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DatingDirect.com partners with Vodafone to offer mobile dating service

dating_direct_vodafone_service.jpgDatingDirect.com, the UK’s largest dating service, has announced a new partnership with Vodafone to bring a mobile dating service to the Vodafone Mobile Internet service.

This will give Vodafone users complete access to the Dating Direct website, and its 3.5m active members, straight from their mobile phone.

The new service has been developed and optimised for mobile phone use, and will allow users to browse images and profiles, manage their own content, upload photos, and even sign up as a new member directly from their mobile.

Andy Merrett Internet, Mobile phones, Web 2.0, Websites

Ateca Vision TV furniture with a Gallic flavour

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Ateca Vision is challenging “poorly constructed, unimaginative” furniture that’s often used to plonk our LCD and plasma flat screen TVs on, by introducing a range of furniture created by one of France’s leading furniture makers.

The Ateca Monaco comes in black, red, or white, and can handle up to 60 inch screens. It is constructed from toughened glass shelves and wood, with integrated cable management to hide the mass of wires that are a necessity of modern consumer electronics.

It retails for £349.99 (42 inch) or £399.99 (60 inch).

Andy Merrett Furnishings & Furniture

Which? calling for insurers to cover digital downloads

musicnotes.jpgLeading consumer organisation “Which?” has called for insurers to move into the 21st century and begin acknowledging customer claims for loss of digital downloads.

Its own research suggests that less than half of the insurance companies it polled will cover the loss of music, video, and other downloads due to virus or hard drive failure.

Andy Merrett Internet

Vauxhall launches Guide to getting a Second Life

corsa_guide_second_life.gifShameless brand promotion though it is, Vauxhall, makers of the Corsa, has teamed up with Second Life to produce a guide to the best, weird, wild, wacky, fun places to hang out in the virtual reality phenomenon.

The Corsa Guide to Getting a (Second) Life includes the top 10 places to hang out in the game, as voted for by its users. It includes the virtual Blarney Stone, Bora Bora Wavelabs, Acropolis Gardens, The Lost Gardens of Apollo, and the Bubblegum Music Factory.

Andy Merrett Gaming, Web 2.0

T-Mobile launches Pocket Comedy TV on its mobile TV trial service

mobix.gifT-Mobile has announced that it’s launching Pocket Comedy TV on its trial mobile TV service. The specially designed-for-mobile TV channel from Mobix will feature a range of stand-up and TV comedy, as well as cartoons and viral comedy clips, with comedians including Ricky Gervais, Lee Evans and Jack Dee, and programmes including Father Ted and League of Gentlemen.

Though details are a little sketchy (uh ha ha), the promise is that the channel has been designed specifically with mobile users on small screens in mind – presumably rather than simply being ported from other formats – and the content is updated regularly.

Andy Merrett Internet, Mobile phones

TrustedPlaces social networking site links up with Facebook

trusted_places.gifThe UK-based social networking site TrustedPlaces, which relaunched in February, has now announced new features, and collaboration with Facebook.

Thanks to Facebook opening itself up to application developers, its members can now access TrustedPlaces and seamlessly ‘roam’ its content, and share relationships across the two communities.

New features at the TrustedPlaces include the ability for members to upload video reviews of their favourite places. They are also encouraging members who have met online to meet in the real world.

Andy Merrett Web 2.0