Category: Web 2.0
Vine goes HD
Vines are about to get a whole lot more highly defined, as the app's API lead engineer has announced that following a forthcoming update, Vines will be saved in 720p quality - up from the 480p that was used before. The update essentially means the picture quality is going to get a lot better. Whilst…
Twitter “improves” quoted tweets
Its always terrifying for Twitter users when the company decides to change something - just what has it broken now? So let's hope that you used quoted tweets in the same way that the developers do, as what happens has now been changed in the official app, so that when you quote a tweet, it…
Amazon goes retro for April Fools’ Day
At the time of writing, this is what you'll see if you go to Amazon.com... Yep, its the Amazon homepage from 1999. Mercifully though, try to click anywhere and you'll be reverted back to Amazon 2015. Wait... so if this was the official Amazon April Fools' joke, what on earth was the Amazon Fire Phone?!
Google moves Photos in with Drive
The slow death of Google+ continues today as the company has announced that it will now be integrating its photo uploading facilities with Google Drive. The Google Drive Blog reveals the changes - which will now see photos sensibly listed alongside other types of files, rather than ghettoised over on Google+, where nobody looks. The…
Why are all of the Twitter profiles blue? Millionaire musicians appropriate the language of charity to promote more expensive alternative to Spotify
Forget Spotify - why not pay double for a nominally higher quality audio service instead? That's the message being sent out by a bunch of popular celebrities on the Twitters today. You may have noticed that a bunch of famous names that the kidz like, including Kanye West, Rihanna and Madonna have all turned their…
YouTube is testing 4K video at 60fps
Want to know how good video is going to look in a few years time? Then check out this video, if your computer is capable of running it. As spotted by Engadget, these volcano videos are the first on the site to work at both 4K resolution and at 60fps. Previously YouTube has supported both…
DARPA is working on a more robust alternative to GPS
DARPA, the section of the US military dedicated to reverse engineering alien technology research and development is working on a potential replacement for GPS - which it deems unreliable. According to PC World, the US military is worried that GPS could easily be knocked out by an adversary - or unreliable in a number of…
Amazon starts offering unlimited cloud storage
Amazon has perhaps signalled the end to worrying about storage space today as it has announced changes to its cloud storage pricing, that will offer unlimited storage for photos and... well... everything else. According to TechCrunch the two plans, which will be available to non-Amazon Prime customers will see unlimited photo storage priced as $11.99/year,…
WATCH: Jaguar XF high-wire world record
Jaguar yesterday pulled off a new world record as part of a promotional stunt for its latest car. Check out the video above to see stuntman Jim Dowdall pilot the car across a high wire, suspended above one of the docks above Canary Wharf.
Now you can play Family Fortunes in your browser
I'm so sorry, I'm about to destroy your productivity on a Friday afternoon. Some clever coder has created Google Feud, a game that mashes up Family Fortunes (known as Family Feud in America, hence the name) with Google's search trends. Essentially, you're asked a question like "how do I get rid of...?" or a name…
