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A round up of the best news from the weekend…..with a bit of a Twitter focus…

Twitter:

Mashable - HOW TO: Win Friends and Twinfluence People

StevePoland - Evan – Twitter needs a better policy on Usernames

Mashable - HOW TO: Build Community on Twitter

Mashable - HOW TO: Quiet the Twitter Noise

Mashable - Twittermania: 140+ More Twitter Tools!

Mashable - Twitterspeak: 66 Twitter Terms You Don’t Need to Know

Twitter Websites:

Twitturly

Articles:

paidContent - Newspapers Suddenly Adapt To Social Media; Nearly 60 Percent Offer User-Gen Content

TechCrunch - WorldTV adds EPG and focuses on WiFi TVs next year

TechCrunch - MySpace Puts The Hammer Down On Project Playlist

Mashable - MySpace ID vs Facebook Connect: A Battle for Demographics

TechCrunch - Fear Kills Businesses, Dead

Blogs:

Econsultancey - Analyst forecast for 2009

Websites:

cmypitch.com - Social network for small businesses

coolspotters.com - Spotting everything thats cool

EFactor – Building your Business

It’s the weekend (whoop!) – about 5 days to Christmas (whoop!) and I have another bumper edition for you (whoop!)….

Articles:

BBC News - Dr New – is this the next Doctor?

BBC News - BBC iPlayer now available on Mac

Guardian - ITV axes Passage to India remake starring Matthew Macfadyen

Guardian - Stars urge fellow actors to sign up to Comic Relief’s ‘Taking on the Tough Stuff’ fundraiser

Guardian - Could Catherine Zeta-Jones be the next Doctor Who?

Guardian - Remember this guy?

Guardian - 100 top sites for the year ahead

CNET News - Adobe squeezes AIR out of beta for Linux users

The Wall Street Journal - How Apple Could Survive Without Steve Jobs

AdvertisingAge - Report: News-oriented Websites Have a Future

Mashable - YouTube Videos Are Becoming an Unwatchable Mess

Mashable - Beyond Facebook Gifts: Virtual Currencies 101

Mashable - Baby Blogging: 8 Trendy Tools Compared

Mashable - Notify.me Custom Alerts Get Even Faster With Desktop AIR App

Mashable - Why Facebook Connect is a Big Deal: Workstir’s Winning Implementation

Guardian - Tipping point for digital radio switch over could be 2015, says report

Blogs:

PDA - BBC introduces CBBC iPlayer, plus beta Mac and Linux downloads

Technology  Blog - Sky moves towards 3D broadcasting as Hollywood moves towards 3D movies

Organgrinder - Jonathan Ross turns to Twitter for radio advice

PostSecret - http://www.postsecret.blogspot.com/

InsideGuardian - Turning official figures into understandable graphics, at the press of a button

PDA - Demand for music down in Q3; paid downloads grow a mere 2%

PDA - The outlook for 2009, as defined by Twitterers

Ruptured - http://ruptured.wordpress.com/

One more dose – just for you…

Articles:

Guardian - Bebo and RDF team up for online show

Blog: 

PDA - We’re internet dependent. Did we need Yahoo’s research to tell us that?

Website:

Internet Addictions Test

http://www.netaddiction.com/resources/internet_addiction_test.htm

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There was alot of good stories over the weekend – I just had to share them. I’m just sorry that they are late!!!

13th December 2008

Articles:

Mashable - Do Brands Belong on Twitter?

Websites:

Ping.fm

Update your social networks instantly

helpareporter.com

Does what it says on the Tin…

Couchsurfing.com – for your cheap traveling needs!

howcast.com – lots and lots of How To’s…

14th December:

Blogs:

Crunchgear - Why we need to go digital this holiday

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Yes, I know what your thinking…it’s Friday and the weekend is upon us!. So its time to sit down, relax and feast your eyes on some interesting stories……

Articles:

MacRumors - Apple Exploring 3D Desktop and Application Interfaces

BBC - Brit Awards tip top rising star

MediaGuardian - BBC pilots iPlayer content sharing with Telegraph Media Group

MediaGuardian - Wallace and Gromit star in BBC1 Christmas idents

Blogs:

BBC dot.life - Canvas and the connected home

WIRED:Gadgetlab - Tag Your House With UV-based Temporary Grafitti

WIRED:Gadgetlab - Producer Directs Video via Webcam

WIRED:Gadgetlab - European Retailer Using RFID to Improve Customer Service

OrganGrinder  - Never Mind the Buzzcocks: Who was the best guest team captain?

Websites:

diyphotography.net

I love photography, so its great to find a website to help you get the picture you want.

Partybeans

Customise a Jellybean – AMAZING!

Zamzar 

Convert files  - Brilliant!

boxedup

Online shopping organizing….really needed this time of year.

As always to be kept up to date check out my delicious page or to be very Web2.0 subscribe to the RSS feed….go on you know you want to…

Here is another delighful dose of internet goodness for your needs!

 

Articles:

Top of 2008 Lists:

Organgrinder Blog - The Top 10 viral ads of 2008

Organgrinder Blog - The worst TV ads of 2008

TV Drama:

MediaGuardian - Ridley Scott firm makes BBC2 teen series based on Greek myths

MediaGuardian - Neve Campbell and James Purefoy to star in new NBC drama

Youtube:

N-Dubz – OUCH – It has the classic comedy line – “My Name is Schiqua and What?”  - it was mentioned on Never Mind the Buzzcocks to - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTC-hZMD5s&feature=related

A really funny banned advert for an insurance company – Eve and Gay Adam

Websites:

I love looking at concept cars and peoples ideas for the future.So when i found this website at work i had to share. Maybe one day cars will actually look like this…

Volkswagen Cars – 2028

I found this through someone elses delicious page, but wish I had known about it sooner. They are talking about all the new TV dramas for 2009 -Awesome!

Television – Tubetalk – DigitalSpy

My and my friend were talking about how good this would be last night. Being able to watch full gigs online – and we found it!

fabchannel.com

Thats all for today but keep coming back to find some more goodies!! As always to be kept up to date check out my delicious page!

 

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