Author: ShinyJess
Google introduces priority email for mobiles
If you are feeling frustrated from having to sift through dozens of emails on your tiny phone screen every day, help is at hand – Gmail priority mail is going mobile. Using the same technology which makes its spam…
Facebook is prostitutes' advertising medium of choice, study finds
When the founders of Facebook talk about wanting to create an all-encompassing network servicing all our online needs, this might not have be exactly what they had in mind. According to a study from Columbia University, 83% of prostitutes…
iPlayer app to hit iPad this Thursday
The iPlayer app for the iPad will be available this Thursday, according to a tweet from the BBC's Geoff Marshall. Using the iPlayer app, a 3G mobile connection will be sufficient only for browsing, BBC interactions operations manager Marshall…
You've got tweet: Email usage drops 59% among teenagers who prefer mobile and Twitter
In news that will make Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg jump with joy, email usage among teenagers between 12 and 17 fell a massive 59% in the past year, according to a study from ComScore. Mobile SMS, and instant messaging…
NASA presents first 3D images of the sun
For the first time NASA has taken 3D images of the sun, using its Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) satellites. The twin satellites, launched in 2006, were positioned on opposite sides of the sun to generate the images. Unlike…
Yahoo expected to launch personalised mobile content platform to keep up with internet future
As the internet future is looking increasingly mobile, Yahoo is believed to be planning a new service to deliver personalised content to users' mobile phones. Speculation has the new may break as soon as the Mobile World Congress in…
WikiLeaks dissidents to launch alternative whistleblowing forum OpenLeaks
Competition is about to hit the whistleblowing market, as former WikiLeaks staff is breaking away to form OpenLeaks. With a launch expected this summer, OpenLeaks will be lead by the former deputy head of Wikileaks. Daniel Domscheit-Berg left WikiLeaks…
Second time lucky: AOL seeks new media dominance with Huffington Post acquisition
The coolest kid on the liberal media block, Arianna Huffington, has agreed to sell her media group Huffington Post to AOL. AOL will pay $315 million for Huffington Post, the highly respected online newspaper, in a boon for AOL…
Cycling gets even greener with Nokia bicycle phone charger
Cyclists! Fancy adding even more green credentials to your zero-emissions commute? Now you can, by charging your Nokia phone through pedal power. Yours for £25, the bicycle charger is based on the old-fashioned dynamo, but instead of charging your…
Nintendo lessons, anyone? Teach videogaming in school to keep Britain up to speed in booming industry, report suggests
9AM – Playstation. 10AM – Xbox. 11AM – Wii. How's that for a Monday morning at school? The call to bring videogaming into schools comes from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), whose report warns…
