TNW Quick Hit: The Silverlight 5 beta, promised to be released today, is now live for download. You candownload it here. Inside of Silverlight 5, as per our previous coverage, is: According to the official Microsoft website on the matter, ‘top’ features in Silverlight 5 include: Silverlight 5 is the next version of Microsoft’s often beleaguered, never dead, and now perhaps resurgent rich media plugin. Calling all Scaleup founders! Join the Soonicorn Summit on November 28 in Amsterdam....

It has long been known that Microsoft will bebringing Silverlight to the Xbox platform, but details as to how and when have been sparse at best. When the news first broke of the upcoming integration, we felt that the addition of the Xbox realm to Sliverlight’s domain was enough to breathe new life into the technology, which was still suffering from aseries of body blows. According to tipsacquired by WinRumors, Microsoft is likely using the upcoming MIX event as the platform to announce and unveil Silverlight for Xbox:“[Microsoft is] set to detail its plans at the MIX11 conference next week in Las Vegas....

If you have a hit online idea and don’t bring it to every market, the clones will probably come out to play. That’s what’s happened to streaming music serviceSpotifyin Germany, where the remarkably similar serviceSimfylooks to be going great guns. The service has today announced a deal with the country’s largest cable operator,Kabel Deutschlandthat sees Simfy bundled in with its customer Web portal. With the operator providing TV, phone and Internet access to 8....

Bookmarklets are known for making difficult tasks easier, and this new Google+ bookmarklet is no exception. One of the problems with Google+ is sharing content with the service. There are some Chrome extensions, but no universal way to share things you find with one click. ReadWriteWebhas alerted us to the fact that developer AJ Batac has made a super simpleGoogle+ sharing bookmarkletthat you can use with any browser. Simply drag the bookmarklet up to the toolbar of your browser and you’re set to share....

What makes your customer land on your website for long? Well, if you think it’s your top-notch services, you are absolutely wrong. The first thing that a user looks into your website is its UX. While designing a website, it’s important to consider all the points that allure the visitor and binds them with the website. The wholeweb designprocess encompasses multiple segments that include UI/UX designing. The reason behind giving a unique UI/UX is to deliver the best user-experience to the audience along with the stuff they are actually looking for....