MWC 2008: Don't wet yourself, but Tim McGraw has launched his own mobile internet site!

Possibly the most EXCITING news that’s come out of MWC, country singer Tim McGraw has confirmed exactly what all mobile users have been waiting for: his very own mobile internet site.

McGraw2go.mobi is the one-stop site for fans of his music (and aren’t we all), giving us amazing access to view BREAKING NEWS, tour dates, download photos, video and even pay for – get this – electronic media, in the form of wallpapers and ringtones no doubt. Don’t you just feel like all your Christmases have come at once?

“The mobile medium is the latest way in which Tim McGraw is reaching out to his fans, giving him access to them 24 hours a day and seven days a week,” said his manager, Scott Siman, no doubt forgetting that most people are probably accessing the mobile site in the hopes of seeing nekkid piccies of his hardbody wife, Faith Hill…

Is Rupert Murdoch eyeing up LinkedIn for a possible acquisition?

rupert-murdoch-linkedIn.jpgThis geezer attempting a smile here is none other than Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp. They already own MySpace, and a bunch of other online properties, but you see, herein lies the problem: old Mr. Murdoch is quite greedy, and if rumours are true, he’s considering buying LinkedIn.

The possible acquisition is rumoured to take place in January 2008, and as Tech Crunch states, LinkedIn’s…

LinkedIn signs up millionth time-wasting business person in the UK

linked-in-first-million.jpgFinally, an excuse to open the bottle of champagne you have lurking at the back of your fridge! LinkedIn is celebrating distracting business-minded people signing up its millionth UK-based user, and has awarded each of those million people a special little badge to stick on their profiles.

Whilst one million users in the UK doesn’t seem that impressive, the 16 million they have worldwide surely…

Piczo launches Piczo Zone to give users even more artistic license

piczo-zone.jpgPiczo’s always been praised for allowing the creative juices to flow in teenagers, with users able to fully customise their profiles with colours, glitter and all manners of appealing-to-teens pixels. With the launch of Piczo Zone, however, the kids can really turn themselves into 21st-century Van Goghs.

This new feature allows users of the social networking site to share their content which they’ve created across various sites. The creative content designed by the young users can be found by searching the various…

eBay launches social-networking site, eBay Neighborhoods, about two years too late

ebay-neighborhoods.jpgeBay aren’t making any money from Skype these days, so have obviously had a few long nights sitting at the drawing board, thinking of new ways to conjure cash out of thin air. And what have they come up? Yet another social networking site. Zzzzzzzz…

eBay Neighborhoods features around 600 online communities, for people passionate about buying and selling specific products on the auction site. There’s message boards, product reviews, photos and social mapping…

Shopping social networking site OSOYOU launches in beta

osoyou67.jpg Surely some girls read Tech Digest, right? You’re not all hovering around Shiny Shiny getting your fix of all things pink and fluffy, are you? So hopefully there’s some of you who’ll be interested to hear that OSOYOU, the sparkly new social networking site we happen to share an office with here at Shiny Towers, just launched in beta yesterday.

Allowing you to create user profiles, drag and drop items to your wishlist using their super-cool clothes hanger, bookmark…