Tag: web 2.0
UK Web 2.0 site TrustedPlaces gets a revamp
It's a social networking site based around cool places, from restaurants and pubs through to gig venues and art galleries. You build a profile, and then find places to go based on reviews of other users, while posting your own…
MSN Soapbox video sharing service enters public beta
Microsoft's would-be-YouTube video service Soapbox that we first mentioned in September last year has now entered public beta testing. Though Bink.nu reckons it's only supposed to work on Internet Explorer and not Firefox (presumably on a PC), I've been able…
Chelsea FC launches its own YouTube channel
And you thought the only grainy videos of footballers worth viewing involved hotel-room roastings… Chelsea has signed a deal with YouTube to launch its own branded channel on the video-sharing site, with daily news and archive footage. Techscape isn't too…
30 things we learned at 3GSM 2007
Phew. As ever, 3GSM was tiring both physically and mentally, with a barrage of new products and companies, plus an enormous venue to walk around. Honestly, if we believed in wearing pedometers, they'd have exploded by Tuesday. So now the…
MySpace may "die fast" if it doesn't get mobile social networking right
Us Brits will soon be able to access MySpace on our phones – well, we will if we're on Vodafone, anyway, as the two companies have signed an exclusive deal. But is it that important that MySpace launches a mobile…
The only web 2.0 account you'll ever need – Useless Account
5px; float: left;"/>Doubtlessly you've heard the term web 2.0 bandied around like a drunk's brown paper bagged bottle, heck, it was just a few weeks ago that Shiny Shiny's very own Susi weighed into the issue with her theories…
Yell launches new mobile search service
Yell has launched a new mobile application and mobile internet site, putting it head to head with services offered by Google and Yahoo. The application provides full access to Yell's listings, while also keeping track of regular requests, providing an…
Shiny Media launches Techscape – a blog about mobile phones and web 2.0 sites
And the latest blog to bolt from the Shiny stable is… TechScape. It is Shiny Media’s sideways look at the wonderful world of the web, or web 2.0 to be precise, from a UK perspective. Truth be told we have…
Adobe releases Flash Player 9 for Linux
Linux fans rejoice… Adobe have announced that version 9 of their Flash player is now available for the popular open source operating system, and brings it into line with the Windows and Mac OS X versions….
Cellswapper: an answer to those lengthy mobile contracts?
Mobile contract lengths have been creeping from 12 to 18 months in the UK, while it's reported that to get an iPhone on US operator Cingular, you'll have to sign up to a TWO YEAR contract. Cripes. So what to…
