Category: Web 2.0
Twitter is launching “instant timeline” for new users
Can't decide who to follow? Then don't worry, Twitter is planning to figure it out for you. One of the biggest challenges for Twitter as a company is the "on boarding" process - in other words, how you get people to not only sign up to have their own account, but then make them want…
BT planning to launch 1000Mbps broadband in 2016 or 2017
BT has announced plans to roll out its "G.Fast" broadband technology, which could see speeds rocket up to 1000Mbps - up from a maximum of about 80Mbps now. According to ISP Review, the new service will be faster as it will replace the current "Fibre to the cabinet" technology - in that your connection is…
Definitive proof that The Simpsons is getting worse
It's almost a law of the internet that any discussion about The Simpsons will inevitably turn into a discussion of when The Simpsons stopped being good. For the first decade, it was some of the finest television ever made - and yet now, 25 years on each new episode feels more and more like they're…
Pinterest is now for MANLY MEN WHO LIKE MAN THINGS
Good news for any MEN who like to BOOKMARK ITEMS OF INTEREST. Is Pinterest too girly for you? Then don't worry, the company has today announced that it will be providing more arbitrary gendering of products in its search results. This means that if your profile has you listed as male you'll start seeing less…
eBay listing reveals how man thinks having kids has ruined his life
This normal looking eBay listing, for a pushchair (or stroller, or buggy, depending on where you're from) seems to have become an outlet for one Southampton man, who in writing the description has given a horrifying insight into what has happened to him since he had kids. Here's the description as it appeared: Here we…
Google doubles the size of its new London office
For a few years now Google has been planning a move to new offices near King's Cross - but now the company has kicked out the other tenant, and will be keeping the massive new building all for itself. According to The Register, Google had previously committed to taking 45% of 6 Pancras Square, once…
Facebook at Work is official – pokes from your boss to do some damn work coming soon?
Back in November, we heard rumours that Facebook was working on a new product that will let companies essentially build their own internal Facebook, for work usage. It turns out the rumours were correct - and today Facebook has confirmed the existence of what it is simply calling "Work". TechCrunch got hold of the details…
WATCH: Strangely prescient Tomorrow’s World clip from 1994 on “the internet”
Check out this astonishing clip from what used to be the BBC's flagship technology programme. In it, the presenter talks about the "information super highway" and makes a number of startlingly accurate predictions about how it, web browsers and broadband will change the way we live. Perhaps we should start paying more attention to what…
Google’s share of search traffic falls slightly
Has Google taken its eye off the ball? The dominant search providers numbers have fallen slightly in the US, in December. According to
Google is donating €250,000 to Charlie Hebdo
In a gesture of support following yesterday's attack, Google is said to be donating a hefty amount to the satirical French magazine. According to Business Insider, the company will be donating €250,000 out of its "press innovation fund" to support the magazine - which is still planning publication next week, despite the tragedy. The fund…
