Archive of 2010 July

20Jul2010
Author
Chris
Category
Web and Tech
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Today .co domains become available

Today the dawn of a new era of Top Level Domains (TLD) is born. We welcome .co as a new TLD which at 7pm (uk time) will become available for sale. You can pre-order .co domains from various domain vendors on the net to secure your name but be quick as we don’t expect them to hang around for long, particularly the short words. This is a great opportunity if you missed out on a .com or .co.uk domain and maybe reclaim some of that lost online equity.

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16Jul2010
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Facebook Currency soon to be launched

Social networking is becoming monopolised, literally. If you are a regular user of the most popular social networking site Facebook you may well be interested to learn that it has recently been confirmed that they are to partner with a Malaysian company to deliver virtual currency for Facebook across Asia. This move has been fronted by tycoon Vincent Tan and is available in around 50,000 retail outlets across Asia. This move could lead it to becoming the default online currency, rivalling leaders such as PayPal.

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16Jul2010
Author
Chris
Category
Google, Mobile
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Google invests into Zynga to develop Google games

Google has put in $100-200 million in web-based games developer Zynga, to help bring out the Google Games. TechCrunch reports that this supposedly is a small part of a month-old deal between Google and Zynga. This step will enable the game developer develop the Google Games platform.

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15Jul2010
Author
Chris
Category
Mobile, Web and Tech
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Google upgrades YouTube mobile service [Video]

Google has revamped its YouTube mobile site by improving its touchscreen and HTML5 functionality as playbacks pass 100m a day. The updated site will more closely resemble YouTube.com, including search suggestions and the ability to create playlists. Continue r

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13Jul2010
Author
Joe
Category
Random
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July 13th = “Embrace Your Geekness Day”

Wellcat.com have proclaimed today, July 13th “Embrace Your Geekness Day”. The term 'Geek' has different meanings to different people, but basically it is an endearing term describing a really smart individual that lacks in social skills or 'coolness.'

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13Jul2010
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Man to Send Android Phone Into Space!? Astdroid Begins…

When we first heard about a guy sending an Android smartphone into space, we thought the same as you… Ahem… WHY? Well, the idea hailed ‘The Astdroid Project’ is the brainchild of Danny Pier, a 25 year-old self-proclaimed computer geek.  Pier is positive he can fit a HTC Evo smartphone to a weather balloon, using its camera, computing power, transmitter and GPS technology to follow the phone’s expedition into space.

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