ITProPortal (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
The BBC is collaborating with some of the big names in the radio industry to launch a new platform, codenamed as the “UK Radioplayer”, a software application which would allow users to search and store as many as 400 UK radio stations over the internet.
Rethink (Free subscription) | yesterday
Martha Argerich is just an amazing piano virtuoso – you can read her biography at last.fm for some basic details. Her debut recital, performed at age 24 (!) in 1960 includes a performance of Chopin’s Scherzo No. 3 that is legendary. I bought the Deutsche Grammophon CD of that recital a day or two ago [...]
Hear 2.0 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Want a taste for a rich "radio" experience that fits its medium like a glove? Sample CBS-owned Last.fm on XBOX Live - or watch this video. This is an example of something I talk about all the time: When you...
Squashy Frog Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Downloading something for Facebook, Last.fm and Zune on the Xbox 360. Twitter is for Gold Members only, that seems very odd to me.
Nick Jordan (Free subscription) | yesterday
I have a Nokia 5800 mobile phone, which I really love. It's easily the best mobile I've ever had. I've recently been playing with the podcast client, which is pretty good, and also the Last.fm client, Mobbler, which is great. But until Spotify release their client for my phone, something ...
Mashable (Free subscription) | yesterday
We’ve been matching up popular web services, applications and mobile apps against each other in heated one-on-one battles here in our weekly Faceoff Series . Last week Microsoft Office bested Google Docs in a head to head race for the title of office suite champion. This week we turned our attention to a rather timely battle being waged on the mobile front, between Apple’s still wildly-selling...
rickwebb.net (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
http://www.last.fm/music/Lady+GaGa
PC World (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Microsoft drops its Xbox LIVE Gold cover charge for the weekend to let the masses sample services like online multiplayer, Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, and Last.FM.
The 3rd world view (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Ommm: Get this widget | Track details | eSnips Social DNA Brilliant music from Meghdol , a theatrical(!) band from Bangladesh. Listen to their albums here . More information about them can be found in their Last.fm page : The word Meghdol is actually borrowed from a poem by Baudelair. By Meghdol, the band mean their desire to surrender themselves to infinity in the most desirable way. And also, the...
Eurogamer (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Fable II DLC, Death Tank, Sonic cheap. On the fourth Thursday of every November, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving by feasting and frolicking. That time is upon us again, and so Microsoft has put some seasonal Xbox Live deals together for all regions to benefit from. This weekend (starting today and ending Monday) the new social features - Last.fm, Facebook, Twitter and Zune HD - will be usable by...
GamesIndustry.biz (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Xbox 360 owners with Xbox Live Silver membership will be granted free access to all Gold member features from November 25 to November 30 in Europe, as Microsoft continues to promote the service's new features. A similar promotion is planned for all other Xbox Live regions between November 20 and 23 according to comments made by Xbox Live director of programming Larry Hryb on his Major Nelson blog....
GamesIndustry.biz (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Buoyed by news of Xbox 360 hitting 10 million in Europe, Microsoft earlier this week released its autumn update for Live users, introducing Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm and a Zune-branded video marketplace to the service. With Christmas approaching and Sony launching its own video service for PlayStation users this week, the battleground between the two fierce rivals has shifted decisively beyond just...
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Microsoft launched Xbox Live as an online gaming service in 2002 amid great skepticism. It didn’t really take off until Halo 2 launched in 2004, but now the service is huge. There are more than 20 million active Xbox Live subscribers (both free users and those who pay $50 a year for multiplayer gaming). That means that more than two out of three Xbox 360 owners use the service. The company has...
Mediabuyerplanner (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The BBC plans to launch an internet radio player that will offer more than 400 stations, including both commercial stations and stations from the BBC. The UK Radioplayer project, due to launch in...
Pocket-lint (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Free Xbox Live Gold membership for 3 days Microsoft has announced that its Xbox festival - Xtival - will be returning in late November. Running across 27 to 29 November - Friday, Saturday, and Sunday - the festival is a celebration of gaming, movies and music that takes place on Xbox Live. For the duration of the weekend, anyone with a free Xbox Live silver account will see it temporarily upgraded...
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