Tag: Website
MySpace turns glossy mag with MySpace Celebrity
If you can’t wait for the latest glossy periodical to pop through the letter box, you could get your d-list fix with the newly-launched MySpace Celebrity.
Think Secret rumour site shut down by Apple: Inquisitive fanboys will have to go elsewhere
It seems that Apple has finally got its own way in the long-running battle with rumour site Think Secret, well known for publishing allegedly leaked stories from the vehemently secretive technology company.
Think Secret got enough of its rumours right to make it fairly obvious that it was getting inside information, and of course that angered Apple.
Site publisher Nick Ciarelli stuck to his principles, and loyalty to his sources, and thus his site paid the ultimate price: closure.
Turn back the time on websites with the Way Back Machine
Over at Shiny Shiny, they wrote about possibly the most amazing site in the whole entire information super-highway. That site? Way Back Machine.
It acts like a time machine, and can transport you back to ye olden days, when websites were clunky and covered in glittery action .gifs of wizards casting spells, and the height of background colour…
Miomi, the online timeline where you can store memories, and view the world's events
If Microsoft endorses a company, claiming it’s one of the five UK tech start-ups to keep an eye on in 2008, then we’re going to sit up and listen obviously. Miomi is the lucky company to receive the thumbs-up from Bill Gates and co., and launched this week to critical applause.
It enables you to view and share content on the net about the world’s memories – past events, significant happenings, even…
*Yawn* The Who launches paid-for subscription site with access to whole back catalogue
There’s certainly something in the Hollywood drinking water of late, with musical acts from Nine Inch Nails to Kylie Minogue taking their assaults on our eardrums online. The most recent band to get in on the act is The Who, who have announced they’re launching a new subscription site, aptly TheWho.com. How novel!
It’s been in beta for a few months now, but on the 5th of November, it’ll officially launch, with baby-boomers asked to cough up $50 a year to become a ‘Wholigan’ to get their mitts on lots of exclusive goodies. It’s a huge ask of dedicated fans, as they’ll be receiving…
Excitement: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart website to launch in FEW SHORT HOURS!
Finally, something to do on the coming winter months now that huddling outside crack dens clutching spoons isn’t a smart idea. Unless you want pneumonia.
Finally getting their asses into gear, Comedy Central has given The Daily Show With Jon Stewart its very own website, due to launch today at noon EST. Only a few short hours, get those fingers poised on F5 already…
Red Square vodka encourages you to go clubbing, creates social networking site Reloaded
Gosh, it appears alcohol manufacturers have realised that the internet isn’t just a fad that’s going to disappear overnight, and are starting to harness all the online world has to offer.
Red Square vodka is the latest company to boot up their computers, perhaps realising that now Summer’s well and truly behind us, we’re more likely to be sitting at home infront of our PCs rather than out in Ibiza clubbing the night away. They’ve launched a ‘World Party Weekenders’ site to entertain all…
The Absolute Pitz – the worst designed website in existence
Like a bad flashback to the early days of the internets, when MSN Groups were all the rage and we gained most of our information on bands from obsessively-detailed Angelfire sites, this Absolute Pitz site wouldn’t have looked out of place. Now though, it’s a nostalgic trip down memory lane, aiming on being the most irritating website in existence…
Best 4 Reviews does what it says on the tin
Admittedly we here at Tech Digest can’t review every piece of kit available – we do need some time for heating up a £1.99 Morrisons ready-meal, popping the cork of a bottle of Lambrini and watching Eastenders, after all – so if you can’t find a review of that special laptop, camera or TV you’ve had your eye on, then consider Best 4 Reviews, a new British site aimed at reviewing every electronic piece in existence…
Streakr: Another vowel-challenged social network goes into beta
Prepare yourself for Streakr.com, a “web discovery tool and social networking site” that has just entered public beta (read “we’ll let people in but don’t blame us if it stops working”).
It appears to be Facebook meets MySpace meets Digg meets StumbleUpon meets… another irritating browser toolbar.
The system works once you embed the Streakr toolbar in your web browser, which you then use to rate sites with a ‘thumbs up’ or ‘thumbs down’. This links them to a personal profile page, and allows them to be shared on the social network.
