Posts Tagged ‘moved-temporarily’

EU Says No to Kicking File Sharers Off The Internet

Mar 27, 2009 Mashable, Web

Despite the fact that individual countries in the European Union – France, especially – are trying to implement extreme measures against piracy, such as kicking file sharers off the Internet after three warnings, the European Union itself has spoken against such measures on several occasions . This time, the European Parliament has voted in favor of a report from Greek MEP Stavros Lambrinidis, which speaks about security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet.

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Loudcrowd: Discover New Music While Playing Games in a Virtual World

Mar 26, 2009 Mashable

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here .

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Become a Fan of Facebook Pages With a Text Message

Mar 26, 2009 Mashable, Social Media, Web

This is potentially huge news for brands that are using Facebook Pages.

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MeetTheFamous Documents Regular People’s Encounters with Celebrities

Mar 26, 2009 Mashable, Video, Web

I don’t live in a place where star sightings are a common thing – typically, I have to travel to places like New York for that . But lots of people do run into celebrities occasionally in their everyday lives, and if they have a camera, take pictures of the event. MeetTheFamous looks to chronicle these moments, and offers users a way to get paid for their chance encounter

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Twitter SMS Returning to the UK via Vodafone?

Mar 26, 2009 Mashable

Last month, Twitter turned outbound SMS back on for some of its Canadian users, through a partnership with Bell Mobility. UK users, who had SMS turned off in August of last year, might be getting their service back soon too, by way of a similar Twitter partnership with Vodafone. UK tech news site Electricig reports that “we’ve heard Vodafone is bringing them back, and will be the only mobile operator in Britain to offer them

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Twitter SMS Returning to the UK via Vodafone?

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