Pakistan Blocks YouTube Over Sacrilegious Content

Following Pakistan’s blockade of Facebook — allegedly because users had posted caricatures of Prophet Muhammad on the network — comes news that Pakistan has also blocked YouTube because of content that’s offensive to Islam. While the Facebook ban in Pakistan was a direct result of a group that called on users to submit drawings of Prophet Muhammad, the YouTube blockade isn’t explained in detail.

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iPad App Store Now Live Internationally

A stream of tweets tells us that the iPad App Store is now live in certain European countries, namely the UK and France , as well as in other parts of the world, such as Australia and New Zealand . Customers in Europe were able to pre-order the iPad on May 10 , and the device is slated to ship on May 28. Now, the folks that put in the time and effort to bring the iPad from the U.S. before it was available in Europe can enjoy the benefits of the App Store a couple of days early.

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Pete Cashmore Talks Google’s Venture into TV and VoIP on Bloomberg [VIDEO]

Google has been very busy in the last few days. First came rumors of Google’s venture into TV space with SmartTV . Then, Google offered to acquire Global IP Solutions (GIPS) , followed by a slew of announcements at the Google I/O Conference in San Francisco, the biggest being the release of an open source, royalty-free video format called WebM

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Five Amazing App and Gadget Demos from Google I/O [VIDEO]

Cool gadgets, one-off web apps, AR on Android — this year’s Google I/O Sandboxes have got ‘em all. We got to see a few demos today at Google’s developer-focused conference in San Francisco, and we were incredibly impressed. Check out this video with cool toys and tricks from Yelp, Pandora, TweetDeck, Google Earth and even Nordic Track. And be sure not to miss the “Holodeck” at the end.

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Evernote Competitor Springpad Launches Killer Android App [VIDEO]

Springpad is an awesome app we’ve told you about before . Like Evernote, it allows you to save items in a virtual notebook of sorts. But the app doesn’t stop at saving information; it also pulls in actionable links. For example, if you “save” a movie, you also save links to buy tickets for a local theater or add that film to your Netflix queue. If you save a restaurant, that entry is accompanied by a link to the menu and Open Table so you can quickly make reservations.

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FTC Kills Porn/Spam ISP

Today, the Federal Trade Commission permanently shut down 3FN, a Belize-based Internet service provider (ISP) notorious for hosting botnets, child pornography, phishing attacks and various other scams and malware. The ISP has been ordered to pay back $1.08 million which it earned by cooperating and conspiring with criminals. It took almost a full year in court for the FTC to win this battle against 3FN. When this ISP was put under a preliminary injunction last year, spam volume dropped by 15%. 3FN had been actively recruiting spammers and others and whose senior staff had coached clients on building botnets.

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Anybots: Robotic Teleconferencing on Wheels [VIDEO]

Silicon Valley startup Anybots sees robots in the future of your workplace. It’s debuting a two-wheeled mobile robot named “QB” that is equipped with a camera and interactive touch display in an effort to one-up the concept of static teleconferencing. The website promises “one-click commuting” thanks to a web browser interface that allows a remote user to control QB’s movements. The premise is to get much closer to “real” virtual telepresence by allowing the user to roam around and initiate spontaneous conversations as if actually there in the flesh.

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More Money Flows into Location Apps

This year has seen the launch of more location-aware applications than we could have imagined. Everyone from big brands to one-app startups is scrambling to integrate location features right now, and at least one company is doing a lot of business based on the trend. SimpleGeo, a startup that gives developers the ability to add location-based features to their applications, has just announced a new round of funding and a slew of new hires

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Urbanspoon’s RezBook Lets Restaurants Manage Reservations on the iPad

Restaurant recommendation site Urbanspoon is preparing to roll out a new iPad app and subscription service called RezBook , which will allow restaurants to book and manage reservations. Similar to OpenTable and its backend management software, RezBook is designed to replace the paper booking system that many restaurants use with a system that is not only mobile, but also capable of storing customer information, seating requests and more. We spoke with Urbanspoon co-foudner Ethan Lowry about RezBook, Urbanspoon and the iPad. When the iPad was first announced, the team at Urbanspoon immediately saw the device as a perfect extension to its website. While the company released an iPad optimized version of its popular iPhone app last month, Mr

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Facebook for Business training: join the FREE webinar Friday 21 May 2010 6pm supporting the IIA Digitise the Nation week

Have you started to use Facebook as one of your marketing or communications channels for your business? Perhaps you are wondering how you can leverage it further? Perhaps you are thinking of getting started using Facebook to connect to more customers and attract more leads and profits for your business? You have already set up a Facebook Page but are are you confident that it is delivering you the results you are looking for?

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