Spotify is barely one year old, but the music streaming sensation is already closing the gap on online music giants, and even overtaking a few too: new research now pegs Spotify as more popular than Last.fm in the UK!
November, 2009
Rumours broke out last month that Microsoft was prepping a Zune service for Windows Mobile, but now the PC behemoth has gone on the record to say it’s planning to get Zune onto mobile too.
Microsoft will launch its Zune brand in the UK and Europe for the first time tomorrow, rebadging the movie service on Xbox Live with the media portal’s moniker to go with Twitter and Facebook‘s arrival on the consoles’ latest dashboard update.
Toshiba has just shown off something much more cool than a giant pigeon to promote its gizmos: a chair that floats up to the cusp of space on a balloon. We’ve got the full video here of the breathtaking stunt.
We’re still waiting for an iPhone app that turns your handset into a real working broomstick, but in the meantime, muggles will find a new Harry Potter iPhone app kills the time until that day arrives. It’s a new app that sees you blasting out spells with your iPhone or iPod touch, with multiplayer duelling thrown in.
Rupert Murdoch is committed to taking his ball away, refusing to play with Google, and more specifically with Google News. But according to an interview with Google product manager, Jason Cohen, that could mean his content drops off the map entirely. Is Google exclusion about to topple Murdoch’s empire?
If the Pioneer BDP-LX52 is Jonathan Ross, then the Pioneer BDP-320 is his brother Paul – a lot cheaper and not quite as sharp. But you’re still getting a lot of Blu-ray player for your money, and with Pioneer’s patented picture tech pulling the strings, great performance is virtually a shoo-in. Read our full Pioneer BDP-320 review and find out if that’s the case.