Oscar de la Renta gets Fancy with Pinterest rival

After "live-pinning" a bridal fashion show last month, fashion house Oscar de la Renta is now turning its attention to Pinterest rival The Fancy to showcase bits and pieces of its latest collection. It's no secret that we admire Oscar de la Renta's online presence, from its Facebook timeline to a tonne of other online…

Mixin: Merge videos, comments and memes in one place

New video platform Mixin has launched today, with more than 20,000 users already under its belt and a unique offering that allows you to merge videos, comments and memes all in one place. Popular video sharing platforms like YouTube and Vimeo have become more and more advanced over the years, but it's safe to say…

Pictually: Simple splash pages for artists, designers and photographers

There are a few great services out there if you're looking to create a simple splash page with links to all of your social media profiles and other important bits and pieces, but now Pictually is a simple solution for artists, designers and photographers who want to show off their work at the same time…

Twitter offers users Do No Track support, but what does that mean?

Yesterday it was revealed that Twitter will be honouring requests from users who no longer want their data tracked and recorded, unlike the big boys Facebook and Google. This week Twitter announced (shockingly in a tweet) that it's signed up to the Do Not Track initiative, which basically means users have the chance to opt…

Adobe launches Creative Cloud with 20GB of added online storage and web apps

If you're already collected together the pennies to upgrade to CS6, then why not give Adobe's newest subscription-based cloud service a whirl too. Today Adobe has begun rolling out its new Creative Cloud, a supplementary service that can be used alongside CS6, which a statement from the brand describes as, "a hub for making, sharing…

WTF: MatchPuppy is online dating for your dog

A new social networking site has been launched to ensure your furry friends have innocent play dates or serious mating activity with the right partner. We genuinely couldn't make this up. New to the realm of "WTF WHY DOES THIS ACTUALLY EXIST?!" comes MatchPuppy, which is essentially a New York-based online dating site for your…

STUDY: 17% of people would rather end it all than have no internet

A recent study looked into how well we'd cope without internet access and the results are rather worrying (yet totally unsurprising) with more than 27% saying they'd rather have no water. Well, it's not like we really NEED water is it. STOP. Imagine a world without the internet. Yeah, we know you're shuddering right now.…

PicMonkey: Simple online photo editing with Instagram-style filters

We're all STILL obsessed with Instagram-style filters that make our photos look like they were taken by our grandparents, so we were happy to find an online tool for adding our own vintage filters, which is free, super easy-to-use AND comes with a lot of simple editing features too. PicMonkey is an online photo editing…

WTF: Love Instagram? Love breasts? Then you need Boobstagram in your life

If you're a fan of Instagram's vintage hues and women's breasts then new website Boobstagram pushes together your two favourite things into a lovely library of cleavage. It doesn't take a genius to work out that Boobstagram is a website dedicated to filtered boob photos taken with Instagram. We're not sure whether staring at photos…

UK Budget 2012 reveals £100 million investment in broadband

As part of the UK's 2012 Budget announcements today, Chancellor George Osbourne has revealed that ten cities will be benefitting from more than £100 million worth of investment in super-fast broadband. Dubbed the "super-connected cities", Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Manchester and Newcastle will all see improvements made to their broadband infrastructure.…