There are a number of interviews that we’ve done that have never been aired, for no particular reason. So we thought we’d give you the benefit of them.
Todays is with Sarah Gavin, Communications Director with Bebo, the hugely popular Networking site, which at the time of the recording – December 2006 – was top of the searches at Google. Back then they were doing over 5 billion page impressions a month.
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Microsoft have bought a teeny tiny piece of Facebook for $240 million, in return for they get 1.6 per cent of Facebook and the privilege of “expanding their advertising partnership.”
At those rates, Facebook is valued at $15 billion, not too shabby for a company founded in 2004, but reflecting their huge growth with around 200,000 new users registering daily.
The deal has been discussed by everyone, so it’s not really a surprise.
During Google’s Analyst Meeting yesterday, there were questions about if Google were planning to invest some money in Facebook. With this deal with Microsoft, it’s probably right to assume that Google will be shut out.
Two people in Newport, Isle of Wight have been arrested and bailed over an alleged copyright infringement.
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The UK Post Office is joining the ever increasing number of organisations that is offering broadband to the UK public.
To make their offering different they’re planning to leverage their 14,000 post offices (currently at this level, but reducing each time they close one), to take cash for the broadband service – claiming to be the first UK provider to do this.
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Well known tech news and reviews site Trusted Reviews has just been bought by mega-publisher IPC.
Terms have not been disclosed.
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There’s plenty of people and publications saying that Skype has been a failure for eBay.
Word to the wise – have you noticed that today it’s crossed the 10 million line today. That’s 10m people running the software concurrently. Pretty strong support in anyone’s book, we’d have said.
What with that and the introduction of the Skype High Quality video service coming out soon, it’s hardly a slouch is it?
Wow, Tesco’s Online are knocking out brand-new computer complete with Linux-loaded on it.
Who would have guessed that the company that started their online shop totally reliant on using the Microsoft Web browser to be able to use it would shifting so radically.
OK, so the 80Gb eSys ePC is only driven by an Intel Celeron processor running but it is running at 2.66GHz and comes with Ubuntu Version 6.06, Open Office – all for £139.93.
Open source for the masses?
As many people are starting to realised TV-Link, a site which linked to TV programmes of many types, has been shut down and the man behind it arrested.
Details were reported last Friday, with FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) being behind the action.
The site had been a firm favourite with those at Digital-Lifestyles, as it made available content that just isn’t available anywhere else.
To those of you who lived through the original rise of music sharing services, you’ll be experiencing a total sense of Deja-vu.
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Regina Lynn has an informative and impassioned piece on Wired about a proposed US law that will extend requirements currently placed on porn studios to include online social networks, such as YouPorn.
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Most people in the UK have to bear their own costs for converting their TVs to be digital-capable, but after pressure, was decided that the least wealthy and most vulnerable should receive assistance.
This takes the form of equipment, assistance and support and is handled by the Digital Switchover Help Scheme.
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