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Streaming music serviceRdio, currently available in the US and Canada, has been busy expanding its availability of late. Following its recent launch on Roku’s range of set-top boxes, today sees the launch of an app for Mac OSX. While Rdio has previously been available to Mac users as a browser-based app, the new release is OSX native with some nice integrations. Keyboard media keys can control playback, while the app will read your iTunes library directly to populate your collection if you’re just starting out....

UK-based music streaming serviceWe7recently discussedplans for expansioninto new markets in Europe, and today that’s becoming a reality as it launchesa site for the Belgian market. In the UK, We7 offers both a free Last.fm-style ‘radio’ service and a paid-for, premium Spotify-style on-demand option. However, it’slaunching in Belgium with just the free service for now. Supported by both audio and visual ads, restaurant chain Quick has come on board as exclusive sponsor for the launch....

Streamzootoday released version 1.5 of its free photosharing tool, which is available on Android, iPhone, and as a Web app. Streamzoo has broad platform support, with easy sharing in Facebook, Twitter, and now Tumblr. Streamzoo also makes it easy for users to search for shared photos by hash tag, as well as to share and upload videos, and its interface makes it fun to surf through random photos–though there seems to be an inordinate number of dog and cat pics....

The worlds of technology and table manners came together today at a breakout session on social media marketing at the National Street Food Conference held at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. The National Street Food Conference was organized by, whichLa Cocinais an incubator for food startups run by immigrant entrepreneurs who want to share their native cuisine with the worldly diners of San Francisco. La Cocina vendors have use of a commercial kitchen for food prep, and have access to advisors who are there to help navigate the city permitting process and other legalities of selling food to the public....

Back in April wereportedthat Bing was bringingStreetside, Microsoft’s answer to Google’s Streetview’, to Europe. And the first Streetside images from the UK arenow appearing. Streetside has been available in the US since late2009, but earlier this year cars armed with cameras began rolling around London, and according to the Bingdriving schedule, London was always scheduled to finish in August some time. Next up in the UK is the Manchester and Merseyside area of England....