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Back in January, the BBCannouncedthat it was reshaping its website to be centered around ten digital products, part of which included a combinedknowledge and learninginitiative. Well, this goal just received a big boost with the launch of a newThings to Doportal. In a nutshell, Things to Do is a single destination for users to find activities in their area offered by the BBC and its partners. These activities will typically be connected to TV, radio and learning campaigns....

A television special on Apple CEO Steve Jobs will air Thursday night on CNBC, reportsMacrumors. The show is part of CNBC’s Titans series and will offer a look at the very private head of Apple through the eyes of observers including ex-CEO John Sculley, the executive who ushered Jobs out of Apple. The show will premiere on Thursday, June 23rd at 9pm ET. It will repeat on the same evening at 10pm, 12am and 1am ET....

Thisvideowas bought to you bySitePenandViadeo. It started off as an Outlook plugin, but nowMeshinis launching an Android app at SXSW that will enable you to collect all your contact data from across not only your social networks, but also the information you have in your phone including your voicemail. Similar services like Rapportive enable you to pull in information about your contacts, but what makes Meshin different is it that enables you to see the history of the relationship you’ve had with that person across various social networks....

We firstcoveredPoppy Dinsey and her fashion blog back in July. To give you a quick recap, Poppy set up What I Wore Today (WIWT) in January 2010, and it’s where Poppy has been uploading and sharing one photo each day of her in a different outfit. But Poppy is pivoting and today she’s launching the public version of hernew WIWT websiteon the same domain, which she’s selling as a ‘new social network’....

Yesterday we coveredLaunchat the design center in San Francisco – The conference where 40 finalist startups are pitching to a panel of expert judges including the likes of VC Dave McClure and Microsoft’s Dan’l Lewin. We spent all day interviewing attendees and startups, but here’s a little teaser for what’s to follow. Dave McClure was being particularly harsh in his judging style, so I asked him why and he his reply was with good reason -Full interview coming soon!...