Most of the time the effect is so subtle that we don't notice, but Google is constantly tweaking our search results. This time the effect is a little stronger than usual, with precisely 11.8% of searches being affected by the latest change: the rejection of content farms. You've probably come across these during searches: you…

I remember when I used to actually check Facebook events, and be excited when I received one. Now I get about five event invitations a day and they're all useless. They go like this: Coco invites you to "BoomBoom", John invites you to "My sponsored hamburger-eating session in aid of the Leicester Ice-Hockey team's new…

Apple unveiled the new MacBook family today and the big difference is the speed - the three new laptops are up to twice as fast as the previous generation. Coming in three form-factors - with 13 inch, 15 inch and 17 inch screens - the MacBook Pros pack significantly faster dual-core and quad-core Intel chips.…

If you like blinging engraved gold plates on your gadgets, then the V-Moda Crossfade LP Plate headphones are probably the headphones for you. Pretty much the exact opposite of Apple's ear-buds, these heavy over-ear leather cups come with a customisable metal plates in either Gold, Black, Gunmetal, Pink, Purple or Red. You can get four…

We're all in favour of customised iPad cases, that's the sort thing we live and breathe over here - but these ones by Three left us feeling just a little bit queasy. They've chosen three celeb iPad users in the UK and done personalised iPad cases in homage to them, namely: Stephen Fry, Chris Evans…

[sadly the app didn't notify you of the comments on the relationship change] Facebook has shut a controversial app that allowed you to track when your friends changed their relationship status. Breakup Notifier got media attention at the beginning of this week, got 3.6 million users according to the timesofindia The app which we wrote…

Google are marking their territory against data rival Facebook on their flagship Android phone the Nexus S. As of today, a software update to the Nexus S won't let you sync your Facebook friends list with your phone's contacts list. It's a small tweak that users will barely notice, but is revealing of a huge…

I know we don't usually cover haircuts on here - being a serious technology site - but if anybody's hair is important to the internet, it's Justin Bieber's. Hello, Twittter had to adjust their trending topics to stop him topping the list everyday. If you're wondering what happened to it... he has given it out…

WIN A CONSOLE WATCH WITH TOKYOFLASH ShinyShiny have teamed up with TokyoFlash to give one lucky reader the chance to win their Console watch (retail value: £113.47) We're big fans of the crazy watches that Japanese brand TokyoFlash create. They combine high quality engineering with a slightly deranged approach to telling the time that makes…