The Beta News

Every single Google service is brilliant and very useful, but when they connect you get a very powerful system, that could be too much good. Should we start to watch out? The other day our son turned 7 months and it probably won’t be long until I have to help him set up his first [...]

According to several rumours Google are working on a new huge 3D map project. This time Google will take us below the surface of the ocean. First we saw our own world with Google Earth. Then we were invited out into space with Google Sky. And now we are back on our blue planet only [...]

From time to time people are kind enough to mail me and ask me to write about their startup or interview someone. I just love to get these mails. It makes me feel important and a bit like Darren Rowse and Shoemoney. Many of the mails are the copy/paste standard “Hey interesting site you have. [...]

I recently discovered the video player formerly known as “Democracy Player”, now known as “Miro“. Miro allows you to subscribe to 3600+ video channels, import your own videos or add the feed from your favourite videocast. This could be YouTube, Ustream, Justin.tv, PopSnap or any other site. This is the videocast alternative to Google Reader, [...]

Pownce (pounce) – You might have heard or read about it. It’s all over the internet, not as in Joost-all-over-the-internet, but pretty close. This is what they say about themselves: Pownce is a way to send stuff to your friends. What kind of stuff? You can send just about anything: music, photos, messages, links, events, [...]

Rhode Island, USA based Swift Blue has asked me to invite The Beta News readers to join the alpha test of their local search engine. I’ve previously written about one of Swift Blue’s project, FamFridge, unfortunately a tragic family issue has set them back. Searoo Local Search is only for the US at the moment, [...]

Three weeks ago I launched my second site – FIFA 2008 News. It has the latest news about EA Sports’ coming FIFA Soccer 2008 featuring interviews, screen shots, trailers and demos and press releases directly from EA Sports’ Press Room. It all started out with an article I wrote for Connected Internet, which quickly became [...]

I recently joined Pownce. If you haven’t heard about them here is a quick quote from their site: Pownce is a way to send stuff to your friends. What kind of stuff? You can send just about anything: music, photos, messages, links, events, and more. You can do it all on our web site, or [...]

I’ve gathered a few more Joost tricks for you to enjoy. This first one explains how to add Joost to your Windows Media Center and the other two are solutions to some common issues with Joost. You can add Joost to your Windows Media Center. This works in Windows Vista too. Joost crashes when loading. [...]

Livestation is currently a project under development, and a joint effort from Skinkers and Microsoft. Read on if you are interested in testing it. LiveStation is currently in beta stage, but essentially the project is designed to enable users to watch live television on their machines. “Interactive live TV on the PC that works” is [...]