links for 2008-07-24

• Kara Visits iLike in Seattle! [WSJ]
  
  (tags: music social online)
• Electronics Giants to Create Wireless HD Standard [Wired]
  Wireless HD video gets a big boost as Sony, Samsung Motorola, Sharp and Hitachi join forces to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals from a single set-top box to screens around the home.
  (tags: HD media video)
• Twitter searches for the next step [The Guardian]
  In their first newspaper interview since buying third-party search startup Summize, the Twitter founders Jack Dorsey and Evan Williams talk to Guardian Technology.
  (tags: twitter guardian business online)
• US patent hierarchy visualization [Information Aesthetics]
  
  (tags: data map technology)
• UI Porn: Audi’s new MMI [37 Signals]
  Audi is set to release the next version of their MMI (Multi Media Interface). The MMI powers their nav, radio, and car systems.
  (tags: cars design interface)
• BSkyB tunes up for digital music battle with Apple [The Times]
  BSkyB has unveiled plans to take on Apple’s iTunes with a new subscription-based digital music service, with packages likely to be priced around £10 a month.
  (tags: music online)
• Digital Billboards Stalk You As You Shop [Gizmondo]
  
  (tags: advertising innovation)