Tag: Vox
amPhones put a mini guitar amp into over-ear headphones
If moany neighbours are thwarting your dreams of rock stardom, forcing your speaker stack to woefully low volume levels, then we've got something right up your alley today. Classic amp makers Vox have teamed up with headphone specialists Audio Technica…
Google Play coming to the Kobo Vox
The WH Smiths-exclusive Kobo Vox ereader/Android tablet hybrid has just been made a lot more tempting after receiving Google Play certification by the big G. That means that all new Kobo Vox devices will come with a suite of Google…
T-Mobile adds Bebo to mobile social network service, My Social Sites
T-Mobile has announced the addition of Bebo to their mobile social-networking service My Social Sites.
The service allows users to check their messages and post comments and images through a mobile application that amalgamates a number of the sites and charges you 5p each time you upload…
Opinion: Facebook is killing personal blogging
Stuart Dredge writes…
I signed into Vox the other day, for the first time in months. It looks like everyone in my personal neighbourhood has been similarly lax too – only one of my friends has blogged in August, and several last posted in May. It’s like a Web 2.0 graveyard.
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.
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…
Six Apart's Mena Trott on Vox: "We're winning back burned-out bloggers"
It's been quite a year for blogosphere-baroness Mena Trott. In October, Six Apart commercially launched Vox, its blogging-cum-social networking service, following a successful beta. And since then, it's been picking up users at a rapid pace. "People have really embraced…
Vox Mobile: moblogging goes mainstream?
Those of us at Shiny who are keen users of Six Apart's Vox service have been waiting for this for a long time, but it's finally here. Vox – blogging meets social networking, basically – has always allowed users to…