Mashable writes about social tv site joost:

Joost has just released the latest beta, version 1.0 for Macs and Windows. A few changes include the new ?spoon? UI, which looks cool enough, and sports a new transparent gray theme instead of the previous all black. There?s also a re-designed Channel Guide, which has been renamed Explore. This gives you an animated, interactive list of channels according to your category selection from your left hand menu bar.

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Techcrunch writes about Social Tv company Sling:

EchoStar?s $380 million purchase of Sling Media once again raises the question of whether a consumer TV-device company can exist as a standalone entity. History has not been kind to such companies trying to break out from the startup field. Akimbo anyone? TiVo has also certainly seen its share of ups and downs (mostly downs). Even the attempts of larger tech companies at combining TVs and computers, such as the Apple TV or Microsoft?s various efforts over the years, haven?t fared any better at gaining massive consumer acceptance. The consumer-electronics giants and cable companies simply dominate this market. Given that reality, selling to EchoStar may have been Sling Media?s best option.

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