TechCrunch:
Last week, it was reported that AOL – amid restructuring efforts in the lead-up to the imminent Time Warner spin-off and IPO – was putting its instant messaging service unit ICQ on the block and had hired bankers Allen & Co. and Morgan Stanley to assist in the sales process. According to the reports, AOL was looking to offl (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
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This is our third guest post written by a London-based VC. To allow them to speak plainly without jeopardising their fund or their career in the small village that is the London VC scene, I'm allowing them to post anonymously. FYI, LondonVC is a genuine VC and TechCrunch Europe has met them face to face.One of the biggest c (Read More)
Submitted by Pink Lisa
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Zac Efron arrived in London earlier this week to promote Me & Orson Welles, and he was busy yesterday and today doing a variety of interviews. He made an appearance last night at the Notting Hill Gate cinema for a question and answer session with fans, and PopSugar UK was there to chat with him - check out their interview! (Read More)
zlabs:
T-shirts, as you’ll surely agree, play a big part in the design world. Sometimes, we designers don’t get the kinds of projects we want, and so we are left to apply our creativity in some other way, many of us opting to submit graphics in t-shirt competitions or printing them ourselves and selling them through shopping c (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
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How can a firm that never loses money be so totally wrong?Just this Monday, Goldman Sachs helped to gap the markets higher at the open in low-volume futures trading with the following pronouncement: "Goldman Sachs resumes coverage on Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and gave DELL a Buy rating at a 12-month price target of $19. Gold (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
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Is billionaire investor Silvio Scaglia‘s inclination to keep bankrolling Babelgum running out? The video service is shutting its Dublin HQ and Nice office, paidContent:UK has learned and confirmed.We also heard its New York operation is being wound down, but the company says t (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Adam Bienkov, aka the Tory Troll, has an intriguing story about GLA chief executive Leo Boland:A leaked document sent to Tory Troll reveals that he is pushing for the rights to monitor and review all official scrutiny reports produced by the Assembly. According to the proposals, Boland would be able to: "Review draft scruti (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Sir Hugh Orde, president of Acpo, says it is absolutely critical that forces stay free of political influenceChief constables could resign if a Tory government enacted plans to put police forces under the control of directly elected local commissioners, the senior officers' leader warned today.Sir Hugh Orde, the president o (Read More)
Ecademy: user blogs:
It's November. Remembrance Day and most recently the Lord Mayor's Show. Rained on like last year, a 3 mile procession squeezed onto a 1.7 mile route celebrates an office created in 1215 where the most famous Mayor was Dick Whittington - real historical character although probably better known as a pantomime one these days. (Read More)
Mashable!:
Speaking at an event in London earlier today, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone addressed Rupert Murdoch’s plan to wall off his sites and prevent Google from indexing News Corp’s online properties. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he characterized the plan as a bad idea, saying that the speed of change on the web meant it would likely “f (Read More)
Submitted by Chrisnixon
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Last night Sony launched the Playstation Video Store in London, which gave me an opportunity to get to know movie on demand service a little better before it goes live today.The Playstation Video StoreTo access the service you can select the PS Store icon from the video section on the XMB which will take you directly to the (Read More)
Submitted by Pink Lisa
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The Beckham boys hit the park in LA yesterday to play a variety of sports while Victoria was away in London. Cruz, Romeo and Brooklyn tackled each other but were careful with David who is still wearing a protective boot around his foot before playing in this weekend's MLS Cu (Read More)
Submitted by Pink Lisa
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It's been another whirlwind week for Taylor Swift! Check out video of her in London amid the news that her new single with John Mayer is climbing the iTunes charts. Plus, she's cracking down on an Idaho bar who unlawfully used her music for karaoke. Coming up later, New Moon Watch '09 continues with our top 10 moments from (Read More)
ProgrammableWeb:
London’s Science Museum, founded in 1851, houses a number of historical innovations, including the oldest surviving steam locomotive, and a replica of Babbage’s Difference Engine. Now, with the rollout of a new API to provide access to information about some of its exhibits, the museum itself has become an example of techno (Read More)