Why Buzzfeed UK, which launches today, is bloody brilliant

In case you haven't yet heard the news Buzzfeed, that American site so beloved of people who like kittens behaving badly, has launched a UK edition today. Now, UK flavoured versions of US sites haven't always gone down well over here. The Huffington Post UK got a bit of a pasting when it first arrived…

Yahoo launches personal homepages, news feed and social integration

Today the Yahoo team will begin rolling out a revamped version of its homepage, which according to CEO Marissa Mayer, has been developed to be "more intuitive and personal". The new homepage has all of Yahoo's usual properties, but presents them in a much more slick and streamlined way. There's also an infinite news scroll…

ARTFINDER: The ASOS for simple art buying has us hooked

The ever-growing popularity of visual sharing platforms like Instagram and Pinterest has turned everyone into a glorified art and design critic and has exposed us to all kinds of weird and wonderful creations. However, when it comes to making purchases and bringing art into our homes, most of us don't really know where to begin…

The seven grand mobile, H&M cycling gear, Microsoft's 7inch tablet and more

Top stories from Shiny Shiny and our pals The Clash's incredible 1979 New York shows and the story behind that pic The best Valentine's Day disasters - punch ups, murder and Spaghetti attacks The mobile phone that costs £7,000 - and it isn't even 4G Football's 12 top romances - John and Frank, Ronaldo and…

Memes take over Monopoly as cat replaces dumb iron

Monopoly, everyone's favourite selfish, money-grabbing board game, has had a bit of a makeover this week and has replaced the dumb, old iron thing with a brand new token, a KITTY CAT. That's right, the team at Monopoly HQ (we want to go to there) decided that the dumb, old iron thing was just too…

GIPHY: A search engine for the web's greatest GIFs

Our love affair with GIFs may be waning a little, but that doesn't mean a good Family Guy or Mean Girls quote won't tickle us on a Wednesday afternoon. Today we've come across Giphy, a search engine solely for the world of the GIF. Simply type a keyword into the search bar along the top…

HelloSign lets you sign documents without a pen, printer or scanner

The other day we were wondering whether we actually need anything but the internet and apps now, surely pens, paper, books and even other pieces of tech, like cameras, printers and scanners are getting a little redundant and antiquated, right? Well today it's pretty much been confirmed for us that we can bin everything other…

Abusive tweets in Kenya could now lead to jail time

Over the past few years a lot of interesting questions have been raised about whether what we say online should have serious consequences in the "real world", whether it's Frankie Boyle's crude jokes, a random person poking fun at an athlete or those in the public eye breaking the law by revealing sensitive information. Here…

Pinterest buys recipe sharing site Punchfork

Virtual pinboard website - and our favourite procrastination destination - Pinterest has made its first acquisition this week by gobbling up recipe sharing and discovery site Punchfork. Launched in 2011, Punchfork utilises a series of algorithms to recommend recipes to its users based on sharing stats and discussions. The acquisition certainly makes sense for Pinterest,…

The Dandy goes digital: Forward-thinking or the sad death of the comic?

After 75 years in print, children's comic The Dandy has now gone from real life paper to a digital edition today on its anniversary. But should we all be getting excited about its bang up-to-date online transformation or sad that this really does mean the death of the comic? Developed by Leeds-based Dubit, the new…