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Global BBC iPlayer app arrives in Europe, puts archive Auntie in iPad
iPlayer is available in Europe from today, via an iPad app stuffed full of classic BBC telly. Fawlty Towers, Top Gear and Doctor Who are among the programmes available through the Global iPlayer app, which differs from the iPlayer we know and love in a few crucial ways. The Global iPlayer app, announced in December, “looks and feels similar to the UK iPlayer, but functions in a different way”. International viewers pay a monthly subscription, and instead of the seven-day catch-up service we’re familiar with, the app will showcase selected BBC shows, old and new.
With Back to Gecko, Mozilla looks to the mobile market
Mozilla, the nonprofit organization behind the popular Firefox browser, is looking to expand its operation – straight into the mobile market. Writing on the company wiki, Mozilla reps said they were in the early stages of developing an open-source operating system called Back to Gecko, which would be collectively authored, and work on both tablet computers and smartphones.
Facebook looks for its share of mobile apps revenue
Facebook has been slow to enter the mobile commerce game, though it has been long expected to expand its platform into an app store and other services. Now the social networking giant is said to be bringing its digital currency, Credits, to mobile browsers, allowing developers to sell content and other items on smartphones and tablets. This could make Facebook an alternative pull on mobile users’ spending on virtual goods and content, reducing the takings of Google and Apple.
Workers want to choose their mobile devices, survey finds
Employees enjoy using work-related mobile apps, especially on smartphones and tablets that they choose themselves, according to a new survey from mobile software maker Sybase. In the online survey of 500 workers at U.S. and U.K. companies, half of the respondents said that they would prefer to choose the mobile device that they use at work, instead of having the company decide. Also, 56% said work-related apps for mobile devices make them more productive. The survey, conducted in June, involved employees at companies with more than $100 million in annual revenues.
To Fill a Gap in Commercial Radio, Classically Trained Apps
It’s been a long decade for classical music fans, with the virtual disappearance of the genre from commercial radio. But now, thanks to mobile devices, who needs radio? Androids or iPhones make good music players, and personalized radio apps like Slacker, Pandora and Last.fm offer passable alternatives to conventional radio, especially if you pay for advertising-free versions of the services.
Embed a Message In an OK Go Music Video Using Chrome
We know that HTML 5 and stuff like Canvas, SVG, and WebGL is cool, but how cool are they? Cool enough to let you embed a message in a music video and have the band Ok Go dance it out for you. Just point Chrome to Google’s latest Chrome Experiment and follow the instructions. You have to watch a few minutes of Ok Go’s somewhat unusual music video All Is Not Lost before you get your message, but it’s worth it to check out the wow factor that is coming with these up and coming Internet technologies.
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