Category: Web 2.0
WooMe brings speed dating to the online masses
Speed dating was a sensible response to the problem of a generation of time-poor singletons who are too busy working to have time for slow, boring old traditional courting. And it worked. But now everyone spends their downtime on Facebook and YouTube, what to do? Easy: Web 2.0 speed dating.
The UK Scout Association goes web 2.0 for their Kids Outdoors website
After discovering through the largest survey so far that children and teens are spending less time than ever outdoors, the Scout Association has brushed up on their web design skills and launched their Kids Outdoors Campaign today, complete with spiffy web 2.0 flourishes.
They’ve got videos! That you can upload and share yourself! Share your photos of your kids getting sporty! They’ve got blog posts! They’ve got a tag cloud! They’ve even got a little log-in section on the top right-hand side, so you know they know you know they know their stuff! It’s just a shame about the poo-green colour scheme.
Their aim is to raise £10million…
BlinkBox lets you turn film and TV clips into messages
Another innovative Web 2.0 application comes from Michael Cornish, who used to be in charge of UK broadcaster Channel 4's new media services. His new venture is called blinkBox, and it's basically about mashing up clips from TV shows and films, then sending them on or embedding them on a blog or social networking profile.
Radiopaq aggregates online radio stations from around the world
All these cool streaming Music 2.0 sites are nice, but they don’t let you listen to local radio stations in Burnley or Stoke, do they? Well, a new site called Radiopaq does. Yes, of course it’s in beta…
Get personal with BuzzMyGoat mobile video messaging
Convinced that text messaging and standard mobile ringtones are really boring, BuzzMyGoat.com has launched, giving you the opportunity to send (allegedly) hilarious, personalised, video clips to your mates.
These “Buzzcasts” are formed from piecing together professionally-made video clips into a message which can then be sent to a video-equipped mobile phone, or via email.
Last.fm signs UK licensing deal with PPL – agrees royalties for UK web streaming
Social music network Last.fm has announced that it has signed a deal with PPL to provide performance royalty payments to artists streamed via its UK radio.
Microsoft signs up MTV and Sony BMG to provide content for MSN Video
At a press conference this morning in the heart of Microsoft’s glasshouse, the company announced an online video partnership with MTV Networks International and Sony BMG, because according to John Mangelaars, VP of Microsoft Online Services Group, “video is exploding”. Just cottoned on, eh Microsoft?
Adding to their MSN video service, which is free to users, clips from MTV programs including South Park, Pimp My Ride…
Norwegian TV broadcaster puts own series on BitTorrent
BitTorrent and P2P file-sharing is KILLING the music, film and TV industries, right? If this madness doesn’t stop, in ten years time David Letterman and Jonathan Ross will be starving on the streets, and the Eastenders budget will be so meagre that every episode will take place entirely in the Queen Vic’s gent’s loo.
MySpace Developer Platform coming 5th February
Presuming that you haven’t already deleted your MySpace account, you may be interested to learn that a development platform is launching for the garish, spammy service on 5th February.
Adam over at Mashable caught up with Amit Kapur, newly promoted COO of MySpace, who will be overseeing the new platform.
Though MySpace is rather behind the times when it comes to opening up to developers in this way, Kapur says that they’ve learned from the mistakes of others, and will be immediately addressing issues of privacy, monetisation, and data ownership.
Amusingly, they will be addressing the issue of spam on information feeds — prevalent indeed on Facebook, but hardly something MySpace is immune from.
Forget Facebook, Pensionbook is the new online phenomenon
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Now being featured on every possible email forwarding viral this side of everywhere – Pensionbook! Click the image above to see a larger…
