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THE BIG INTERVIEW: Weblo.com's founder Rocky Mirza explains how he's creating a better world
New virtual reality game gives you the chance to rule the world 21 September 2006 20:02 GMT
Ever fancied being President of the United States? Or wanted to take control of the City of London from Ken Livingston? In Weblo world, you can.

The brainchild of Rocky Mirza, and financed in part by former MySpace chairman Richard Rosenblatt, Weblo offers users...
THE BIG INTERVIEW: SpiralFrog's Chairman explains how to give away free music
Joe Mohen gives Pocket-lint the lowdown on his site 7 September 2006 11:17 GMT
Hoping to destroy Apple's 70% market dominance in the music download field, SpiralFrog is a new player who has dared to think outside the box in an attempt to draw away the crowds from the iconic iPod manufacturer. Its business model seems to use the phrase "if you can't...
The Big Interview: dotMobi's Alexa Raad is changing the way people think about the mobile internet
Do you browse the web on your mobile? 31 July 2006 13:02 GMT
Despite the prevalence of mobile phones equipped with web-browsing capabilities, surfing the mobile internet hasn’t really taken off.

DotMobi hopes to change the way people think about the mobile internet by providing the tools and domain name for companies...
THE BIG INTERVIEW: SelfcastTV goes head to head with YouTube
UK YouTube says it has the technology to succeed 24 July 2006 1:05 GMT
YouTube might be the dominating force on the Internet when it comes to sharing videos with your friends - last week it reported that users are downloading 100million videos every day - but it isn't the only player out there.

Based in the UK, the creators of...
THE BIG INTERVIEW: General Sir Michael Jackson on photography in the Army
Pocket-lint interviews the head of the British Army 4 July 2006 12:06 GMT
In 1915 the British Army created the Army photographic branch to gather intelligence in the First World War. Almost 100 years on and the army have over 40 professional photographers as well as over 1800 amateur snappers within its ranks.

"We use our photographers...
THE BIG INTERVIEW: social network site LunarStorm.co.uk's CEO Matt Colebourne
Colebourne talks about LunarStorm's protection and monitoring of its young members 3 July 2006 18:00 GMT
Online social networking communities have come under fire recently as havens for perverts and troublemakers eager to prey on children and young adults.

However, one such website, targeted at the under-20s, has been proactive in protecting its users, keeping...
THE BIG INTERVIEW: Yahoo's Jeff Bonforte on the launch of Messenger with plug-ins
Yahoo wants to change the way the world communicates on the Internet 20 June 2006 10:26 GMT
With the web becoming more and more interactive, Yahoo is taking a different direction than its competitors and actively encouraging web user communities and interactivity by launching a host of plug-in applications for Yahoo Messenger, as well as opening up its Application...
THE BIG INTERVIEW: ViaMichelin country manager Stuart Derricott
Taking the wrong turn or merely map failure, we find out 6 June 2006 10:52 GMT
HP has teamed up with ViaMichelin, the navigation software maker, to offer its PDA, the HP iPAQ rx1950 Navigator, a mapping solution out of the box. Pocket-lint spoke with Stuart Derricott, Country Manager, P-Nav products, UK and Ireland, from ViaMichelin to find out more...
THE BIG INTERVIEW: Creative CEO Sim Wong Hoo
Pocket-lint.co.uk sat down with Sim Wong Hoo, Foundling CEO and Chairman of Creative Labs after the launch of its new Creative Zen Vision:M Media Player. 9 December 2005 1:27 GMT
Pocket-lint.co.uk sat down with Sim Wong Hoo, Foundling CEO and Chairman of Creative Labs after the launch of its new Creative Zen Vision:M Media Player.

Having wooed us with sound bites of status and market dominance, Creative is keen to show that although they...
INTERVIEW: Motorola on the ROKR iTunes phone
Motorola gives more details on the ROKR mobile phone 8 September 2005 13:16 GMT
Pocket-lint.co.uk sat down with Carsten Schmidt, GM Regional Operators, Retail and Distribution Western Europe, to talk a little more about Motorola's teaming up with Apple to launch the new iTunes Mobile Phone - The Motorola ROKR, and what we can expect from Motorola in...
INTERVIEW: Blogging all over the world
Ask Jeeves buys Bloglines 12 February 2005 2:59 GMT
With Ask Jeeves finally buying Bloglines.com this week, we spoke to Daniel Read, vice president of product management to see what the new acquisition will mean for both parties.

The story starts six months ago when Ask Jeeves first started talking to Bloglines...