Category: Web 2.0
Why Tony Blair's YouTube channel doesn't hit the mark
You can’t be a modern politician without being Web 2.0 friendly. Hot on the heels of David Cameron’s Webcameron site, the Labour Party has now jumped into bed with YouTube to launch the Labourvision channel.
BT's new social network for businesses
It’s called BT Tradespace, and it’s basically a MySpace for small-to-medium sized businesses (SMEs) who want a new way to engage with their customers.
Facebook gets a facelift: social networking site evolves
Facebook, America's number two social networking site, has enjoyed massive growth over the past six months has had a facelift and additional features, as it becomes a mainstream site eclipsed only by MySpace. About six months ago, the site faced…
John Edwards' Twitter feed shows politicians don't get micro-blogging yet
It seems like everyone and their Dog 2.0 is hooked on Twitter, the most addictive new technology since the BlackBerry. And not just us mere web users either. Senator John Edwards wants to become the next Democrat presidential nominee in the US, and he’s using Twitter to do it.
Top 10 Twitter spin-off applications and services
Have you got the Twitter bug yet? The ‘micro-blogging’ platform is taking the Web 2.0 world by storm, as Techscape explained last week.
Jott sends your voicemail to India for transcription, free
Heralding Tech Bubble 2.0 is Jott, a service that transcribes your voice messages and emails them to whomever you like. Simply call it up, say, for example, "Remind Victor about the DJ Fish concert", and your message wings over…
Sony BMG wants new bands to blog, not send demo CDs
If you’re in a young, thrusting band, you’ve probably already got a MySpace page (and if not, why the hell not?) But up until now, attracting the attention of a label has still involved packaging up dozens of demo CDs and sending them off to A&R folk, who then use them as coffee holders. Allegedly.
Bebo Mobile to launch on Orange
Unsurprisingly, Vodafone were very chuffed when they got an exclusive deal to feature MySpace on mobile handsets. But Orange has struck back in the social networking battle with an exclusive deal with Bebo. The media giant has struck a deal…
SonyBMG turn to the power of blogs for music demos
It seems that the humble demo tape – even the demo CD – is on its last legs. SonyBMG has said that from Monday it will no longer accept music demos in hard copy formats. Instead, musicians hoping to grab…
Web 2.0 site of the day: Twitter
Does anyone really need a new way to communicate electronically with friends? After all, we’ve got email, instant messaging, voice-over-IP, virtual worlds and text messaging, which should be enough to keep up.