Weekly wrapup, 11-15 August 2008

by Steve O'Hear

August 17th, 2008 | Posted in last100 weekly wrapup | Comments

Here’s a summary of the week’s digital lifestyle action on last100. Note that you can subscribe to the weekly wrapups, either via the special weekly wrapup RSS feed or by email.

[Ed. Apologies for the sparse wrapup this week. Normal transmission will resume shortly :-)]

PlayTV: Sony cripples portable features of its PS3 DVR
We7 signs Warner Music for ad-supported streaming and MP3 downloads
Vudu now offering 99c rentals
Why Google should have developed its own Gphone
Surprise, surprise: Why I refuse to upgrade to iPhone 3G
Exclusive first look: Livestation on Mac (screenshots)
The real surprise of the App Store isn’t number of downloads or revenue

last100 is edited by technology journalist and consultant Steve O'Hear. Aside from founding last100, Steve has written for numerous publications, including The Guardian, ZDNet, ReadWriteWeb and Macworld, and also wrote and directed the Silicon Valley documentary, In Search of the Valley.