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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 […]

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 […]

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!

Here at Wise Buddha Towers we really rate TechCrunch as our blog of choice for web 2.0 stuff. Well those fine people have launched a new blog for technofiles or just the curious check out CrunchGear.
If they are as switched on about gadgets as they are about web 2.o it should be good.

The rise and rise of YouTube
YouTube has established itself at the top of the league of the new generation of community websites by becoming even more popular than MySpace.According to internet analysis company Alexa the video sharing site has taken a 3.9% share of global internet visits a day compared with 3.35% for MySpace.
YouTube’s popularity […]

As previoulsy posted it seems the music downloading space has undergone a mini seizmic change in the last few days which suggests a move toward the sale of DRM-free music by the big labels. About frickin’ time!
In our opinion as stated numerous times before this progression is ineveitable and I think we have seen potentially […]

As you know there is a social networking site for any interest and persuasion so get ready for smutvibes, if you are want to meet like minded people interested in one thing then this is the place for you. At least it will get them of MySpace, read about the latest in legit adult hook […]