It’s time again for the weekly round-up from TechCrunch UK & Ireland.
• Social lending site Zopa is to launch in Japan, following its expansion to the US and Italy from its UK base. Read more
• A Brit university replicated itself in Second Life. Lazy students rejoiced. Read more
• Pikum, a UK-based online social gaming start-up by a US entrepreneur, secured a £2.6m investment from Virgin USA. Read more
• Video site Dailymotion hired an ex-Googler as its first UK MD. Read more
• Rapid Mobile Media, a startup mobile ad platform, won £2 million ($4 million) funding from a US VC firm. Read more
• BlinkBox, a video ads overlay startup, relaunched its site. Read more
• Video interview: Phorm CEO rejected ‘big brother’ allegations over its partnership with UK ISPs to serve ads via packet tracking. Read more
• TechCrunch UK & Ireland Jobs board officially opened - post your jobs aimed at UK and Irish startups now. Read more
• 7digital’s deal with Warner for DRM-free tracks confirmed it as the UK music startup to beat. Read more
• Apple bought a British-owned patent crucial to the iPhone’s interface. Read more
• UnLtdWorld launched a social network for ’social entrepreneurs’. Read more
• Blinkx re-launched its NowThen side project as a moblogging site. Read more
• An Irish startup aimed at movie downloads… via kiosk. Read more
• Truphone fired new low VOIP call charges at mobile operators. Read more
• Mobile social networking startup Trutap added Facebook to the list of social networks it integrates with. Read more
• O2 launched the iPhone in Ireland with a punitive tariff compared to the UK rates. Irish consumers are understandably not happy. Read more
• UK-based AllPeers shut down its browser-based file-sharing service, entering the deadpool. Read more
• T-Mobile’s investment in British femtocell start-up Ubiquisys seemed to suggest Google might consider an MVNO. Read more
• Facebook’s German version may not impress the locals after all. Read more
• MTV UK and MySpace created a user-generated TV chart show. Read more
• CBS-owned Last.fm will power the online radio service for German newspaper Bild. Read more
• Irish bloggers partied at their annual awards. Read more
• New startup ProofHQ launched collaborative document version tracking. Read more
• Brits posted video about how Facebook was now passe. Reality check: Facebook grew by 712% in the UK in the last year. Read more
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“New startup ProofHQ launched collaborative document version tracking. Read more”
http://proofhq.com/index.html
It is really cool that they just focus on one thing: proof. However, they just do PDF and several image file formats. They should do Microsoft file formats as well, especially Word documents, since these file formats are most widely used.
I assume they start from PDF and image file formats because these file formats are easier to start from. If this is the case, Microsoft file formats should be in their pipeline. The good thing is, their jobs may become easier since Microsoft recently opens those Office binary formats.
Anyway, I will track this startup closely. Thanks for sharing.
Much better layout than last week! Nice round-up
I will suggest to only include big news and add pics