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Retweet.com Sells for a Whopping $250,000

Retweet.com Sells for a Whopping $250,000

Image via Wikipedia The twitter bug just refuses to die down. The retweet.com domain which put itself up for sale last month has fetched a massive price of $250,000 in an online auction on Flippa. The sale was hotly contested with as many as 45 bids being placed for retweet.com and the eventual winner outscoring others by shelling out $48,000 more than any other bidder. Retweet.com is a twitter [...]
Ban In The UK On Illegal Hosting And Sharing

Ban In The UK On Illegal Hosting And Sharing

Image via Wikipedia Sending your large videos or business presentation files through online file storage sites such as yousendit or downloading the video shared by your friend through megaupload will soon be a thing of the past if the UK governments proposed ‘Digital Economy Bill’ passes which among other things “imposes obligations on internet service providers to reduce online [...]
Google Bosses Face Conviction in Italy

Google Bosses Face Conviction in Italy

An Italian court has convicted three Google Inc. executives on Wednesday for being criminally responsible for a video showing an autistic teenager being bullied. Though they can appeal against the verdict, the case highlights the broader problem related to Internet freedom. Google has responded strongly to the verdict saying that if the verdict stands, ‘The web as we know will cease to exist’. It [...]
GigLocator Launches

GigLocator Launches

You may have seen James Proud pitching at the Europas last Thursday. James Proud and Miles Noble area two man army! These guys are responsible for designing, implementing, coding and marketing the website and quite frankly, we think they’ve done a marvellous job. The idea is that the site pulls together a list of all the music you’re into, and in return provides you with a list of gigs [...]
ScreenJelly Brings Screen Captures to Twitter

ScreenJelly Brings Screen Captures to Twitter

ScreenJelly is one of the most innovative web apps we’ve had the opportunity of playing with lately.  The idea behind it is simple, to provide a quick and easy platform for Tweeting screencapture sessions, just as you would with images (TwitPic, YFrog etc.) – and it does this very well. Without need to sign-up to the website, you can record up to a 3minute clip of your desktop activity. [...]
Facebook supressing freedom of speech

Facebook supressing freedom of speech

We came across a very interesting article on Demonized, that we just had to share with you. Facebook being the largest social networking website in the world has also managed to supress freedom of speech and contribute to the suppression of breaking news. Since the last few weeks, Facebook along with twitter and youtube has proved essential for Iranians to release information and spread videos and [...]
12seconds becomes more social

12seconds becomes more social

Web startup 12seconds caused a bit of a stir last year when they launched a cool (but gimmicky) video service. The idea was that people record 12 second video clips directly on their site (via Flash). There 12second clips could then be commented on by other people, and submitted like an RSS feed to Twitter, your blog and all the usual social media links. Now 12seconds are taking a fresh twist on things. [...]
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