby objects. Hollow box-like objects are obviously best but there is a certain amount of fun that can…

TWIG: StumbleUpon, FaceBook Places, Action Cam

TWIG: StumbleUpon, FaceBook Places, Action Cam

The Week In Gadgets This week saw a number of interesting announcements centring about the Internet. And a Head camera. Wired editor Chris Anderson did a Nas and proclaimed that the Web was dead, before a number of companies and columnists rose to dispute his claim. At the same time…