Confused.com uses social media in new competition
Image by: wintercool612 Car insurance comparison website Confused.com is launching a new service, Quick Quote, which allows users to text your number plate to Confused and in within seconds, the user...
View ArticleWill Facebook finally release a smartphone?
It has emerged today that Facebook IS going to make a smartphone which may be launched next year. Facebook app According to a report by The New York Times, smartphone experts have been employed to work...
View ArticleHow to raise over $140,000 for charity, by The Oatmeal
Image by The Oatmeal Rule number 1 of the internet: Do not mess with The Oatmeal. The Seattle based cartoonist (real name Matthew Inman) has one of the BIGGEST blogs on the planet, so if you tick this...
View ArticleIE9 could be the start of a new dawn
image via browseryoulovedtohate.com Not so long ago my flatmate who is a little younger than I brought round one of his friends who is a little younger than he – I thought he was 12, turns out he was...
View ArticleWhat is Smart TV?
Smart TV is a new concept to TV, were the TV and online worlds collide… Social TV via LGEPR Smart TV, also known as Hybrid TV because it brings your laptop and TV together, and allows you to stream...
View ArticleGoogle Asks YouTube Users to Use their Real Name
YouTube may have a bit of a rep online for attracting the worst of the internet commenters, but Google’s out to take a proverbial bar of soap to the video uploading service’s filthy mouth. Since...
View ArticleKick Starting Your Business
Chances are you have heard of the crowd funding site Kickstarter, but incase you haven’t let us give you a really brief introduction. Kickstarter was founded in 2008 by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler and...
View ArticleThe Nerdiest Ways to Watch the Olympics
So, the Olympics are in full swing, and people who normally have no interest in sport whatsoever (myself included) are suddenly obsessed with anything that happens to don a sweatsuit. I’ve gone a bit...
View ArticleThis is Now – A Portrait of Life
I believe that a more beautiful web is not simply showcased through your choice of browser. It’s what you look at on that browser that counts. This concept of beauty in technology – what does it mean?...
View ArticleThinking of buying Twitter followers? Now there’s a fatwa against it.
#bbpBox_237264736922767360 a { text-decoration:none; color:#1F98C7; }#bbpBox_237264736922767360 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; } Today in fatwas: buying followers on Twitter is sinful, says...
View ArticleThe History of the Google Doodle
Love Google Doodles? Then you’ll love this video taking a look behind the Doodle. It first started when the founders of Google (Larry Page and Sergey Brin) left the office to attend the Burning Man...
View ArticleNew Twitter Influence Metric on the Horizon?
The tech industry knows Twitter is important for reaching a huge potential audience. The problem is, it’s often difficult to quantify what exactly that influence looks like. Follower count? It’s become...
View ArticleUpcoming TV Shows Spark Savvy Social Strategies
Image by: Photo Extremist The US fall television season is upon us and with it comes a flurry of extravagant, elaborate and epic ad campaigns, vying for our undivided attentions and addictions until...
View ArticleDavid Cameron Tweets, UK Readies the Sarcasm Button
David Cameron may be eating his words slightly, as he finally sent out his first tweet on Twitter this weekend after having the account parked for ages and ages. Remember that “too many twits might...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy Makes Landfall on Social Media
Hurricane Sandy, the Category 1 storm currently threatening $20 billion dollars in economic damage, has been terrorizing the East Coast of the US just in time for Halloween. Sure, the US coast has...
View Article5 Great Infographics and Why They Worked
There are gazillions of infographics created every day. Most of them fall off the design table never to be seen again, but some get spread about the internet like wild fire. Why? And how can you make...
View ArticleSyria Disappears Off The Face of the Internet
A statement from global Internet intelligence agency, Renesys, has reported that Syria’s international Internet connectivity has been completely shut down. Using information taken from a global routing...
View ArticleThe Skype Ringtone… Remixed as a House Track
If you’re a heavy Skype user like me then you’ll be very familiar with the Skype ringtone (it goes something like “doot dee doot dit doo dee”). I have to say, I’ve always found it quite pleasant and...
View ArticleMSN Messenger to Merge with Skype
Image by computerjoe For those of a certain age, (likely born in the mid-80s) who will have spent much of their teenage years enthralled in an obsessive love affair with Microsoft’s instant messaging...
View ArticleWill Graph Search Succeed?
Many of us will have heard about the latest offering from Facebook being graph search. It may not be the snappiest of titles for a revolutionary change to the way Facebook can be used, but it is an...
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