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| Orange confirms: unlocked iPhones to be sold in France |
| 2007-10-17 04:47:10 |
A spokesperson for Orange in France has confirmed that they will sell both the locked and unlocked versions of the iPhone in France. No prices as yet except that it will be “more” than the €399, or $560 that the locked version will sell for. French law prevents carriers from selling locked phones unless they provide [...]...
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| Mac OS X Leopard confirmed next Friday 26th October |
| 2007-10-16 08:48:15 |
Well a quick trip to Apple tells us that their fancy-shmancy new operating system Leopard with glossy buttons and time machines is less than ten days away. Last time they did a release this big they gave us 17 days but a nice quick lead up this time. The release is a Friday so Mac [...]...
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| The secret of Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” business model. |
| 2007-10-11 06:39:35 |
Yesterday Radiohead released their new album “In Rainbows”. To stir the pot, the band are no long with a record label so released it independently through their website. The beauty of it, you can pay whatever you like for the album download - yes - that includes $0. I paid £ 4.45 (about $10) because to me, [...]...
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| Will TomTom jump on Tele Atlas to fight Nokia? |
| 2007-10-02 09:31:21 |
Barely 24 hours after Nokia announced the acquisition of Navteq, Tele Atlas shares have jumped. Good news for them, not so good for TomTom who will have to lift their $2.5 billion bid they made in July to obtain the mapping company. Tele Atlas is another Google Maps data provider along with Navteq so it [...]...
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| Nokia buys Navteq - what you need to know. |
| 2007-10-02 06:56:28 |
Nokia announced today that they are acquiring mapping company Navteq for $8.1 billion, here is the 2-minute deal run down:
About Navteq
Founded 1985, has extensive digital map content and an associated data platform
$582 million in revenue 2006
Provides for car navigation, mobile navigation and internet based mapping
Provides significant data to Google (the other major vendor is Tele [...]...
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| What the anti iPhone campaign says about Nokia |
| 2007-10-01 10:04:36 |
It was inevitable. It has taken a few months but serious anti-iPhone campaigns are starting to appear, this weekend Nokia has revealed theirs taking the form of billboards in New York and a website, with much more sure to follow. I wouldn’t say it is a particularly aggressive campaign, appearing to be almost a bolt-on [...]...
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| Why Crowdspirit could change product development as we know it. |
| 2007-09-29 09:43:27 |
When was the last time you used your DVD player, mobile phone, MP3 player, and wondered why that button was there, or why they seem to design purely to compete without any original innovation and creativity? That could all change with the TechCrunch40 finalist CrowdSpirit from France.
We’ve seen how Ponoko can use crowdsourcing to [...]...
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| My car insurer sent me underwear because of a “database administration error” |
| 2007-09-29 08:11:45 |
I was somewhat surprised to open my letterbox and see a bigger-than-a-letter sized package from Just Car Insurance. I was more surprised to open it and find a pair of bright blue underpants with a note that said I “might need a spare pair” if I win a holiday they are offering. This is very [...]...
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| How a film gets made by 50,000 people. |
| 2007-09-27 09:20:15 |
Do you think 50,000 people from all over the world who have never met each other could make a feature film? A Swarm of Angels is a web 2.0 community aiming to create exactly that, with a budget of £1m by gathering 50,000 people willing to contribute £25 each. The film gets [...]...
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| Need $10,000 to boost your great idea? |
| 2007-09-26 16:42:21 |
If you need that little hit to see if your idea is viable, a new ongoing competition backed by Advanta Bank called Ideablob has just launched and might be able to help. The site lets aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners share and compare ideas and compete for a monthly user voted $10,000 prize for the best [...]...
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| Could the Ponoko model threaten mass production? |
| 2007-09-25 13:45:42 |
At the recent TechCrunch40 conference New Zealand startup Ponoko caused a stir (and managed to pull 1 million hits to their site in under 24 hours). It is a fabulous business proposition: a matchmaking service for designers, manufacturers and consumers. Put simply, if you are a designer (and we are talking industrial here) you can [...]...
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| Social networks are for girls. |
| 2007-09-24 14:08:07 |
How do you make a social network successful? Girls. An acquaintance of mine from China mentioned a curious (but logical) phenomenon in Chinese social networks. The developers openly market them almost exclusively for girls, knowing that the guys will follow. After all, looking at it from a evolutionary perspective we know that women are far more [...]...
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| Google in court over AdSense |
| 2007-07-14 02:23:02 |
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking Google to court over failing to distinguish between organic search results and sponsored links. The case is arguing against Google’s pay-per-click AdSense program.
The claim is that Trading Post (auto trader) violated Trade Practices by using competitor names “Kloster Ford” and “Charlestown Toyota” in the title [...]...
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| Google gets down to business with Postini |
| 2007-07-10 13:46:46 |
Google have announced an acquisition deal of Californian company Postini for $625m. This makes it the third largest acquisition for Google second to DoubleClick and YouTube.
Postini has 10 million users worldwide and specialises in “message security, archiving, encryption, and policy enforcement”.
This would suggest a long term play for Google, as they [...]...
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| Apple tastes a little different today |
| 2007-06-12 03:14:58 |
Apple have kicked off their Worldwide Developers Conference with the usual flurry of announcements to surround it:
New Apple website
It has been a long time since I remember seeing any aesthetic changes to the Apple website, and it looks stunning now. Their old site was looking a bit dated. Check it out [...]...
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| Joost gets Juicy - free invites here! |
| 2007-05-10 06:18:03 |
There has been a fair deal of speculation about Joost and criticism that their content is not up to scratch. Is everyone forgetting they are in a selective beta? Obviously they aren’t going to spend a whole lot of time and money sourcing cool content to throw straight in, now. I imagine [...]...
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