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Bitly Overhauls For Social Sharing, Curation (Don’t Worry, You Can Still Shortlink)

In what could be the most significant pivot in the company’s history, bitly overhauled its services today with a fresh focus on social sharing and curation of viral links.

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Amazon Instant Video Is Now On Xbox Too

Amazon’s Instant Video streaming service is a PlayStation 3 exclusive no longer. Today Amazon announced that its Netflix competitive streaming library has made the transition to the Xbox 360 console, nearly two months after it first debuted on the PlayStation 3.

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Curicon: A Social Network For Collectors

The newly launched service, called Curicon, provides a space for all types of enthusiasts to share their most prized possessions and discuss their passion with a robust online collecting community.

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Fighting The State, Without The Web: North Korea’s Sneakernet Insurgency

North Korean dissidents are spreading illegal content at faster than ever, but they’ve had to develop ways to do so without the web.

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University Of Chicago To Provide Gaming Collection For Academic Research

A University of Chicago library will begin carrying a selection of classic video games this summer, providing students with access to dozens of influential titles spread across three decades of gaming.

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Half Of Germany Was Powered By Solar Energy On Saturday

Europe’s biggest industrial nation has made its way to the forefront of sustainable energy as German solar power plants produced the equivalent wattage of 20 nuclear power stations on Saturday.

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Job Opening Confirms Skype Integration For Next-Gen XBOX

A recently posted London job opening on the Microsoft Careers website confirms the development of a next generation XBOX with Skype integration. The job opening tasks a lead program manager with running a team to build and support the application through the post-launch period of the yet-to-be-named console.

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Sony Patent For Game Interrupting Commercials Uncovered

Will your gaming sessions be interrupted by advertisements? A recently uncovered patent from Sony suggests the time might be closer than you think.

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First Commercial Space Mission Reaches International Space Station

After a number of delays and even a cancellation with less than one second to go before launch, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station on Friday.

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In True Web 2.0 Form, HP CEO Dumps 8 Percent Of Staff Via Video Message

Breaking up is hard to do, unless you’re Meg Whitman. The former eBay CEO continues her reign of tyranny at HP by announcing massive job cuts via video message.

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