The 6 Degrees Blog - News in Degrees
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …