Month: August 2011
Randi Zuckerberg leaves brother, Facebook to set up Social Media Consultancy: Why the media should pay attention
She's been Marketing Director at Facebook for 6 years and has been involved with Mark Zuckerberg since err, well since she was born, but she's now leaving the company to set up her own venture. Randi Zuckerberg, Mark's little sister is setting up her own company. It's a move the media should be paying attention…
In Pictures: Hot new Spiderman is Black, Hispanic, Hot
Marvel have been making headlines with a new Spiderman - Miles Morales - who is not just new, but one of the first key comicbook heros to be black or Hispanic. He's both in fact, being mixed-race. Still geeky, still working-class - he also has the toned body and bulging pecs of a man who…
Blackberry Bold Touch 9900: UK Release Date and Price
The new Blackberry Bold - the Touch 9900 - will out in the UK on the 12th August and price plans will start at £31. The £31 a month deal offers the handset for free on a 24 month contract with 300 minutes Anytime, Unlimited* texts and 500 MB Blackberry Data. (Unlimited texts are "subject…
After Duncan Bannatyne threatens to break someone's arms: Should we only tweet things that are true & responsible?
Dragon's Den star Duncan Bannatyne was forced to back down after asking his Twitter followers to break someone's arms. The 62-year-old millionaire removed the tweet after an outcry from his followers complaining that he was encouraging violence. Bannatyne was moved to the angry tweet after a nasty blackmail message from an account called @YuriVasilyev_ threatened…
Why are Blackberries so popular with Hip-Hop Stars?
It has always fascinated me that Blackberries have such a niche in ghetto/urban style. They crop up in hip-hop lyrics all the time, the stars are often photographed clutching them to their ears. And lets just say that for every knitted iPhone cosy, there's a Blackberry with a customised patent leather case with the owner's…
A Cooling Ball – Just What We Need Right Now
I don't know about you, but I am dying for a "cooling ball", so when an email landed in my inbox advertising just such a ball, I clicked through with joy. Sadly, it's for laptops not for humans, so unless you too benefit from being raised slightly off the ground, it's not going to be…
Internet Explorer Users are just as smart as the rest of us: Story was a hoax
Okay you Chrome and Opera users - time to climb down off your high horse. Looks like the story doing the rounds yesterday that users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser are less intelligent than the rest of us was a A BIG OLD LIE. The "IE users are dumb" story ran on the BBC (becoming…
New Blackberry Bold Touch 9900: Solid, sexy with some whizzy new features
It's faster, slimmer and has a iPhone 4 style steel band around its tapered edge: the Blackberry Bold 9900 aka the Bold Touch is a sexy update to Blackberry's flagship line. The new Bold, one of five smartphones just released on the new Blackberry 7 platform will please Blackberry-lovers and features like a vastly more…
Blackberry fix their Touch Screen: Liquid Graphics on new Blackberry 7
Blackberry the masters of the QWERTY keyboard have made a serious effort to improve their touchscreens with a new system that they call Liquid Graphics, promising that it will be more responsive and faster. All three of the top smartphones they launched today on Blackberry 7 feature the new capacitive touch screens with the Torch…
Facebook Top Friends: Why the randoms show up – finally explained
Trawling the hundreds of fascinating comments on our Facebook Top Friends story which questioned who turns up there and why, we came across a comment that might just explain it. I think someone has cracked it. Or at least, cracked the reason why randoms show up in there. No-one is questioning why your good friends…
