Continuing its massive push into the living room, today Microsoft turned on another eight television channels for the Xbox LIVE service. The channels are variously available in Europe and the...

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It's no surprise that WildTangent and T-Mobile have been working on a way to let Android customers rent apps on the cheap, and today we get to see the fruits of their labor. WildTangent has announced that their Android app has already gone online and is ready to rent to games to the magenta-clad masses.

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Last year, Starbucks rolled out free WiFi in its US coffeeshops, and today it's been extended to the UK. Whereas previously, a Starbucks card and a log-in was required for free WiFi access, from today anyone can jump on the chain's network freely. Starbucks confirmed the move in a tweet today, saying that hundreds of [...]

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Last year, Starbucks rolled out free WiFi in its US coffeeshops, and today it's been extended to the UK. Whereas previously, a Starbucks card and a log-in was required for...

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Wish that Spotify's Facebook sharing feature, introduced last week, was a little more selective? Your wish has been granted The comapny's CEO Daniel Ek tweeted that "We're rolling out a...

Read More: Spotify rolls out ‘Private Listening’ mode to counter Facebook sharing complaints

The idea of social influence scoring appears to tickle some folks the wrong way. After reporting on the Fashion's Night Out event hosted by Bal Harbour Shops where only the socially-high-scored elite could attend, both my inbox and Twitter feed flooded with surprised feedback. Some social media junkies were genuinely excited about the news, while others were simply dumbfounded.Klout, the social analytics tool behind the controversy, appears unaffected by the reaction one way or another and is, i [...]

Read More: Social analytics tool Klout rolls out Topic Pages

The idea of social influence scoring appears to tickle some folks the wrong way. After reporting on the Fashion's Night Out event hosted by Bal Harbour Shops where only the socially-high-scored elite could attend, both my inbox and Twitter feed flooded with surprised feedback. Some social media junkies were genuinely excited about the news, while others were simply dumbfounded.Klout, the social analytics tool behind the controversy, appears unaffected by the reaction one way or another and is, i [...]

Read More: Social analytics tool Klout rolls out Topic Pages

In a previous announcement, PeerIndex (a direct competitor to Klout which claims to be a more "accurate assessment of personal influence") released a new Firefox plugin for their social capital analytics platform. This time around, PeerIndex is rolling out a new feature that allows you to log in through Facebook — a login feature that was formerly only open to Twitter users.PeerIndex is a London-based startup that hopes to facilitate both product sampling for brand consumers on the platfor [...]

Read More: Social influence scorer PeerIndex rolls out deep Facebook integration

Owners of Web-connected Samsung television sets now have a little TIME on their hands, as the magazine launched the free TIME Samsung TV app Monday.The app offers users: the latest stories from TIME.com, with topics including Politics, U.S., World, Business, Technology, and Science and Entertainment; Quotes of the Day; content from blogs including Newsfeed, Techland, Healthland, and Tuned; full-screen video content with fast-forward and rewind functionality; and the ability to switch from app mo [...]

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Microsoft's "Mango" update for Windows Phone is will be available in some form next month. The update is a significant one that includes movement to multitasking, enhanced voice commands and integration of the People Hub with Twitter. The Windows Phone Developer Blog offers a number of tips for developers who will be submitting app updates for the Mango release. There is, however, one tip that should cause concern to current Windows Phone 7 users. Read on…What happens when I publish a Wind [...]

Read More: No Updates for Windows Phone 7 After Mango App Updates Rolls Out. Disaster in the Making?

Facebook made changes to the Facebook Chat sidebar feature, several users are reporting. Now, your favorite online friends appear in the top section of Chat, with a separate list titled "More Online Friends" underneath. This makes it easier to find the Facebook friends you chat with often.However, we've also seen reports where select users are getting a mini News Feed in their Chat sidebar instead. In somes cases, the News Feed appears above your contacts. This appears to be more of an experimen [...]

Read More: Facebook Rolls Out Changes to Chat, Other Experiments, Leads to Problems

There's a lot of buzz right now around the fact that your business cannot have a Google+ profile. Businesses left and right have seen their Google+ profiles shut down. It's not that they're never going to allow businesses to have a profile page (that would be dumb), they're just still working out all of the ...

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