Websites are now able to opt-out of Pinterest, but why would they?

When we first signed up to Pinterest last year it was all about individuals collecting photos of styles they'd love to copy or places they'd love to visit, but (as you're all probably well aware) in the past few months it's exploded and we're seeing the site being used in all kinds of ways by…

Over Coffee: A new social network just for caffeine addicts

Rather than target its online offering at anyone and everyone (and therefore compete with the big boys of social networking), a new community called Over Coffee aims to only connect those with an all-consuming caffeine addiction. The site's 'about us' page unsurprisingly reads like an ode to coffee, that only true lovers will really understand:…

APP OF THE DAY: Sky Go app now available on the Android Market

Sky Go, the on-the-go mobile, laptop and tablet TV service available to Sky customers, can now be downloaded from the Android Market to most smartphones running Google's OS. Users will now be able to access all of the Sky Sports channels, ESPN, Sky News, a range of Sky Entertainment channels and 11 Sky Movies channels…

LG announces Optimus LTE Android smartphone with NFC tagging

Today LG announced its new handset, the Optimus LTE Tag, an Android device, which uses NFC (Near Field Communication) to change your smartphone's settings with a simple swipe wherever you happen to be. The new feature, called LG Tag+, uses special stickers or "tags" that can be stuck anywhere and then programmed to change your…

Flickr & Hunch co-founder Caterina Fake launches Pinwheel

Caterina Fake is one interesting online entrepreneur, she co-founded photo management website Flickr and online taste graph Hunch and she's involved in a whole range of other exciting sites, projects and ventures. Her latest startup is called Pinwheel and although it's only just launched in private beta this week, we're pretty excited about what it…

Nomophobia: Are we really terrified of being without our mobile phones?

If you accidentally leave your mobile phone at home, it loses battery or it just dies on you for no apparent reason, you know that it can leave you feeling a bit lost and panicky. What if something serious happens to one of your relatives? What if there's an emergency and you need to make…

Apps and accessories for taking better iPhone photos

We've all been so obsessed with making our photos look dreamy and vintage for the past year that most of us have forgotten just how sharp, accurate and professional mobile photography can be with the right apps, tools and knowledge at hand. Although the iPhone's camera is pretty capable already, here's our pick of apps…

Typosquatting sites are fined more than £100,000

Most of us have probably come across 'typosquatting' sites a few times in the past, you hurriedly type in a URL, make a typo and find another site sat there, usually full of ads, porn and other bits and pieces of rubbish. Well now it seems that these kinds of websites will be forced offline…

Facebook: Celebs get verified accounts and can use pseudonyms

Today Facebook will begin offering a select number of celebrities and high profile users the chance to verify their accounts and use a pseudonym, according to TechCrunch. The Facebook team will be reaching out to those with a high number of subscribers (you can't go applying for this kind of status yourself yet) and will…

Will Google release Android 5.0 Jelly Bean this summer?

Despite the fact Google's Ice Cream Sandwich is on less than 1% of Android devices at the moment, it seems the next version of Google's OS, called Jelly Bean (awh), could be launched in early summer according to reports on DigiTimes. Although these claims are really nothing more than rumours right now, DigiTimes claims to…