Month: May 2011
Spotify partnering with Facebook: Will it bring back Spotify Free?
Music service Spotify is rumoured to be closing a deal with Facebook that will see the music player deeply embedded in the social network. Spotify icons would appear on the homepage of every Facebook user and Facebookers would be able to browse, listen to and share Spotify's 10million songs. Spotify has been making some big…
Hacker-Love: Anonymous as freedom fighters – how do you feel about them?
Forget the Navy Seals - hackers are the real heros. Hacking group Anonymous were credited with bringing democracy to the Middle East by Al Jazeera. According to the report, Anonymous members were behind attacks and attempts to revive the internet when the Tunisian and Egyptian governments shut them down. It's a story I hadn't heard…
Facebook & Microsoft think so: But do we want a conversation stream?
A big trend in communications - promoted by everyone from Facebook to Microsoft to HTC is the idea of running together all your messages together in one all-consuming message stream. So your email from Jen flows into a thread with your text message from her, that Facebook chat you had the other day and a…
HootSuite vs TweetDeck: Twitter clients face-off
Tweetdeck may be the one that has just sold to Twitter for $40 million - but there are a couple of reasons why you should consider rival HootSuite. And not just to be different. Key advantages of using HootSuite for Twitter Built-in .owly link shortener which provides in-app click analytics Useful for: tracking the success…
Why another iPad won't make you happy
Don't worry if you can't afford that 3D TV - more gadgets don't make you happier said a survey in the US. In fact - too many gadgets can actually make you feel worse the survey reported. The research film Ipsos Mendelsohn looked at very affluent gadget owners - families with an income over $100,000.…
iPhone 5 Features: A Round-Up of the Rumours
IT COMETH. And every day there's a new rumour about what's going to be in it. It probably won't be able to levitate, but - like the rest of the world - we're expecting a lot from the iPhone 5. Here are a few of the suggestions kicking around... 1) Curved glass screen Apple has…
Geek Day: 10 Ways You Know You're a Geek
It's Geek Day Today. Want to check if you qualify? We've compiled a handy guide. If you violently disagree with our criteria, tell us. 1) You possess an Android tablet - iPads are mainstream, Android tabs are geekcore 2) You have over 50 apps on your smartphone - see our story: How many apps is…
Infographic lays bare what we do with our mobile phones in bed
Great infographic on the iPass website about what we do with our phones in bed. And yes - 35% of us do check our email first thing in the morning, before doing anything else. Sound like you?
Why I like Ruggedized Laptops: The Panasonic Toughbook CF-31 is the Navy Seal of the PC world
I'm really into ruggedized laptops. Not because I'm ever likely to take my PC to the Gobi desert, or want to edit a word document while half-submerged in the Antarctic ocean. Nah - the furthest my laptop goes is Starbucks. But that doesn't stop me enjoying how tough and unbreakable these things are - the…
BBC News App now on Android Store for UK users
Good news for Brit Android owners - the BBC News app is now out on Android MarketPlace for free. But not on tablets running Android Honeycomb - yet. Featuring a customisable homepage with the horizontal scroll-bars familiar to iPhone users, it contains there's also a rapid news stories refresh and latest and breaking news ticker.…
