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Project Kangaroo
We were gutted when the Competition Commission told Project Kangaroo to hop it earlier this year. The joint web-TV venture promised all the power of BBC iPlayer, but with multi-channel content. But a new online TV service is to rise out of Project Kangaroo's ashes: the platform has just been sold, with the eager bidder promising a video-on-demand service this year. Watch out Hulu! Read more
July 24th, 2009
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Google Latitude
Location sharing service Google Latitude arriving to help iPhone and iPod touch owners find their friends up and down the land ought to be a a joyous occasion, and while it's here we can't help but be a bitter. Why? Because Google Latitude's been busted down to a web app in iPhone Safari, rather than the full on app. Why? Because Apple said so. Read more
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Twitter
We love a good bit of realtime blogging over on Twitter, but we're sick of all the spammers tweeting us with promises to make money through the service, or gain thousands of followers in a week. Now Twitter has had enough of them too, and culled a huge number of the pesky twammers in an update to the site. Read more
July 23rd, 2009
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YouTube
Music producer Calvin Harris has lashed out at the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), after the organisation removed his own music video from his YouTube account for copyright violation. Want to know what he had to say? Grab some soap to wash your eyes out with, and read on. Read more
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Google Chrome
Google is adamant that web apps are the way forward, through both the Google Chrome browser and Windows smashing Chrome OS. But if you were worried that meant a future of shonky, barebones browser apps, you needn't be: Google is building 3D acceleration support straight into Chrome, meaning spangly graphics like a desktop app - or even a game or two. Read more
Google Maps mobile adds layers
A new version of Google Maps for mobile has arrived, letting you slap down layers on top of the basic view to show where your friends are, local bus routes and even pre-prepared routes you've created. In fact, there's so many new additions, you might well got lost in them. Read on to see what we mean. Read more
July 22nd, 2009
Windows Live Messenger
Chat service Windows Live Messenger is blowing out the birthday candles: the IM giant is 10. It first launched as MSN Messenger on this very day way back when in 1999, when dial up was common place and Napster was only just rearing its head. Want to know how it's grown since then? Read on for the stats. Read more
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Vodafone and Facebook logos
Fans of poking (quiet at the back), messaging and tagging have cause to celebrate this Friday, as long as they're packing a Vodafone mobile in their pocket. The network's giving all its customers free access to Facebook through their phones for a week! Read more
 
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