CBS has purchased Last.fm, a social-networking site devoted to music. What it plans to do with the site, however, isn’t clear yet.
With the US$280 million deal, announced Wednesday, CBS has acquired a popular social-media technology: the music “scrobbling” engine developed by Last.fm that analyzes what its members listen to. Based on scrobbling results, Last.fm offers recommendations for members’ playlists, creates personalized radio stations, and connects members with people who share similar tastes.
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There are a lot of devices out there that use external bluetooth GPS or, as is becoming more common, have GPS built in.
We have been trying out CamerAware from MoDaCo for a while now and have been very impressed with it therefore I’m calling this the must-have application for GPS enabled devices.
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As most of you know, I have a business plan competition tomorrow. I went and had a two hour ‘practice session’ with my business mentor, John Byrtus, and there were some great points I got out of it.
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The arrival of the Web 2.0 world has brought with it a universe of new ways to stay connected with one another. Read the more »
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Are you still travelling the world without an MP3 player? Are you mad?
From the practical to the profane, the professional to the puerile, Gary Marshall reveals his top 40 geek-friendly podcasts, guaranteed to improve your in-fl ight entertainment.
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