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Calm down, our Kindles aren’t going to kill us
Sure, Christmas parties can be fun. But the introverted book-loving types among us know the best thing about this time of year is having the chance to go to bed early, crank the electric blanket up to 11, sip a hot chocolate, and cut a swathe through all the books that’ve piled up on our…
The week in hashtags: #AskACop, #Bebo, #WorstDateIn5Words, #TheInterview
The good, the bad, the awful and the hilarious of the week's hashtags – in a few more than five words. #AskACop When CNN launched a Q&A ahead of its Cops Under Fire special on Tuesday using the hashtag #AskACop, the network certainly received questions. Some considered the torrent of angry tweets about racial profiling,…
The BBC’s bringing JK Rowling’s The Cuckoo’s Calling to our screens
The Cuckoo’s Calling is coming to a small screen near you. Once mooted as a possible Hollywood blockbuster, the detective novel JK Rowling published under the pseudonym ‘Robert Galbraith’ is now being adapted by the BBC. Rowling won’t be writing it, but she'll apparently have a lot of input. Last year the literary world was…
How not to be a knob on social media at Christmas
'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, every creature was tweeting – via touchscreen or mouse... Social media has entrenched itself in Christmas as firmly as sprouts or Michael Bublè, but that doesn't mean it always comes in peace. Here are the most common festive pitfalls to avoid being the knob everyone unfollows…
The 17 stages of Serial addiction
Because we're just as hooked as the rest of you... Stage 1: Sweet oblivion Have they brought out a new type of Rice Krispies or what? Stage 2: Curiosity Ok, you're vaguely interested. You've heard people mention Cereal eight times in the last half hour and been too embarrassed to admit you've no idea…
For the first time ever, a woman is shortlisted for Fifa’s Goal of the Year
...and what a goal it is, too, scored for Irish side Peamount United in October last year. (Yes, we know it won't play within this page... that's Fifa for you). Best of all, we expected an outpouring of misogyny on Twitter and YouTube, but the comments are almost all really positive. Well done, world. Stephanie…
Amazon’s suing a children’s TV company in ‘Kindle’ row
Ah, Amazon. Why must you make life difficult? We want to love you, but you keep testing us. You give SUCH GOOD DEALS on everything from TVs to DVDs, but warehouse workers say you make their lives miserable. You’re willing to spend cash on the weird and wonderful idea of drone deliveries, but seem to…
The week in hashtags: #NotOneDime, #CameronMustGo, #PutOutYourBats, #FeelNoShame
Protests, tributes, fundraising... and a single-key hashtag keyboard. It's been a good week for everyone's favourite symbol. #NotOneDime and #BlackoutBlackFriday. When a St. Louis County grand jury decided last week not to charge police officer Darren Wilson with the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, protestors across America decided to boycott the country's annual post-Thanksgiving sales mayhem…
Watch this haunting drone footage of Chernobyl ruins
Just when we thought drone videos were getting a bit dull, along comes this haunting compilation of footage taken during a flyover of Pripyat, Chernobyl, which proves that the best way to get a true feel of such a remote location is always by drone. Filmaker Danny Cooke visited Chernobyl, the infamous site of a…
It’s official: Brits have gone wild for Black Friday 2014
Called Black Friday because it puts retailers in the black, rather than because it's the one day in the shopping calendar when sense and manners go out the window, the day after Thanksgiving has been a traditional bargain-hunting time in the U.S for a long time. And, perhaps finally catching on that people would prefer…
