Archive for October, 2007
KillerStartups review
by Sid on October 31st 2007 at 3:46 pm
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KillerStartups have included LocateTV as one of their 30+ daily profiles of innovative web 2.0 companies that are lighting up the internet. The idea behind the website is to present a score-and-a-half of flourishing new companies and invite their readers to vote for the one that they think will be ‘killer’. We’re up against some pretty interesting fellow start-ups (our favourite being Is it 2.0? – the website that asks you to rate the web 2.0ness of the real world including penguins, Angelina Jolie and the Apple Store in New York), so feel free to jump across and boost our… read more »
Comparing Gmail to LocateTV - for a good reason
by Sid on October 30th 2007 at 3:59 pm
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If you’re in the minority of web users who use Google’s eponymous Gmail service, you’ll perhaps be better positioned to understand why LocateTV exists. Let me explain. For years, managing your email online followed a very traditional format. Whether you were a user of Hotmail, Yahoo or AOL – each service had only a few minor design tweaks to define their individuality, all fitting very snugly into a common model. And to a lesser or greater extent, it worked fine. I was able to keep up to date with the latest messages from friends and family, as well as receive… read more »
A video guide to LocateTV
by Sid on October 29th 2007 at 5:01 pm
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One of my few memories of pre-school involves me being unjustly dismissed to the cloakroom as punishment for saying that I was bored. I have no idea what this was intended to achieve but two decades later, I've become an armchair anarchist - it just goes to show, doesn't it? The reason I mention such a traumatic recollection is to illustrate the point that, at LocateTV, we don't do bored. Every second of the day is spent improving our service, developing ways to take things forward, spreading the word, and (of course) television-related research...that's where the armchair comes in. Lottie… read more »
Widgets of all shapes and sizes
by Sid on October 26th 2007 at 1:14 pm
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If you are not regularly reading the LocateTV change log…well, there’s no hope is there. I'm not trying to upset, but if you’re not keeping up to date with the latest fixes and improvements available for finding out when your favourite programmes, films and actors are next on TV, you’re not really putting in the effort, are you? Seriously though, the code boys have been working hard to respond to your feedback with regards to bugs, functionality and usability. The latest major improvement to the site is the new format of the embed widgets, which now come in two flavours… read more »
Current Affairs
by Sid on October 25th 2007 at 4:49 pm
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Although the belief that Al Gore claimed he invented the Internet may simply be a modern urban legend, Read/Write/Web fill us in on the ex-Presidential hopeful’s latest initiative that could indeed earn him to right to genuinely make such ambitious claims with regards to Internet TV. Current.com, founded by John Hyatt and Al Gore and launched back in 2005, is the most innovative and original approach to web-based TV we’ve seen so far – incorporating elements of video blogging, social bookmarking and social networking. The concept is based on the belief that ‘young adults’ (the target demographic) are becoming more… read more »
