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Nokia buys German social network
NEWS IN BRIEF: TechCrunch is reporting that Nokia has acquired Plazes, a German social network. Pricing has not been disclosed.
It plans to keep its thirteen employees and its Berlin office, but the network will be under Nokia’s Services & Software unit.
Android hit delays : WSJ
The Wall Street Journal is suggesting that Google’s Android suite of mobile software will be hit with delays after it and 30 other partners are having problem to meet with the deadline of the fourth quarter of 2008.
Heartbreak over at Yahoo – founders of Flickr & Del.icio.us leave
Joining the long list of executives leaving Yahoo (TechCrunch has a list of the executives, too long to count); both the founders of Flickr and Del.icio.us have left their posts at Yahoo.
Oh wait – Telstra is going to sell the iPhone
Telstra has now said that it will sell the iPhone in Australia, being the third carrier in the nation to announce it will be carrying the prized machine; joining rivals Optus and Vodafone.
Yahoo Mail adds ‘ymail.com’ to lure more users
Following Yahoo7′s move to add ‘y7mail.com’ as another domain, the US counterpart will now add ‘ymail.com’ and rocketmail.com domains to attract new users and hope to keep existing ones loyal to its Mail service.
Online retailer picks up from ReelTime’s ashes
EzyDVD has salvaged ReelTime Media, a internet movie download start-up which failed, and plans to relaunch it as EzyDownload in September – after picking up the company, which cost $5 million, for a few thousand dollars in April.
Download day gives 8+ million to Firefox
Mozilla’s Download Day ended at 11:18 PDT yesterday (or today, if you live in the US), and it has set a new Guinness World Record by getting 8.2 million+ downloads of its Firefox 3 browser – shattering all expectations and way above the number pledged.
Reddit goes open source
Reddit has made a big announcement today, as of Thursday (or Wednesday in America) the site’s code is open source, under the Common Public Attribution License (CPAL).
The social news site, acquired by Conde Nast in 2006, will allow users work on the site themselves, than petitioning for changes. It now counts 4.5 unique visitors monthly, and though smaller than Digg and Yahoo’s Buzz, it has grown 1,000 percent since Conde Nast bought the site and merged it with its Wired Digitial operations.
However, not all will be released under CPAL. The codes that will remain locked away are related to preventing cheating, ‘gaming’ the system and fighting spam. However, the algorithm that chooses which stories be on the front page will be made to the public.
CPAL is also the same license that Facebook used when it open sourced its platform.
How to get songs off your iPod
This tips & tricks post (yay!!!) was a request by my friend. I already have made one post about it – but since it was created in 2007, and since we shifted our focus from “you should know this already” to “we will help you anyway we can, with news, etc.”, I’ve decided to rewrite it.
Less than 5 hours to go – Get ready to download Firefox 3
The Mozilla Foundation will offer the next version of Firefox 3 at 10am PDT today. But, with the release of the latest version comes a challenge – a world record attempt.
T-Mobile to sell new iPhone from 1 euro
Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile has said that they will be selling the iPhone for 1 euro, or $1.54 in the US. But, the total price is not 1 euro – you will get a 69 euro monthly contract with it; bringing the full total to 70 euros.
Rumour Mill: 3 maybe third carrier to carry the iPhone
RUMOUR MILL: I still can’t believe there are more rumours about the iPhone. Gizmodo is reporting that some people have been emailing them that the people in the 3 stores or their customer care line that they are likely to get the iPhone after July 11.
Rumour Mill : Is this the Pricing for the iPhone in Oz?
Is this the price for the iPhone in Australia? (Source)
RUMOUR MILL: APC claims that they know the pricing of the iPhone in Australia, which is above this article. The screenshot comes from Domayne’s point of sale system.
Telstra loses its grips on iPhone contract
Telstra is unlikely to offer the iPhone by the July 11 launch date after its negotiations broke down with Apple, the makers of the prized iPhone, according to the Australian Financial Review.