The Monitors » Services & Technology http://www.the-monitors.com Keeping track of new music, media and industry news Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:14:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Sky All Go for Android http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/31/sky-all-go-for-android/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/31/sky-all-go-for-android/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:13:43 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=7549 In what’s been a massive week for Sky’s television activities, they’ve also launched the Sky Go streaming service for current customers onto the Android market, starting off the HTC handsets.

mobile-ent.biz

]]> In what’s been a massive week for Sky’s television activities, they’ve also launched the Sky Go streaming service for current customers onto the Android market, starting off the HTC handsets.

mobile-ent.biz

]]> http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/31/sky-all-go-for-android/feed/ 0 Megaupload To Get Cleaned http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/31/megaupload-to-get-cleaned/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/31/megaupload-to-get-cleaned/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:08:24 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=7546 Megaupload can’t pay its bills, mainly because its assets have been frozen while the company gets sued for $500million – because of this, it’s looking as though the hosts will start automatically deleting all information of Megaupload’s users over the next month.

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]]> Megaupload can’t pay its bills, mainly because its assets have been frozen while the company gets sued for $500million – because of this, it’s looking as though the hosts will start automatically deleting all information of Megaupload’s users over the next month.

mashable.com

]]> http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/31/megaupload-to-get-cleaned/feed/ 0 Snag an Indie Film http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/31/snag-an-indie-film/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/31/snag-an-indie-film/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:59:30 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=7543 Snag Films distributes indie flicks across computers, tablets and now the likes of Netflix. They’ve just come into $7million worth of financial aid, which should mean there’s plenty more small time gems for you to find on the web any minute now.

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]]> Snag Films distributes indie flicks across computers, tablets and now the likes of Netflix. They’ve just come into $7million worth of financial aid, which should mean there’s plenty more small time gems for you to find on the web any minute now.

allthingsd.com

]]> http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/31/snag-an-indie-film/feed/ 0 Author Goes Anti-Kindle http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/31/author-goes-anti-kindle/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/31/author-goes-anti-kindle/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:56:07 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=7540 Respected US author Jonathan Franzen has claimed that e-books aren’t permanent enough for the serious writer, claiming that only printed books can hold the true essence of the writers meaning. Does the internet kill the magic or the written word and music?

telegraph.co.uk

]]> Respected US author Jonathan Franzen has claimed that e-books aren’t permanent enough for the serious writer, claiming that only printed books can hold the true essence of the writers meaning. Does the internet kill the magic or the written word and music?

telegraph.co.uk

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allthingsd.com

]]> Twitter is now a major force in politics, the sites CEO has claimed. With the ability for opinions to be uneducated or offensive, is it a good thing that politicians are taking its influence so seriously?

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]]> http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/31/twitter-gets-political-2/feed/ 0 Recycle Kids Clothes http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/26/recycle-kids-clothes/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/26/recycle-kids-clothes/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:23:18 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=7463 Recycling clothes has never been easier. New start up ThredUp offers a home stop collection deal where you shove old children’s clothes into a bag and wait for the delivery man to pick it up. They’re then planning on starting up a discount second hand children’s clothes store online. Nice.

Mashable.com

]]> Recycling clothes has never been easier. New start up ThredUp offers a home stop collection deal where you shove old children’s clothes into a bag and wait for the delivery man to pick it up. They’re then planning on starting up a discount second hand children’s clothes store online. Nice.

Mashable.com

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wired.com

]]> Both Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s upcoming portable gaming device are gearing up to tackle to used games market. While the discounted second hand shops have become a norm on the high street, with the invention of the downloaded, one-game-one-owner concept with tablets and phones, games companies are working to block any possible loss of revenue stream.

wired.com

]]> http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/26/blocking-used-products/feed/ 0 Does Google Really Know You? http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/26/does-google-really-know-you/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/26/does-google-really-know-you/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:17:58 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=7458 And in contrast to the above story, here’s an example of how tracing cookies doesn’t lead to collected information being that personal. Instead it uses statistics and stereotypes to aim adds.

mashable.com

]]> And in contrast to the above story, here’s an example of how tracing cookies doesn’t lead to collected information being that personal. Instead it uses statistics and stereotypes to aim adds.

mashable.com

]]> http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/26/does-google-really-know-you/feed/ 0 EU votes on new WWW. Measures http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/26/eu-votes-on-new-www-measures/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/01/26/eu-votes-on-new-www-measures/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:16:36 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=7456 The EU is trying to pass through a law which would give every individual a ‘right to be forgotten’ – in the simplest sense, Google would no longer be able to track your cookies without your permission. Kind of destroying the mainframe of Google’s business model.

arstechnica.com

]]> The EU is trying to pass through a law which would give every individual a ‘right to be forgotten’ – in the simplest sense, Google would no longer be able to track your cookies without your permission. Kind of destroying the mainframe of Google’s business model.

arstechnica.com

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hypebot.com

]]> Ah the musicians following. A collection of music lovers, groupies and trendies. But how to turn them into a massive advert? Troy Carter’s recent website launch (Lady Gaga’s manager) tries to work that just out. It’s called Backplane and in turns your fans, such as gaga’a ‘Little Monsters’ into a social network all of their own.

hypebot.com

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