As you may have heard, a giant octopus stranded right in the centre of Oxford Circus in central London caused havoc for commuters this morning. It has now been revealed that it was part of a PR stunt for Betfair, presumably a tribute to Paul the "oracle octopus" who made headlines during the 2010 World…

SPOILER ALERT Last night, Game of Thrones fans in the UK were finally able to catch up with episode eight of the latest season, The Mountain and the Viper, which caused a Twitter meltdown over in the US when it was aired a day earlier. We won't give too much away, but if you haven't…

This evening Apple's WWDC 2014 developers' conference kicked off, meaning there were a whole host of exciting announcements made about the tech giant's new features and operating systems. But, as usual, reading tweets about the event was probably more entertaining than watching the actual event itself, so here's our pick of the most informative, inspiring…

Photos of Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Tab S line have leaked online ahead of the company's official introduction of the new line up on June 12th. Press pictures of the Galaxy Tab S 10.5, which first appeared on @evleaks, show a thin, light tablet that looks very similar to the existing Galaxy Tab 10.1, although of…

Apple's annual developers' conference (or WWDC if you're in the business) kicks off this evening (Monday the 2nd of June), and it's a week long event notorious for revealing exciting, unexpected and, let's face it, sometimes pretty lacklustre details about the tech giant's plans for the next 12 months. If Apple's recent statements to the…

Google's services are currently being blocked in China ahead of Wednesday's 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, according to a censorship watchdog called GreatFire.org. Reuters reports that many in China have noticed the government has been disrupting Google's main search engine, Gmail and other services linked to the tech giant since last week.…

Transport for London (TfL) has referred its row over car hire app Uber to the High Court. TfL was challenged by black cab union the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA) over its decision that Uber doesn't break the Private Hire Vehicles Act. The union claims that an app used by Uber drivers to calculate journey…

If you live or work in London you'll know that yesterday the capital was hit by an incredible storm. There's a very striking image of The Shard being struck by lightning which was doing the rounds yesterday. And today this dramatic video has popped up on YouTube. Apparently London's tallest building was hit several times…

We all know that London is one of the top tourist attractions worldwide, but now the capital of England has also been crowned the selfie capital of the world! According to Suggestme, more than 14 per cent of selfies shared on social networks were captured in London, with the Big Ben, the London Eye and…