PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. Today a number of websites both big and small have decided to protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the US. The most popular sites that have gone dark today include Wikipedia, Boing…

Over the next few days the quick, fun and easy blogging service Tumblr will be rolling out a new private messaging system to its users called Fan Mail, according to the platform's official staff blog. The new system will allow users to send private messages to other Tumblr bloggers (or Tumbloggers, we're never sure), which…

There are plenty of apps, services and websites dedicated to helping you make notes, write lists and share snippets of content. However, the thing we love most about services like Pinterest, ffffound and We Heart It (and we do love them) is that they're focused on visual content, whether that be an illustration, photo or…

As it's the beginning of January you can guarantee that everyone is thinking about, talking about and trying to stick to their resolutions for the new year. So, over the next few days we'll be looking into gadgets, apps and online services that help you stick to those resolutions, you just need the will power…

Back in September businesses could claim their .xxx domain names in order to start their own adult entertainment empire, or just protect against future brandjacking incidents. Well today anyone can get their own .xxx domain name, regardless of whether you're representing a huge porn empire, just a guy with a camera looking to make a…

According to a recent study, more than half of parents in English speaking countries log into their kids' social media accounts while they're out, but is this kind of behaviour necessary, normal or a little too sneaky? Last week, security software company AVG released a new study called "Digital Diaries", which aims to provide an…

As Christmas is now less than five weeks away (insert shocked and panicked "the year has flown by" statement here), we've been talking to lots of our friends and colleagues about what they plan to do over the festive break and many said "stay away from Facebook" or "turn my laptop off" in a rather…

If you really want to, it's very easy to lie on the internet. Whether you cheekily knock a year or two off your age or set up lots of fake online personas of Catfish proportions. Well, according to Digital Trends, those that tell even a tiny white lie online could soon be committing an actual…

Insanely fast mobile broadband speeds could soon become a reality for Londoners, as O2 today announce plans to begin testing 4G connections in the capital. The trials will run for nine months and will see 25 4G sites created, covering 40 square kilometres in total in areas including Hyde Park, The O2 in Greenwich and…

Gone are the days of taking a raggy sponsorship form around your school or office, now if you want to raise money for a charity you use a platform like Just Giving, which makes the whole sponsorship, promotion and donation process quick, simple and most importantly easy to spread around to everyone you know. This…