Burj Dubai, the new ‘World’s Tallest Building’, is due to be opened this afternoon. More than 800m (2,625ft) high and clad in 26,000 glass panels, Burj Dubai has 160 floors and more than 500,000 sq m of space for offices and apartments.
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Top Twitter Trends
Unashamedly pulled from CNET News, here are the top Twitter trends of 2009. Makes for some interesting reading. The original article is here.
Google Goggles
Pretty self explanatory. Pretty cool.
Dell doing what Twitter cannot…
That is, making money from the platform. Back in June Dell announced they had made an estimated $3m from Twitter. They have now announced that figure has risen to $6.5m – see here for the article. Now, how much of that is additional to what what they would have made without Twitter is debateable; but [...]
Facebook and Twitter IPOs
Facebook have moved to quash rumours of an IPO – whereas Twitter have admitted it may be an option. Interesting to see the contrasting stances of the Social Media giants.
Twitter goes Commercial (finally)
Twitter founder Biz Stone has announced that Twitter will launch paid for corporate accounts this year – meaning they will be available within the next month. He made the announcement during an interview with the BBC – read Mediaweek’s article here.
Half the UK is on Facebook
A quite staggering statistic from MediaWeek. The UK population is currently a shade over 60m – and Facebook UK has 30m unique users (according to ComScore). Unbelievable that of every two people you walk past in the street, one will have a Facebook account… Read here for the full article.
Toshiba send Chair into Space
Yes, that’s right. How better to illustrate the capabilities of your audiovisual range? Read the full story from Wired here.
Wii adds dedicated iPlayer Channel
To further exemplify the confluence of media, Nintendo and the BBC have teamed up to offer a dedicted iPlayer channel through Nintendo’s Wii console. Read the full story from Mediaweek.