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Hive of Creativity

3rd May 2012 under News Services & Technology

The New Hive makes a browser page your artistic canvas, offering a totally open design space for you to shape into whatever you want.

techcrunch.com

Signal To Journalists

under News Services & Technology

Signal is a new iPhone app for the ‘citizen journalists’. You can find out news happening in your immediate area without actually following and being friends with anyone there.

mashable.com

Rent Your XBox

under News Services & Technology

Microsoft are looking at a mobile phone-like subscription service, where devices will be supplied for free while you pay a monthly subscription.

allthingsd.com

Latin America Bit Social Users

under News Services & Technology

Latin America is one of the most social media and internet savvy regions of the world.

emarketer.com

Facebook’s Organ Donation

under News Services & Technology

Facebook have now added an option for you to timeline whether you’re an organ donor or not, FB have described it as a ‘life saving’ tool.

allthingsd.com

Monstro Charts Social Movements

under Industry News News

The Monstro Social Music Charts are now in action, meaning you can gauge online activity across everything from Hype Machine to Rdio plays.

brand-m.biz

EU Reforms ‘Chilling’

under Industry News News

Recent EU reforms are ‘chilling’ to potential developers of the next Twitter’s, spokespeople have warned.

brandrepublic.com

Time Shrinks

under Industry News News

Tim Inc, the world’s biggest magazine publisher, has shrunk by 5% this quarter, despite starting to move into iPad territories.

allthingsd.com

Kickstarter Records Broken

under Industry News News

A new Kickstarter record has been set. The social fund raising platform saw Amanda Palmer raise a staggering  $360,000 in 48 hours.

hypebot.com

BitTorrent gets Blocked

under Industry News News

The British High Court has ruled that all the major broadband providers must block the BitTorrent tracker where possible.

digitalmusicnews.com