Here are the shownotes for Blastr EPISODE 6. This was the most successful episode yet with over 25 live listeners! All of those live listeners who stayed till the end got free invites (bottom of shownotes) to several services in private beta. Be one of them and join live! As well we also had an interview with Jim Courtney and Ben Feldman about Skype and Mash.

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Tech News – Not boring news, I hope!

Linux passes Windows 98 and 2003 in overall usage.
Google is closer to taking over the word with Google Moon and Google Mars
Twitter gets a new look, and some added features including a Google contacts search and downloads page as well as a information wiki.
Digg as well gets a new look. No new real features I could observe but they did update the navigation and interface.
Nintendo stay on Top of the console wars, just passes the Xbox 360. However the Xbox 360 sold the most copies of Madden 08
Wikipedia passes 2 million articles!
Twitter can help save lives

Interview with… Jim Courtney of SkypeJournal.com

Cool Stuff

Experience Rides without going on them!
Amazingly shiny and free icons
Compete, the new Alexa
The highly requested digg pictures section, not from digg.
Easiest way to find out if they’ve read your email
Where the web 2.0 startup creators were born
The 3D Printer is coming at a cheap price, for real!

Interview with Ben Feldman about Yahoo’s new social networking site, Mash

Awesome Blog Posts

10 Future Web Trends
50 Great Sidebar Widgets
Top Ten Underused Tech Products
35 Essential Mac Apps – http://freelanceswitch.com/working/35-absolutely-essential-mac-apps/
Top 25 BEST Selling Video Games
Top Ten Billboard Ads
Best Creative Ads
720 Free Photoshop Plugins And Filters

If you listen live you’re sure to get an invite to the private beta, of the following but if you post a comment you may get one.

8Apps
Skitch
Tractis
Pownce
Gyminee
iminlikewithu
iMedix
Moola
Natubua
OpenPeople
YouSwop
Yumondo

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Thanks for listening, NichM

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