Month: July 2011
Christian Hackers: Who they are, What they do..
Breaking bread isn't something you'd expect a bunch of hackers to do on a meet-up day. More like breaking CODE right? But we're talking about Christian hackers and these guys like to err Break the Bread together when they meet up to hack code and praise the Lord. It's real. Look at this blog post…
Poll: Are you still using Google Plus? New Social Network experiences tail-off
We've joined Google + in our millions - with a reported 20mill signing up to the service. Despite a blip last week when Google started deleting anonymous accounts, the reviews have been positive and techies have effusive. But, news this week has been a little chiller with the service reporting a 3% fall in usage.…
Vinyl Sales up 55%: Retro tech on the rise
Sales of Vinyl music rose a thumping 55% in the first half of this year pushed up by Radiohead and Adele according to data from the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). Vinyl album sales have been rising in the UK every year since 2006, but this is one of the strongest rises. The trend is the…
Death App Shows You Where People Have Died Nearby: GRIM
There are truly apps for everything, including now, one that tracks where people around you have died. Death App plots deaths from road accidents and murders on your phone, using your location to work out where the nearest ones are. There's a web version of this in the London Murder Map or the New York Times…
The flaw in AirBnB's billion-dollar business plan
I'm not a business analyst, but from a user's perspective, this is the problem with the business plan of AirBnB: the crowd-sourced rent-out-a-room for travellers website, just valued at $1bn. The problem? It will become a victim of its own success. We used Facebook to ask for an apartment in New York, and a friend…
Malware Alert: Why Google Image Searches are "the most dangerous thing" you can do on the internet
Malware seems to be booming on the internet. And Google Image search is one of the places you're most likely to find it. Search engine results which get you to click on a bad site and dodgy emails with malicious links are classically how malware gets onto your computer. They're both on the rise according…
5 Alternatives to PayPal as Anonymous organises Boycott #OpPayPal
Anonymous have turned to legal means to exert pressures on the websites and webservices that rouse their ire and have organised an online boycott of PayPal. So far they claim 20,000 accounts have been deleted. It's retaliation for PayPal withdrawing the account of WikiLeaks back in 2010. Back then, they hit them with a DDoS…
PICTURES: Peeping is the new Owling, is the new Planking, is the new crazy thing to do on the internet
Like Owling in being completely pointless, but different in that you're much more likely to be hit by a restraining order - Peeping is the new internet craze. Well one of them anyway. Planking was replaced by Owling which, apparently, has been replaced by Peeping. Peeping also involves striking a silly pose for the camera…
Your iPhone 5 will recognise your Face, and track your eyes
Apple's iPhone 5 will be able to recognise your face claims 9to5mac reporting that the iOS5 update accompanying the new phone will include facial recognition software. Signficantly, third party apps will be able to build the facial recognition into their own apps. Apple bought out Scandinavian firm Polar Rose and their facial recognition tech in…
Tweet for the Olympics: A national sport we can ALL partake in
If you don't fancy your Olympic chances at the long-jump or the sprinting or that Scottish thing where they roll balls along an ice rink, then you should consider tweeting for Britain. It's part of a sweet little game you can play on the Olympic 2012 website. Okay you don't get a medal but... you…
