Futureheads-The Beginning of the Twist (single) It is maybe a bit harsh to say they are “back on form”, but this is as good as anything they have done…

Skunk Anansie-Secretly -Fred is Top Dog techie this week, and this is the soundtrack to his week as King.

Redman and Adam F- Smash Something - Thomas’s party track of the week. It needs to be listened to Very Loud.

MIA- Paper Planes - This one slipped by the radar when it was released a few weeks ago, but it is a cracking tune, and has an excellent Clash sample.

Rocket From the Crypt- I’m Not Invisible - Thom bought their live album this week. If he could go back in time to see any band, they would be up there.

Sonic Youth-Sunday - This is one weird video. Starring the eldest Culkin…

Toots and the Maytals- Pressure Drop - Eric has been feeling the groove of this classic.

Part Chimp- War Machine - It’s loud. And it is good.

Cinematic Orchestra- To Build A Home - By popular request of Darren.

REM- Accelerate (album) - The first single from the upcoming album by from Athens’ finest (the other Athens).

Texperts’ fearless Chief Product Officer Thomas Roberts was recently interviewed by web design and search optimisation site Distilled.co.uk. Lucy Langdon chatted with Thomas about mobile search, geo-location, and his mum, and it’s available on their blog.

The interview follows up an article that Distilled did on the future of mobile search, which used Texperts as an example of forms of searching on the go that could challenge for the title of Mobile Search Champion. Naturally, we registered our opinions in their online poll!

Thanks to Distilled for a fruitful discussion.

(Image from Distilled)

At Texperts, we get all manner of saucy questions, but we also notice that people are often more comfortable seeking out quality information sources about sexual health via SMS. So we’ve partnered with Pasante to help people do just that.

This is an innovative partnership, as it’s designed to help promote sexual health and to make sex safer. Texperts has trained experts to help people with answers to sexual health questions. SMS is a private, personal medium, and that can help young people feel less intimidated when asking what can often be uncomfortable questions.

The Pasante website gives details of the partnership:

Pasante Healthcare ( http://www.pasante.com ) is launching, ‘Desire’, a range of smartly packaged, designer condoms aimed at savvy, streetwise females aged 16-25.

Attractive packaging and unusual shaped tins have been used to cleverly disguise the contents while all references to condoms are printed on adhesive labels which can be easily removed after purchase. An informative instruction leaflet offers tips on when to bring up the subject of condoms and how to get a partner to wear one.

The packs also endorse a 24/7 sexual health text service, in conjunction with ‘Texperts’, where young people may text their sexual health questions to a trained expert and receive an answer within minutes at any time of the day or night. The usual cost of the service is £1 per answer but Desire customers can get their first message free by texting 66000 and following the in-pack instructions.

Texperts is delighted to have this opportunity to help young people find the answers they need. It’s an issue close to Texperts CEO Sarah McVittie’s heart, as she’s been working with the social enterprise community and charities to promote sexual health and responsibility in young people for a number of years. She views Pasante’s ‘Desire’ range as a pragmatic (and dare we say, fun!) way to do that.

Love- My Little Red Book. A classic cover of Bacharach/David from 1966. Nerd fact! Also covered by Brian Wilson as an out-take from the elusive Smile Sessions!

Weezer- My Name is Jonas. Fred and Thomas have been addicted to Guitar Hero III for several weeks, and this is one of the key battlegrounds…

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- Dig, Lazarus, Dig. (single) The latest single from Nick Cave has Lazarus resurrected in New York…

Roots Manuva- Witness. Thom has had this in his head for weeks now. And it does have a great video…

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks- Jo Jo’s Jacket. In anticipation of another album from the former Pavement man, there is always time to listen to a classic.

UNKLE- Eye for an Eye. Darren is off to see UNKLE this week.

Mogwai- Punk Rock. Not many people would open an album by putting music to an Iggy Pop interview. But that all depends on what is being said…

Broken Social Scene- 7/4 Shoreline. The greatest song ever in 7/4 timing?

The Kinks- Waterloo Sunset. The Davies brothers has been bothering Henry’s iPod this week.

The Klaxons- Gravity’s Rainbow (Van She Remix). A great remix from Australia’s Van She. Thom hopes they get credit, as their “Kelly single was ace”.

Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Barbara says it reminds her of when she was a young ‘un.

Texperts’ intrepid CEO Sarah McVittie was recently profiled in The Telegraph after meeting Dominic White at the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. In this extensive piece, White gives an extensive history of the company and Sarah’s role in changing the face of mobile search. White writes,

“Tall, blonde, female and 30. It wasn’t hard for Textperts founder Sarah McVittie to stand out amid 60,000 delegates at the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this month. But that’s not really the point. Among the jargon-heavy and sometimes downright silly business ideas that littered this geeks’ playground, McVittie’s company, Textperts, was perhaps the simplest to understand.

Forget your 3Gs, WiFis and what-nots for a minute, Textperts does exactly what its name suggests: text any question you can think of to McVittie’s army of experts and they’ll text you back with the answer, pronto. It will cost you a pound, charged to your mobile bill, and you’ll need a mobile with a UK SIM card.”

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