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News
Visual DNA: a potential networking and marketing tool
Forget Facebook. Been there done that. A fad of the past. User-generated visual DNA profiling is the future of networking on the web.
Universal-Google duo to meet Apple head on
Universal, the world’s largest record label, will sell DRM (digital rights management) - free downloads via Google’s music download arm, gBox.
Pensioners are bigger surfers than teens
UK silver surfers now spend 42 hours a month on the internet compared with 18-24-year-olds (37.9 hours), according to Ofcom’s annual Communications Market Report.
Wirelessly connected dream homes soon a reality
A groundbreaking new technology dubbed UWB (ultra wide-band) which has the capacity to connect PCs, mp3 players and digital cameras together without wires has been approved by Ofcom.
Electronic Arts fails in hostile bid to buy Take Two
Take Two Interactive Software has surprised the world by rejecting Electronic Arts’s unsolicited takeover bid. EA has been attempting to raise its position in the video games arena against rival Activision.
Comment
Consumers deserve ethical advertising
In recent weeks Facebook has been called to task for their seeming lack of responsibility towards their monitoring of the placement of advertising alongside inappropriate content. Elsewhere on the web, media owners are placing ads that are potentially misleading consumers…
Bitesize
3D digital dance party
Londoners party differently, they always have.
Monkey Punch in mobile Manga push
Manga (Japanese comics) fans can now check out the latest instalment on the go thanks to Kato Kazuhiko aka Monkey Punch who is also chairman of the Digital Manga Association of Japan.
Aussie fetus hits Facebook
Facebook fanatics have truly gone raving mad!
Boot camp to cure internet addiction in China
Forget cannabis, weed or heroin.
Dare to talk and you'll be denounced!
Everyone’s heard of the chewing-gum ban in Singapore but Bosnians have it far worse in their nanny-state.
Sniff out a scent on your mobile
Gone are the days when choosing a fragrance involved first getting a whiff of it as a beautiful woman walked by.
The Numbers Page
Top 10 UK games based on retail sales
Tomb Raider Anniversary did well in terms of UK retail sales last month. In the weekly chart compiled by gamestracker.com the Play Station 2 version came out top and the PC version, third.
Bullish forecasts for UGC revenue from mobiles
Social networking sites could represent the next boom for mobile phone operators, according to Juniper Research.
Social networking sites experience explosive growth globally
While MySpace continues to reign as the most popular UK social networking site with 41% of market share, growth has not matched the phenomenal rises registered on other sites such as Facebook which grew by 270% and Tagged which grew by a whopping 774%.