Give Google Wave Goodbye
News Update:
Google has announced it is putting an end to its Wave service due to lack of users. Google said a year ago, that Wave was “how e-mail would look if it were invented today”. But they have decided that Wave no longer has a place in their extensive product range.
Blackberry Torch To Challenge The iPhone.
News:
Today RIM release details on their up-coming smart phone. The Torch 9800 has a touch-screen but retains a “full” qwerty keyboard, which slides out from the bottom of the handset much like their previous mo
dels.
It also comes with a 5 mega-pixel camera and 4GB of internal memory. RIM have said they will release an updated version of their OS with the phone, which will be available to the 9105 and 9700 models as an update.
Tweeter Tweets 20 Billionth Tweet.
Twitter, the site that lets its members broadcast messages of up-to 140 characters, has published its 20 billionth message (tweet).
It took Twitter over four years to reach the 10 billion mark yet only another 5 months to double it. The tweet was from a user called GGGGGGo_Lets_Go it said “So that means the barrage might come back later all at once.”
He later tweeted “Looks like I posted the 20 billionth tweet. I’m getting replies from people all over the world. It’s scary. What are the chances? Maybe I’m going to die”.
Twitter is expected to open its first data centre, in the US state of Utah, sometime later this year.
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Feature: Your Search To Change The World.
Even if you have trouble agreeing that humans are affecting the earth’s climate. You have to concede that uprooting millions of trees a year isn’t a good thing. Now this is a technology blog so I won’t go all tree hugger on you, however, I would like to turn your attention to Ecosia.org.
Esosia is a search engine much like Google. But instead of keeping all the profits it earns though advertising, it donates them to a project that helps protect the Amazon rain-forest; run by WWF (World Wildlife Fund).
All you need to do, is use Ecosia as you would your regular search engine, and help save the world one search at a time.
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Virgin Gaming: Get Spent.
If your British then the idea of having a little flutter (placing a bet) is probably a familiar experience. Betting in general in the UK is very familiar.
We can bet on almost anything from horse racing to whether the Queen will ever play for Manchester United. You can bet that you will live to 100 or that your son will become a doctor.
But up until now, we haven’t been able to (legally) bet against each other whilst video gaming. Competing for money on games like Fifa10 and HALO 3.
But one eccentric billionaire with the help of two young Canadians has made this happen.
Sir Richard Brandson’s, Virgin brand has launch the first ever video gaming bookmaker. They allow you to play against players of your skill level for cash or prizes with Virgin Gaming claiming to be paying out over $1,000,000 in the next 12 months.
It’s free to sign up but there are currently only a limited number of games available play.
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http://virgingaming.com
