MySpaceTV Partners With BBC
MySpace has formed a partnership with BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC to bring short video clips of BBC content to MySpaceTV. The partnership will allow MySpaceTV users to subscribe to a BBC channel, then view and share clips from new and archived content. Clips will be made available to all MySpaceTV users [...]
BBC Squeezes Joost CTO
Dirk-Willem van Gulik departs video service startup Joost for the warm embrace of Auntie Beeb as BBC Future Media & Technology Chief Technical Architect. read more More: continued here bbc squeezes joost cto
More and More People Turning to Online Video
We appear to have two data points related to online video that are worth paying attention to. Number one: According to the BBC, Nielsen says that traffic to some online video sites has doubled since the Hollywood writers’ strike in October turned the TV into a wasteland of reruns and unfunny late-night talk shows (although [...]
UK Agency Loses Data On 6,000 Drivers
Computer discs containing the names and addresses of 6,000 Northern Ireland drivers has gone missing. The discs were sent from the Northern Ireland Driver and Vehicle Agency to the UK’s main Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Swansea. The DVA said the data on the discs was being provided in response to a safety recall [...]
Google News Improves Timeliness, Context
News that’s not timely barely matters; news that’s not presented in context is irresponsible. Now, by changing the way it tracks updates and local coverage, Google News hopes to address both these issues. That’s not to say it did a poor job in either respect before; even though I prefer the BBC for some purposes, [...]
Facebook To Tweak Status Updates
Compared to anything you’ll see coming from the BBC or CNN, this is admittedly a pretty minor piece of news. Yet it’s nonetheless nice to hear that Facebook plans to drop the word “is” from its users’ status updates. I logged onto Facebook to grab an example of the bad grammar that has resulted from [...]
Extra Security Makes Online Bankers Nervous
In an effort to protect customers against fraud like phishing, banks have added extra security features for people who bank online. Gary Sidaway from ID and authentication firm Tricipher said the extra security precautions could make customers more jittery about banking online. "The banks have to make this channel secure," he said, "but there is [...]
Google To Topple Baidu With Short Domain Name?
Someone who’s too weak, lazy, or pressed for time to type eight letters and a period is in serious trouble. But anyone who would rather type eight than three is just silly, and so Google China has unveiled a new domain name: G.cn. G.cn takes users straight to Google.cn, where everything will perform just as [...]
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