Twitter gets behind Nick it's all #nickcleggsfault

The Lib Dems may be getting a kicking in the mainstream media, (see the Mail front page above that vaguely associated Clegg with the Nazis...) but Twitter seems to be spearheading a popular comeback. It's all down to one smart little hashtag #nickcleggsfault. What I can I say? I can only screengrab a coloumn from…

Facebook's evil button!? uh what?

Funny little revelation today on the developer site for the new Facebook Like button. Turns out there are 3 options for the display of the Like button: dark, light and uh "evil". Since when has that been a design option? What is Facebook trying to tell us about this Like button of theirs? Apparently if…

Tips on syncing Google Calendar with Facebook and your phone

I had a rant last week about how difficult it was to link up calendars that I had in different places and to get information about events in the right device to be useful. Lo and behold it turns out it ain't that hard after all. Thanks to some pretty helpful comment suggestions - [thank…

Tesco cut contract lengths in their new iPhone pricing plans

Tesco Mobile have released new price plans for the iPhone 3G and 3Gs- and have cut the contracts back down to one year. Customers have complained at the lengthy 18 and 24 month contracts that networks have tied them into on the top smartphones, so Tescos will cater to demand by going back down to…

Q&A on WhipCar: the site that lets you rent a car from your neighbours

Yes WhipCar is another online car rental service, but with a slight twist. This time you're not just renting a car from a company with a car pool - you're renting it from your neighbours. Yes, that's right. From John down the road or Maureen next door. So who can rent out cars? Anyone with…

Adobe gives up on iPhone and collaborates with Android instead

Apple has consistently failed to make their mobile products compatible with Adobe programmes. Neither the iPhone or the iPad display Flash - a move seen as a slap in the face to Adobe. Most lately Apple nixed an attempt by Adobe to allow Flash developers to convert their apps and programes into iPhone-friendly code, and…

Facebook pulls Facebook Lite – seems we like it full-fat

Seemed like a good idea at the time, but Facebook have just dropped their experiment in creating a stripped-down easy-to-access version of their site. Facebook Lite as we wrote about here on its launch was intended for people with poor internet connections, or those who simply dislike the clutter and complexity of full-fat Facebook. They…

E-readers in Africa – Kindle solves problems in 3rd world schools

We may be lukewarm about them over here, but eReaders could revolutionise education in Africa. A batch of Kindles has been shipped out to a school in Ghana as part of a test by Worldreader.org, a European charity that aims to use Western technology to boost literacy in tropical and third world countries. When it…

iPad gets banned at top university Princeton

Things that get banned on university campuses are usually illegal: booze, drugs and so on, stuff that messes with the law. But Ivy League school Princeton has chosen to ban or least regulate the iPad for interefering with something probably more important - the wifi network. Princeton have realised that as the iPads connect to…

App Review: Glee the Karoke-tastic iPhone app

This app is a great mix of iPhone karoke and the popular geek-tastic TV show. Glee the iPhone app records you singing along to the upbeat classic pop hits from the show then lets you listen to all the other funny Gleeks out there also singing into their iPhones. Geeky, sweet and fun. For those…