Archive for January, 2006

Starbucks Considers MP3 Download Service

Coffee shop empire mulls over in-store MP3 “device fill up” service amongst other things.

WePay Service By 3 Pays Customers To Take Calls

Mothers astonished as teenagers suddenly welcome their long calls. They’re going to get paid to receive calls!

Tesco VoIP: Further Pressure on BT

Tesco throws its hat into the VoIP ring with a hardware phone handset bundle. Expect price wars from BT, and reduced margins.

Philips VP-5500 VoIP Videophone

Like hover boots and rocket-cars, videophones are supposed to be the future. But will we really want them?

BBC Release First Podcast Chart

Podcast by Radio One DJ Chris Moyles notches up half a million downloads in December. There’s no accounting for taste.

Are They/ Aren’t They? – Pixar/Disney

Weeks of speculation and The Telegraph jumping the gun all raise the interest in Disney buying Pixar.

Skype Joins Google and Apple – Most Influential Brands

Brand survey reveals which names have the biggest impact on consumers all over the world.

BT Media and Broadcast Sale Sought: Exclusive

In an attempt to consolidate its business, we learn that BT is looking shed its ‘Occasional Use’ operation from its Media and Broadcast division.

ACDSee 8 Review: Image Management Software (89%)

Fast, flexible and versatile, ACDSee serves up a feast of useful image editing tools – we like it!

Steps To Understand Where Tory Thinking is on TMT

Yesterday piece raised the questions of where the Conservatives thinking may be on UK Telecoms, Media, and Technology (TMT) sector. Today we outline how we intend to find out more.