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Seems Microsoft and Apple will be going head to head in a number of different ways over the next few months. Aside from the looming Zune / iPod war which may turn out to be an expensive mistake for Microsoft, they have also announced that XBox360 owners will be able to download movies and TV […]

November is going to be a great month for new tech toys, here at Wise Buddha Towers we are busy writing our Christmas lists.
Top of our request to Santa is the new iPod Shuffle which is all the incentive we need to hit the gym erm sometime in the New Year, this thing is really […]

Reuters is reporting that Janus Friis one of the cofounders of Skype and before that KaZaA has announced intentions to launch advertiser funded internet TV shortly. Code named ‘Venice’ Friis says the launch is only a couple of months away.
Apparently it will be free for anybody who has a broadband connection. Very interesting to watch […]

It seems you can’t even try and make a TV program these days without the wannabe contestants turning the audition site into a fully fledged social networking experience.
European TV Production company RDF Media have found themselves in the curious position of creating an internet presence in the most unlikely way. It created a website Islandoo.com […]

A couple of weeks ago we blogged about how some forward thinking advertisers were getting into Second Life. Well Reuters has announced that it has established a virtual newsroom for all residents. Reuters media correspondent Adam Pasick will report on the daily goings on within the virtual world via an avatar called Adam Reuters read […]

If you remember the hysterical late ’90s and subsequent meltdown in 2000 you could be forgiven for having some deja vu right now…YouTube, Skype, MySpace etc. all sold for huge sums. But is it history repeating itself check this interesting article from the BBC.
For an assessment of Google’s position on the YouTube purchase check out […]

As mentioned back in February Songbird is an interesting music player from the Firefox guys. So interesting in fact that they have just secured additional funding from a couple of seasoned VC’s who obviously see the potential.
In other music related news we mentioned a couple of months ago really innovative DRM free music site called […]

Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) a UK advertising agency have launched a virtual agency within Second Life. Second Life is an amazing and growing 3D online virtual reality world, not sure what it is then check out this useful video intro from PR Agency Text 100. Adidas opened a virtual store in September and joined American […]

In case you are wondering here are the Top 5 according to U.S. Comscore data.
1. MySpace
2. Facebook
3. Bebo
4. Tagged
5. Piczo

Microsoft have announced that they are launching their own version of YouTube called Soapbox. It is only in Beta form right now but it will be interesting to keep an eye on how whether mighty Microsoft are able to recreate what makes YouTube so interesting. Or not!