Daily Archives: 6 July, 2011

Spotify announces US launch

The long delayed US launch of Spotify is finally going ahead. The music streaming firm put up a notice on its website today confirming that it was going ahead. Read More »

Video: Angry Birds creator Peter Vesterbacka on the Game and its huge success

I managed to get 5 minutes with Peter Vesterbacka, creator or the game sensation Angry Birds, when he came to speak at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity last month.

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President Obama is the star of first Twitter Town Hall

Twitter Town Hall: President Obama is the first guest

I guess Lady Gaga (11.4 million followers) and Justin Bieber (10.8 million followers) are busy this week, because it’s fallen to Twitter’s third most-followed tweeter, Barack Obama (8.9m followers), to be the star of the site’s first Twitter Town Hall. Read More »

Bloggers organise as campaign against the News of the World grows as #saynotonotw trends on Twitter

The campaign against the News of the World newspaper, which has this morning led to a growing number of brands reviewing their advertising, has seen a torrent of tweets attacking the News International-owned title.

The hashtag #saynotonotw is one of the top trending topics in the UK, as consumers call for a boycott this Sunday of the News of the World, as a more formal organised online campaign against the paper is organised. Read More »