Author: Katherine Hannaford
Radiohead launches social networking site for gossip about Thom's hair, Waste-Central
They’ve already asked you to create music videos for their In Rainbows album, and given you the task of remixing their single ‘Nude’, now they’re demanding you waste even more of your time helping them own the internet, with their aptly-named new social networking site, Waste-Central.
Powered by the Ning platform which 50 Cent also uses, Waste-Central lets fans post videos, remixes, photos, music files, blog and even sign up for a special Radiohead email address. The main attraction to the site is the gigapedia-type service so you can find the gig you’re going to, meet the other fans who’ve spent £42.50 on a ticket, and obviously arrange to meet up before or after the gig to talk about Thom Yorke’s hair…
Microsoft and Yahoo stayed up late all weekend on Messenger, still no decision made
The weekend was not a quiet one for the oppressive Microsofties and underlingers Yahoo, with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer issuing Yahoo an ultimatum in an open letter to the board of directors, ranting “our goal in making such a generous offer was to create the basis for a speedy and ultimately friendly transaction. Despite this, the pace of the last two months has been anything but speedy.”
He’s given Yahoo three weeks to accept the offer, or Microsoft will usurp Yahoo’s board of directors, replacing them with new, more Microsoft-friendly officers….
Sony Ericsson aims to attract the youngsters with the Def Jam W910i phone
Sony Ericsson has teamed up with Def Jam Records and The Carphone Warehouse, to ‘bring the bling’ as the press release states, with the limited edition W910i Walkman handset.
Coming bundled with MPS 75 speakers, the phone contains exclusive Def Jam tracks and video, including ditties from Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Janet Jackson, Ludacris, Ne-Yo and Fabolous (full list under the jump). Exclusive…
Radiopaq radio service launches officially today with new features and Mac compatibility
The radio search engine Radiopaq, which launched in beta in February, has now officially gone live today with some new services to dazzle your aural senses.
Aggregating thousands of radio stations from within the UK and abroad, it streams them through the site, all for free. Now compatible with Macs (when using Safari), it offers 35% more stations than it did back in February, with an improved layout, predictive search, personalised profiles and even weather and…
YouTube Hits: 14 year old kid parodies Fergalicious with 'Mathmaticious'
When I watched this video on Saturday morning, it had just over 10,000 views. Looking now, it’s had close to 800,000 – I think I contributed about 400,000 views to that number in the last few days. I am obsessed.
“A mathematical parody of Fergie’s Fergalicious”, the 14 year old kiddynerdzoid behind the video claims. Watch it. And watch it again. Let’s hope Fergie employs him for her next music video…
Facebook Chat opens in beta to lucky few, offers a "compelling experience" apparently
Facebook Chat launched on Saturday to a few select networks, in the ubiquitous ‘beta’ mode. So far so good, with the lucky few who’ve been trialling it reporting “it’s a great implementation”.
A permanent, unhideable Chat bar appears on the bottom of every page on Facebook, which shows your various IM conversations, notifications and online contacts. Whilst the default setting for conversations is within your Facebook window, you can minimise it, or open a new tab for that chat. Status updates are also integrated into the Chat window, plus your contact’s actions – so if…
Samsung announces first HSUPA phone, the SCH-M470
HSUPA, that little internet devil which made it big at the recent Mobile World Congress, has been employed by Samsung in their latest phone for the Korean market, the SCH-M470.
Belonging to the HSPA family of mobile internet connectivity, High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) is similar to HSDPA which you see in most 3G phones now, however it has up-link speeds of up to 5.76Mbit/s, with transmissions…
YouTube Hits: unofficial Sony Bravia advert, shot in London
We’re a big fan of the Sony Bravia adverts, and it appears a YouTube user Kobayashi is too. The London-based animation director has created it with a budget of next-to-nothing, in the hopes it will attract Sony’s eye.
Keeping the bunny motif of the last (official) video, it shows off some of London’s most famous landmarks….
"We're fine, honest, we're just, um, releasing a Smart Rider Car Phone. In 2008." says Motorola
Obviously Motorola hasn’t quite grasped that when your company is struggling as much as they are, the worst thing you could possibly announce is that you’re going back to manufacturing 1992’s technology.
Hoping to remind the world they were once market leaders, and indeed invented the ruddy mobile phone, they’re releasing the Smart Rider Car Phone, a slinky Bluetooth-enabled BlackBerry-shaped phone…
Nokia's N-Gage platform available NOW NOW NOW!
The news that all the N81, N82 and N95 handset owners has been waiting for has rocked up on the internet, a little late to the party, but looking good nonetheless.
The software is available for download from the N-Gage site for your N81, N81 8GB, N82, N95 and N95 8GB phones, after two delays last year. The official announcement is due out this Monday, which should contain some more secrets. With EA, Gameloft and Glu Mobile all having signed up to…
