TweetPlenty of opportunities for Spotify to rejoice over the past month. One of the bearers of good news comes from a fortnight in which over 1.4 million users in America signed up, including 175,000 paying for the premium service. Needless to say, this is also good news for the music industry, because MOG, Rdio and [...]
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August 3rd, 2011
Vimeo Launch ‘Vimeo Pro’ for Professional Video Hosting
TweetA long time in the making, Vimeo have finally launched their counterpart, ‘Vimeo Pro’ yesterday. The accounts claim to be the most accessible and affordible *professional* video-hosting solutions aimed at the UK’s enterpreneurs and can be checked out here. Vimeo Pro costs $199 US per year and you get 50GB of video hosting and 250,000 [...]
July 19th, 2011
uTorrent Paid Version is on its Way
TweetAs an avid user of their freeware, I was interested to see that uTorrent will soon be releasing a paid version of their service. With over 100 million active users worldwide, this launch is really going to wake the market up. uTorrent Plus is its name and it will offer the ability to convert videos [...]
May 26th, 2011
Google Launch Google Wallet and Get Sued by Paypal
TweetToday in New York, Google introduced the tech community to their latest addition, Google Wallet, which is an application that will “turn your mobile phone into your wallet.” This includes the ability to store your credit cards, loyalty cards, gift cards, etc.. At launch Google Wallet will support Citi Mastercard and Google Prepaid Card. However, [...]
May 8th, 2011
Amazon’s latest pet project should feed your fashion fix…
TweetAmazon has launched a new membership deals site called MyHabit, which is all about fashion. Accordingly, it will offer up to 60 percent off normal retail prices with free shipping and free returns. It will also feature some interesting photography and 360 degree views of the clothing. This daily deals site is something that Amazon [...]
March 14th, 2011
A coalition of companies support Japan…
TweetIt’s now monday and the aftermath for the north east of Japan continues, but over the weekend, large tech corporations have been scrambling to offer support. Google, as per usual, was first on the scene with a Google Person Finder for Japan. There is a Google Crisis Response page for the earthquake and tsunami, which [...]
February 3rd, 2011
News Corp wave the white flag and put MySpace up for sale.
TweetSome interesting and long-awaited/already-expected news this morning. According to COO Chase Carey, The new MySpace has been very well received by the market and we have some very encouraging metrics. But the plan to allow MySpace to reach it’s full potential may be best achieved under a new owner. Yes, it’s a shame about that [...]
January 19th, 2011
Yahoo to enable third party sign-ins…
TweetFrom tomorrow, the Yahoo Network of Web properties will let you sign in with your Facebook or Google credentials. With these changes, you can use Facebook and Google across all of Yahoo’s Websites. Of course, after getting rid of a bunch of its sites during its recent identity crisis, that’s not particularly a lot. Still, [...]
January 18th, 2011
Facebook makes a U-turn on access…
TweetNow I’m never a fan of self-indulgent “Hate To Say I Told You So”‘s, but it seems that after their announcement of (and my outrage at) the new home address and phone access permissions, Facebook’s performed a sharp U-turn. Citing “useful feedback,” (Next time, just link DigiLounge as the source, Zuckerberg) Facebook has chosen to [...]
January 16th, 2011
Facebook’s one-click identity theft option…
TweetIn a rather peculiar and, what I can only assume to be, a haphazard move, Facebook has made it possible for apps to read your home address and mobile telephone number.
