Regular readers will know that we have something of a fetish for data visualisations here at The Next Web, andWimblewatchis certainly a timely example. With the Wimbledon finals fast approaching, this Web app, built using the Processing programming language, measures the Twitter buzz around players and topics related to this year’s tennis championship. The interactive visualisation, built byBrandwatch, lets you choose two topics (be they players, newsworthy attendees like Prince William, or even weather conditions) and play them off against each other to see which one has received the most Twitter discussions over time....

We’ve been excited aboutScreenReachever since we discovered this UK startup last summer. Yesterday its app,Screach, got its first large-scale use at the Newcastle United vs Everton football match and they invited us along to see how it fared. Screach allows developers to create interactive experiences for events, TV shows, movies or just about anything else. Users then key the relevant code into the Screach app on their phone and take part....

Kiboomuis a Montreal-based startup that is bringing children interactive musical experiences through the use of iPad and iPhone applications. The educational apps aimed at preschoolers, teaches children how to make music while introducing them to new instruments and music notes. And from what Kiboomu tells us, the demand for these types of apps has been overwhelming. We spoke with Wendy Wiseman, one of the two entrepreneurs behind Kiboomu this afternoon. Wiseman told us that she’s thrilled with the response that Kiboomu has seen so far and shared with us that three of Kiboomu’s apps have been consecutively featured within the “new and noteworthy” sections in both the U....

You have a web app, but what you don’t have are in-depth ways to find out who is using it and connect with those users to build a better product. But what if you did? WithIntercom, you can. Intercom is a CRM for web app owners. Well, of sorts. Instead of needing to put out a “did you use this” email or Tweet, Intercom can tell you exactly who’s using your app, including where they’re from, their social profiles and it gives you the ability to communicate with your users via private messaging while they’re using the app....

A new report from price comparison websiteuSwitchshows that as UK consumers look to tighten their spending, they are increasingly turning to free mobile deals that include smartphones from HTC and Samsung, leading to a drop in interest in Apple’s iPhone 4. The Mobile Tracker from uSwitch, which ranks the UK’s favourite mobile handsets based on live searches and sales, shows HTC’s Desire, Desire HD and Wildfire occupying the top three positions, with half of the most popular smartphones running Google’s Android mobile operating system....