Category: Web 2.0
Could retailers thwart Apple’s Apple Pay plans?
Apple Pay has recently launched in the United States, but the launch isn't going entirely smoothly: new details have emerged about retailers refusing to support the new payment system. According to BGR a number of big name US shops, including Walmart, Best Buy and CVS have withdrawn support for Apple Pay, despite initially supporting it.…
Carebnb imitates Airbnb to raise money for Ebola treatment
A clever fundraising campaign has taken its cues from accommodation sharing website Airbnb in a bid to raise cash to help stop Ebola. Take a look at Carebnb - whilst at first glance it may look like a website for a particularly depressing holiday, its actually pretty clever. Browse through the "listings" and find out…
88-year-old woman forced to awkwardly tweet to avoid social embarrassment
An 88-year-old woman was forced to feign interest in Twitter today, as she was shown around a new exhibition on the information age by younger colleagues. The woman, who identified herself only as "Elizabeth R", is thought to be a victim of circumstances that have forced her to continue working - even well after she…
Is Twitter about to launch direct video uploads?
Warning: Let's call this speculation. Actor and presenter Robert Llewellyn, who is known for playing Kryten in Red Dwarf and presenting several wildly successful YouTube series (like Carpool and Fully Charged) has just tweeted this intriguing thing: Oooh, exciting. I'm going to try uploading video direct to twitter later on today. New feature. New toys!…
Google launches secure USB key for safer login
Worried about your password getting into the wrong hands? Google has just launched a USB stick that might put your mind at rest. According to ExtremeTech, Google is calling it Security Key, and uses the Universal Second Factor protocol, found in some makes of USB thumb drives. Basically, when it comes to login on Chrome,…
Facebook adds Safety Check for when your friends are caught up in disaster areas
Have you ever seen a big disaster on the news, and worried that your family and friends might be in the middle of it? Brilliantly, Facebook has just added a new tool that will put minds at ease. Safety Check will activate when there's a disaster and Facebook knows that you're nearby - either through…
BBC publishes digitised Radio Times schedules going back to the 1920s
Warning: By reading this post, you're at serious risk of following a link that will swallow the rest of your day. The BBC has today launched a new tool to search and browse old TV schedules - so now you can go back and relive your youth, by remembering all of those hours wasted watching…
Did you know that advertisers are mining your photos too?
Have you ever had that thing where after looking up something to buy it will somehow seem to follow you around the web? Googling for a new phone one day turns into endless adverts for phones on every website you visit. It's the same on Facebook - post about something one day, and a few…
It’s okay, Dropbox HASN’T been hacked
Worry not! Your friends posting about the hack on Facebook are wrong. Rumours of Dropbox's compromise appear to have been greatly exaggerated, at least according to the Dropbox blog. The company says: "Recent news articles claiming that Dropbox was hacked aren’t true. Your stuff is safe. The usernames and passwords referenced in these articles were…
Is Amazon planning to become Argos?
Amazon revolutionised retail by taking it online and according to reports... is now planning to do the complete opposite and open up physical stores. According to ITProPortal, Amazon is planning to open a "mini warehouse" in New York, near famous department store Macy's. Whilst it will be primarily designed to be a place to pick…
