• July 31st, 2012

    Is The #NBCFail On Olympics Coverage Giving Rise To VPN Pirates?

    BBC streaming blocked? StrongVPN promoted tweet

    We’ve been pretty outspoken about NBC’s coverage of the Olympics. From what looked like a good start full of social media promise, the broadcaster has failed to deliver the most crucial element of all: a large, unfettered river of live sports content from the event itself, available to anyone, not just cable subscribers (coverage herehere, and here). It’s been getting a lot of grief on… → Read More

    March 25th, 2010

    Tuenti, Spain's leading social network, switches on local for a location-based future

    Madrid-based Tuenti, sometimes called the Facebook of Spain, has been around for four years now. It’s a very well funded company that, despite a huge growth in user numbers and a number of product releases, has been getting some bad press on their lack of monetization and for not having a clear direction – though if you follow the product releases and the company’s hiring habits, there is a… → Read More