Just a little Tuesday maths. I remember being taught, back when I was in Primary 6, that a billion was equivalent to a million millions. 1 million = 1,000,000,000,000 or 1012 It's not surprising that that's what Mrs Marshall taught me because it was a British school and that's how much a British billion is.…

There have been dating apps on Facebook for a while: Zoosk, Are You Interested and Flirt Wall for example, indeed some would consider the entire network of Facebook to be a giant date facilitator. However another one officially launched today - Wings - which has a more comprehensive approach to finding you a date. It's…

The Lotus Music Candle is a seriously banging birthday candle. Don't put it on a cake, but my goodness as far as cheap pyrotechnics go this is way better than low-end fireworks, waaay better than sparklers and just below Lady Gaga's bra in the Bad Romance video. See the way it splits open and all…

There now I've said it. I'm sorry you dropped your phone on the bus/had it filched from your bag/or just left it in the pub and sure, you can have my number again, but do not for the love of god make a Facebook event about it. That's the wrong use of the events function…

Nothing I love more than a story saying that something I like doing is good for the world. No-one has yet said that about eating salt and vinegar crisps - yet- but the New Scientist have just said it about Twitter. Twitter and Facebook are, like, helping us "divine the underlying laws of human behaviour"…

External websites will be able to post content to your Facebook wall, in a significant change to Facebook's Like button, described as "HUGE" by allfacebook.com. If you like a post on, say this website, then not only will it turn up on your Facebook profile [.. Anna liked this post etc etc] but we would…

You look at a crowd of people - in a stadium, a shop, a station. Your eyes scan the masses, some moves a little awkwardly, maybe they've got backache or maybe.. they're hiding a bomb!! TERRORIST! SHOOT THEM SHOOT THEM! That, gentle reader, is the premise of iPhone game, Spot The Terrorist, aka Crowd Patrol.…

Ever thought you spotted a bit of Croydon in a film that is supposed to be set in New York? or wanted to go stroke the tarmac in the carpark where Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have their first romantic eye lock? Well, an iPhone app promises to be your virtual Film Location tour guide,…

We know that on most phones these days, the handset will flash up the name of the person calling - "Mum", "Tom", "John from the Office", "Guy I met on a train", and on many phones you can set a particular ringtone for a particular person, but one iPhone app company decided to take caller…