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Time to move on

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Let me start by saying that this is not an April Fools post.

I would like to announce that my term here at 901am.com will end by April 30 this year. Splashpress Media, the publisher of this news blog, has elected not to renew my term, so I am left with no choice but to go.

It’s been stressful running a news blog but it’s a lot fun. I have to thank the bloggers who worked with me, the readers, and Splashpress Media for publishing this.

What is in store for me when the term expires? I still do not know but one thing is sure, I will go back to my roots.

Minic Rivera

Vringo merges social networking with Facebook application

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Vringo has announced a new Facebook application that lets Vringo users import their Facebook friends’ profile photos to their mobile phones, automatically matching them to friends’ phone numbers. When Facebook friends call one another, their friend’s photos will appear on their phone screens as a type of visual caller ID.

The Vringo application enables Facebook users to update the photos on their devices through Facebook when friends change their profile pictures. Facebook users who add the application can also invite friends to become Vringo users.

The application initially will be offered free on a global basis. Vringo for Facebook is available for BlackBerry smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM) and devices operating on the Windows Mobile platform. The application will also be available for additional mobile devices in the near future.

Earth Hour is coming on March 29 at 8:00pm

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It started with a question: How can we inspire people to take action on climate change?

The answer: Ask the people of Sydney to turn off their lights for one hour.

On 31 March 2007, 2.2 million people and 2100 Sydney businesses turned off their lights for one hour – Earth Hour. If the greenhouse reduction achieved in the Sydney CBD during Earth Hour was sustained for a year, it would be equivalent to taking 48,616 cars off the road for a year.

It is happening again this year.

SpiralFrog now the third largest legal music download site

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spiralfrog.pngSpiralFrog, Inc. crossed a major threshold with almost 850,000 registered users and is now positioned as the third largest legal music download site in the U.S. and Canada behind to iTunes and Rhapsody. The company also demonstrated further growth with traffic already surpassing two million unique monthly visitors for March.

SpiralFrog provides a comprehensive music experience that allows music fans to get songs, albums, music videos, music news, artist bios, reviews, discographies and album art, among other rich content features. SpiralFrog also lets users create playlists and use a Facebook application that allows them to track the most popular downloads on the site.