The highly anticipated Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 computer game, crammed with all kinds of gory shoot-em-up scenarios, zombies and terrorism, sold more than eight million copies in the first 24 hours after it was released, making it the fastest selling game of all time. The latest Call of Duty release officially went on…

Today Facebook has shared news that it'll be testing a new feature over the next few weeks, which ranks comments on pages according to engagement, a little like how content is upvoted and downvoted on Reddit. A Facebook spokesperson said: "We are testing a new format for comments on Page posts. As part of this…

At an exclusive event in Paris last week, which the Shiny Shiny team were lucky enough to be invited along to, HP announced that it'll be teaming up with Universal Music Group to launch a new service called HP Connected Music, offering customers access to a huge catalogue of tracks, exclusive events and the chance…

More than a quarter of posing, hipster, smartphone-owning Britons Instagram the photos they share online without fail, according to new research. The study, commissioned by MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, about attitudes to Instagram and mobile photography found that 24% of Brits with smartphones said all of the photos they take are cropped, turned into a silly little square,…

We'll forgive you for forgetting that friendship pages on Facebook even exist as they're kinda hidden away and a bit rubbish. Up until now they've just documented the friendship between you and a mate or a boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/ex/family member/stalker, whatever, but now they're set to get a fancy new revamp to turn your relationship with them…

In super creepy news today, if you're feeling a little bit lonely or unloved there's now an iPhone app that will act as your own virtual friend and relentless stalker, so you don't have to go out and have tiring real-life relationships or pay for affection from random strangers. The app called Watching Cute Girl…

One of our all time favourite iPhone apps, Clear, has made the transition from mobile to Mac today and is set to (fingers crossed) turn us into the most awesome and efficient human beings. Up until now Clear has exclusively been an app for the iPhone, which basically just allows you to write to-do lists.…

Not content with taking over our mobile lives one rubbish, retro snapshot at a time, super popular photo app Instagram won't just occupy a special place in our phones for much longer, as it's bolstering its web presence and launching shiny new profiles online for its users. Earlier in the year Instagram allowed users to…