Videoplaza signs first Finnish partner
8:59 am PST • November 5, 2009
[Sweden/Finland] Following the poaching of an exec to strengthen its UK operation, there’s more good news from Stockholm-based Videoplaza this week. The ad server company has picked up its first…
Good news Foursquare fans -14 new European cities added
4:28 pm PST • November 4, 2009
Good news Foursquare fans or those in Europe who want to get in on the action. Co-founder Dennis Crowley has confirmed that they have “a big round of European cities…
€5,000 up for grabs for one hopeful Irish startup – thanks to Twitter!
2:37 pm PST • November 4, 2009
[Ireland] What started off life as a couple of blog posts and a few tweets and then escalated to a full 140 character-driven fund raising campaign, Outvesting.org has begun inviting…
MyVaccs wants Brits to store their vaccination records online
11:38 am PST • November 4, 2009
[UK] Taking responsibility for one’s own health records, let alone storing then online, is a pretty alien concept to most Brits, considering the National Health Service (NHS) and the centrally…
Red Gate's Springboard incubator startups unveiled
10:30 am PST • November 4, 2009
[UK] The latest benefactors of Cambridge-based Red Gate’s startup incubator have been unveiled. But before we get to this year’s teams, a quick reminder of how Springboard works. Over the…
Virgin Media adopts ipadio in the field
1:12 pm PST • November 3, 2009
[UK] Ipadio has secured its first blue chip customer – the UK’s Virgin Media. The quad-play provider (broadband, TV, phone and mobile) will utilise ipadio’s phonecasting service to improve the…
Orange UK announce iPhone launch date and tariffs – a price war it isn't
5:33 pm PST • November 2, 2009
[UK] Orange UK will begin selling the iPhone on November 10th, just eight days time. But it won’t usher in the price war that many had predicted (although I wasn’t…
It had to happen sooner or later – Twitter is being analysed to see if Katie Price is in or out
12:17 pm PST • November 2, 2009
[UK] The fashion industry prides itself on being able to predict what will be hot next season. Get it right and there’s serious money to be made. Get it wrong…
20 years on, explore the Berlin Wall in Twinity's virtual Berlin
11:30 am PST • November 2, 2009
[Germany] With only days away from the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, how best to mark the occasion? Rebuild it or at least a virtual two…
Blinkx exec jumps ship to join Videoplaza
9:59 am PST • November 2, 2009
[Sweden/UK] Stockholm-based Videoplaza have recruited blinkx’s former European Director of Business Development, Gavin Morgan, as its new UK Commercial Director. In his new role, Morgan will be charged with growing…
BlinkBox goes all arty, signs deal with British Film Institute
2:20 pm PDT • October 29, 2009
[UK] Online film and TV aggregator BlinkBox has gone all arty on us, signing a content partnership with the British Film Institute (BFI) — bringing the total number of British…
Voddler, the Spotify-for-movies, partners with Paramount and Disney
1:45 pm PDT • October 29, 2009
[Sweden] Voddler, the Stockholm-based online video offering that’s being described as “Spotify for movies”, has signed content partnerships with Paramount and Disney. A deal with Sony Pictures is also said…
UK launch for Google Powermeter via AlertMe – but please don't tweet your light switch
2:31 pm PDT • October 28, 2009
Google Powermeter, the search giant’s home energy monitoring tool, has launched in the UK today. While the environment stands to benefit – research shows that when users have access to…