18° May | Blueseed | HP | Digg | Blinkx | Pinterest | VLC Player

18 May 2012

New Initiatives

With Facebook shares being released upon the world today, many will be buying up shares selling at $38 (£24) each. They announced earlier in the week that due to demand they would be selling 25% shares than originally planned. They should raise roughly £66bn for themselves, in this long awaited IPO.

11° May | Google Play | App Center | Airtime | Rovio | Evernote | Twitter | Microsoft

11 May 2012

New Initiatives

Google has begun selling eBooks in Italy on its new Google Play service, its first step into foreign language eBooks. It is competing against the Kindle which sells 25,000 Italian eBooks in its store.

4° May | Amazon | Ebay | Rdio | TweetAFlight | PlayThru | OMGPOP | Dropquest

4 May 2012

New Initiative

Amazon branching out as it is apparently looking to make original TV Content with £6k to option scripts and £34k if it’s okayed for production. You can see information on it via its site Amazon Studios. The BBC News website won the People’s Voice award at the 16th Annual Webby Awards, announced on May 1st, with an awards ceremony to follow.

27° April | Google Drive | Amazon | Netflix | Nokia | Asos | StumbleUpon

27 April 2012

New Initiative

Digital Economy Act‘s anti-piracy law has been delayed until at least 2014. The act was passed in 2010 and has since met repeated legal challenges and subsequent delays. The act touts a three strikes letter system for persistent file sharers. Boris Johnson has also been weighing in for the digital fight this week, pitching to London’s digital businesses as part of his mayoral candidacy with promises of start-up funding, the promotion of Tech City and a broadband pledge.

20° April | Code Club | Pottermore | Zattikka | Foursquare | Windows 8 | PayTag |

20 April 2012

New Initiative

The Kindle Touch will be released in the UK a week earlier, with the first expected tomorrow (21 April 2012). This follows news that orders for the new Kindles have “exceeded expectations”. There are hopes that this success will prompt Amazon to release the Fire in the UK.

13° April | Spotify Play Button | Etsy | Netflix | Sony | Google+ | Hearst UK | Instagram

13 April 2012

New Initiatives

Spotify have revealed that they are bringing a ‘Spotify Play Button‘ for sites to integrate free streaming music, giving websites a “personalised soundtrack”. In the same week, Google have launched ‘Google Currents‘ into the UK. The social reader application is available on Android and Apple and has launched with several content partners including The Independent, London Evening Standard and Metro.

5° April | Campus | Vevo | Skype | Grooveshark | Dell | Pottermore | ‘Project Glass’ |

5 April 2012

New Initiatives

Google has added a new service to their maps in the form of real time Tube data. This new system comes in place ready for the London Olympics this summer. Transport for London has also added live updates for its buses on their website but currently Google only covers their tube information. Google has opened its Campus for the project it partnered with the UK government on. The project provides tech start-ups with mentoring and free work space. It is based in Old Street and also offers seminars and talks from industry figures, a cafe and free high speed Wi-Fi.

30° March | Rdio | Spotify | Game | FamilyLeaf | Kindle Touch | Flexible e-ink displays

30 March 2012

New Initiatives

Sources from within Google this week have revealed that they are building an online tablet store at the moment, competing with Amazon and Apple. Rumours have circulated that the release will be about mid-way through the year.

Twitter has launched a self-service ad platform for small businesses, which makes it simple to create promoted accounts and promoted tweets working on a pay per follower and pay per engagement program.

23° March | Tube WiFi | Turntable.fm | OMGPOP | Friends Reunited | Chrome

23 March 2012

New Initiatives

After three years of negotiating, the Xbox 360 has finally got BBC Iplayer, which launched this week. The new Kinect motion-controller also means users would be able to control the platform using gestures and voice commands.

16° March | Paypal | Posterous | Gowalla | PG Tips | Encyclopaedia Britannica

16 March 2012

New Initiatives

Paypal has announced that it will be launching a range of digital wallet amenities at SXSW in Texas. It is all with the aim of becoming the place for all your mobile commerce. They have said that the mobile wallet should be expected in late May (in the US).