There was a reason the Facebook execs introducing the new Video Chat feature brought up the case of a grand-dad wanting to see his grandchildren. This new feature really will be best for the older generation - the ones that know how to get onto the internet, but don't know much else. Tech-forward youngsters (and…

For me, one of the joys of social networking is that you can do it while you're slumped on your bed wearing a tracksuit and eating a bowl of cereal. No make-up or cocktail dresses needed thank you. But Video Chat on Facebook could change that, as you never know when your colleague or that…

Okay: six steps 1) Sign into Facebook 2) Click here on: http://www.facebook.com/videocalling 3) Agree that the 4) Download the Facebook Video Call Set up .exe file, click Run 5) Get onto Facebook, open up chat, choose a friend and hit the video icon on the chat box next to their name. 6) CHAT

Facebook scooped their own CEO by posting their latest "awesome" announcement on their blog - blog.facebook.com - 30 minutes before he took to the stage. It's video chat, powered by Skype and group messaging. The interface has been revamped too with your most messaged friends cropping up in the right hand column of your home…

Today is a big day for the UK media with the long awaited arrival of the British edition of The Huffington Post. The HuffPo has had a huge impact on US media and is apparently in the nation's top the nation's top three news sources. Can it repeat that sucess here? Well it chose a…

Some Facebook accounts have been experiencing outage this morning, and users suspect that the downtime is due to the site revving up for a major change this evening when a new feature will be launched. Okay, though we'd love it to be this music service, it looks likely to be a video chat integration powered…

Spotify have censored an advert running on their music service that used the song "Too Drunk to Fuck" because it "encourages binge drinking". The ad was for Kronenbourg and featured the song from The Kennedy's playing in the background. No other albums or song titles are censored and they pretty much cover the gamut of…

Nokia will cut the prices of their top handsets by 15% according to a report from Reuters. The flagship N8, the multimedia C7 and the business user-targeted E6 could all get signficantly cheaper in the next few weeks The company are undergoing serious changes to bolster their diving market share. A deal with Windows Phone…

Good news for holiday-makers - the cost of phone calls between European countries could be sliced under a new law aiming to make call charges fairer for consumers. Phone carriers slap on heavy charges for mobile use in different countries, even when they are same network. The European Commission wants to change that by putting…