Month: October 2010
Careful who you add on Facebook.. it might be a US Government official
Yeah we were surprised by this one too... Apparently the American government is using Facebook to spy on citizenship applicants. Great. In memo dated 2008, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services actively encouraged officials to "friend" citizenship applicants so that officials could scan Facebook profiles for any suspicious or disqualifying behaviour... The memo as shown…
Poll: for the iPhone 4 users – do you actually use FaceTime?
It was advertised as all dreamy and romantic - the emotional knock-out punch on the iPhone 4 - connecting you to little children, wise old people and hot caring young people everywhere - but does anyone actually use Facetime that much? I for one, haven't used it once in my two months of iPhone 4…
Call Facebook Friends from Skype – new Skype launches today also has group video!
Skype has just launched a collaboration with Facebook that will allow you to call your Facebook friends from within Skype. The new version of Skype for PC launched today will also pull your Facebook news feed into the Skype interface. You can even call people who don't have Skype, providing they have provided their phone…
Tweeting Cops give the 411 on 999: Manchester Police use Twitter
If there's one thing better than the police wandering around solving crime and taking stray dogs off motorways, it's the police wandering around solving crime, taking stray dogs off motorways and tweeting about it. Because then we all get an insight into the crazy shit that goes on from the comfort of the Tweetdeck interface.…
Facebook Photo Memories – does it only show you pictures of your ex?
Well, I'm exaggerating a little, but this is one of those Facebook features that shows an algorithm still can't really figure out the complexity of human relationships. To a human it's quite obvious that you really don't want to see photos of your ex's smiling face popping up on your Facebook homepage two weeks after…
Facebook reaches Men, but not Women in Muslim Countries
The general trend in Facebook membership is that the gender divide is just a squeak over 50-50 with the scales tipping in favour of women. 50.4% female to 49.6% male since you ask. But some stats over on Inside Facebook show that that the gender divide gets majorly distorted when the site crosses over into…
TweetPsych: web app gives you a personality test through Twitter
Nothing like psychoanalysing your Twitter account. Tell web app TweetPsych your Twitter name, it analyses every tweet you've ever written and assigns you personality traits like positivity and interest in sex. It parses your Twitter for key words related to areas like the "need for control" or "emotions" and builds up a little picture of…
Poynt – the yellow pages for mobile – tell us why they have edge over Foursquare, and why they were into mobile in 2002
Poynt got in touch with us after we wrote this piece about how difficult it is to get location right on mobile. In the piece I complained that a lot of the services didn't provide real reasons to keep using them.. Well, CEO of Poynt Andrew Osis has got several good reasons why you should use…
MySpace replace the space with a space – Opinions on the New Logo?
Um, we knew MySpace was trying to do something about their falling market share, withering membership and lack of action on the site - but we didn't think that whipping out a postmodern logo was part of their solution. Apparently it is. MySpace VP of user experience Mike Macadaan unveiled the new logo at the…
Pure EVOKE Mio now comes in FLORAL
Oo, we have a gadget crush on this one. The chunky retro PURE radio already got us hot and bothered and now it comes with a floral case. Lets just pause a minute to consider this. It's like a radio in an art deco picnic box. The EVOKE Mio is by Orla Kiely and features…
