Tag: US
Gmail Motion April Fool's gag turned into real Kinect-controlled hack
Remember last week's Gmail Motion April Fool's gag, where the search giants posted a fake video showing a Kinect-style series of movements with which to control their online email client? Well in case you hadn't figured it out yet, it…
Spotify pass 750,000 paid users mark, US launch still on the way
Spotify have now surpassed 750,000 paid users on their Premium service. Shakil Khan, head of special projects for Spotify broke the news via Twitter, meaning that paid user numbers have almost doubled from the 320,000 noted nine months ago back…
WikiLeaks hit by hackers
WikiLeaks, the site currently causing quite a stir by revealing US governmental secrets, has reportedly been attacked by hackers. It comes just prior to a planned leak of US communications, containing many thousands of messages, which many publications including the…
BBC iPlayer goes global in 2011
The BBC will be taking their catch-up TV streaming service iPlayer on a world tour in 2011, as the UK exclusive service is set to go global. With a US version planned first and an international launch to follow, the…
Spotify announce big 2009 losses, but does it matter?
Spotify have revealed their financial accounts for 2009, and it makes for a very interesting read indeed. Spotify Limited, the UK based arm of the music streaming service which also acts as the company's main sales body, revealed 2009 revenues…
Dead Rising 2 European and Australian release date pushed ahead of the rest of the world
Dead Rising 2, the zombie slaughter-fest set in a fictitious version of gambler's heaven Las Vegas, has just had its European and Australian release dates pushed forward. Gamers in those territories will now be able to dismember the undead…
5 things iTunes must do to stay ahead of Spotify
Since it launched nearly a decade ago, Apple's iTunes has become almost synonymous with digital music. A beautiful and intuitive user-interface coupled with the most thorough library of legal MP3 downloads available, it was the perfect accompaniment to the iPod…
iPad now available to pre-order and reserve from the US Apple Store
After a brief spell of downtime over at the US online Apple Store, the site is now back up. And guess what's just popped up along with it? Yep, iPad pre-order and reserve forms. Despite only the Wi-Fi models being…
Spotify's Related Artists tab gets an overhaul
Spotify's Related Artists tab was one of the music streaming app's only shortcomings. Recommendations were either a bit obvious or not very much like what you'd hope to find based on the artist you were currently listening to. Today that's…
Spotify making money for record labels
Universal Music Group's Rob Wells has said that Spotify is finally beginning to present itself as a very sustainable financial model for the record labels that have agreed licensing deals with the streaming app. Wells went on to reveal for…
