Qik gets slick with public beta, new features
21 Jul 2008 4:01am GMT It's public beta time for Qik, the mobile live-video service that's captured the hearts of Web 2.0 bigwigs like Jason Calacanis and Kevin Rose. The service has been in private beta since late last year. Along with its debut to the masses, Qik has made some tweaks: ...
iLike launches ad platform, pushes play on Rhapsody deal
21 Jul 2008 4:01am GMT iLike, the social music service that rose to popularity with the launch of Facebook's developer platform last year, is getting bigger. The company announced that membership has surpassed 30 million users, and that it'll soon be getting the buzz out even more by letting developers put music on ...
Highbrow social site Spire hits the scene
21 Jul 2008 4:00am GMT The easiest way to describe Spire, a new community site that made its debut Monday, is as a more grown-up, cultured Yelp: the latter offers expert advice on the best dive bars in Brooklyn, whereas the former focuses on four-star restaurants and hotels across the river in Manhattan. Calling itself ...
Wikimedia Foundation edits its board of trustees
18 Jul 2008 3:25pm GMT As part of its annual "Wikimania" conference in Alexandria, Egypt, the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation--parent company of Wikipedia, Wiktionary, and a number of others--announced two new members to its board of trustees. The announcement went out on Friday and is effective immediately. Taking over from current chair Florence Devouard will be ...
Once-hyped PodTech sold at a bargain
18 Jul 2008 1:12pm GMT PodTech, a video podcast network that had taken over $7 million in venture funding, has been sold--and the price may have been a downright embarrassing $500,000. The news was reported this week by Eric Eldon at VentureBeat, but Valleywag's Jackson West was floating the rumor with less detail ...