Category: Web 2.0
Does Instagram now have more users than Twitter?
Instagram has announced it has topped 300m users... has it finally overtaken Twitter? In a great spot by Mashable, it looks likely that the photo app now has more users than Twitter - which in October said it had just 281m users. Instagram is, of course, owned by Facebook which itself has over 1.1bn users…
Sky launches its own fibre broadband service
Sky has today announced the launch of Sky Fibre, its first fibre broadband offering to chase the likes of BT Infinity. Sky claims that its offering is the cheapest fibre broadband on the market - with speeds of up to 38Mb for only £10/month - on top of the £16.40/month line rental, of course. There…
Ever wondered where Google Street View can take you in Europe?
Check out this map, posted to Reddit a few days ago. It shows the extent of Google's Street View coverage in Europe - it seems the company have pretty much got almost the entire continent covered. There is one big missing chunk though - Germany. The reason for this is the country is unsurprisingly privacy…
Who was the first person to mention Ed Balls on Twitter?
Ever wondered who was the first to utter a certain word or phrase on Twitter? Now you can find out using a tool created by Amit Agarwal using the improved Twitter search system. It means we can finally answer age old questions like "Who was the first person to mention Ed Balls?": Or perhaps just…
Gangnam Style breaks YouTube
For all of the talk of the internet being broken over the last few weeks, it turns out that a viral hit of old is perhaps the closest to claiming responsibility - with YouTube reporting that 2012's Gangnam Style broke its hit counter. Posting on the YouTube Google+ page (yep, G+ is still going), YouTube…
WATCH: The Cosmic Genome advent calendar will help you count down to Christmas… with SCIENCE!
The countdown to Christmas has now officially started - and in lieu of a Blue Peter-style advent crown, we've found the next best thing. Science app The Incomplete Map of the Cosmic Genome has just launched an advent calendar in the form of a series of videos featuring different stars from the app. Whilst we…
iPhone 6 tops Yahoo tech searches for 2014
Yahoo has released its top searches for 2014 and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the iPhone 6 tops the search queries for tech - and comes in third over all. Here's the list - yep, apparently people are still using Yahoo for search: 1. iPhone 6 2. PlayStation 4 3. Samsung Galaxy S5 4. iPad Mini 5. iPhone…
Country goes mad as “Black Friday” infects the UK
In its latest act of cultural imperial, America's so-called "Black Friday" sales have finally become A Thing in Britain. Forget the NFL matches at Wembley - it is the Wembley branch of ASDA that has seen people going nuts trying to buy stuff at a modest discount, with all of the gusto of our American…
Twitter to look at your other apps to better target its ads
Twitter is to use the other apps you have downloaded to make its targeted adverts more relevant to you, it has emerged. According to the Bangkok Post quotes Twitter as saying: "We are collecting and occasionally updating the list of apps installed on your mobile device so we can deliver tailored content that you might…
Lego confirms 70s “Message to Parents” viral image is REAL!
Lego has today confirmed that a viral image, purporting to be a message to parents contained within a Lego set in the 1970s is indeed REAL! You must have seen the image, which has had over 6000 retweets, by now - it has been widely shared on Twitter and Facebook after appearing on Reddit -…
