The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) have today launched a separate iPlayer App just for radio. The BBC iPlayer is an extremely successful service that allows users to watch content any time from the last 7 days. It is hoped the new radio app will "develop radio stations as fully multimedia brands so that as well as listen, audiences will be able to watch, share and engage with BBC radio".
Facebook hits 1 Billion Users
Zuckerberg earlier announced that Facebook has reach 1 Billion monthly active users - that's a lot of people. If Facebook were a country it would be the third largest in the world with just China and India ahead of it.
Facebook Launches Gifts
Facebook has launched a new service called 'Facebook Gifts' - it's attempt to take a piece of the ecommerce market which is dominated by the likes of eBay and Amazon. Selected users in the US can select gifts from participating companies and send them to their friends, family or whoever has an event or birthday coming up.
The recipient of the gift can then choose the details of the gift such as colour, size etc and also select a delivery address.
If it's a digital gift such as a gift card it will be present on their phone and if it's a physical item it'll be delivered to them.
This new service will be rolling out to the rest of the US fairly soon and will hopefully be international soon after that.
Does Facebook have a shot at the ecommerce market? Give your thoughts in the comments section below.
Myspace announces a new look
Very few people even knew Myspace was still a thing until this week when the company revealed it has been working hard on a completely new look. And it looks awesome. With a new horizontal timeline feature it looks pretty slick and nice to use. The all but defunct social network appears to be aiming at creatives interested in music, photography, film making and design.
A video showcasing the redesign was released by the Myspace team.
Lytro Goes Global
A year or two ago a revolutionary new camera hit the market - the Lytro Light Field Camera (LFC). This was the first consumer Light Field Camera to be produced. If you're wondering what an LFC does then just have a look and click on this picture.
So an LFC is a camera that captures light from every plane, that's light travelling in every direction. A conventional camera captures light from just one plane. This means that with the Lytro camera you can refocus your pictures time and time again after you've taken the picture, so you don't have to worry about focussing before taking a picture - the ultimate point and shoot.
Well Lytro cameras have been available in the US for about a year or two but they are now available in more countries. Earlier this week Lytro announced that their cameras will be available in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Canada as well as more outlets in the US.
Let's hope that they come to the UK soon and that this brilliant technology becomes the norm.
Do you have or have you used a Lytro camera? What do you think of it?