Tag: twitter
Derek Wyatt MP- World's first politician with his own iPhone app
Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP Derek Wyatt has become the first politician in the world to have his own iPhone app. The MyMP app aims to get younger people involved in politics by offering text and Twitter based discussions on local…
Twitter stands up to the censors
First Google, now Twitter is standing up against this latest wave of web censorship. The brains behind the micro-blogging phenomenon have revealed that they are looking into ways to protect Twitter from Big Brother's uncomfortable gaze. Speaking at the World…
Puppy Tweets lets your dog bark in 140 characters
Remember all those You've Been Framed clips of dogs playing the piano? Well that was just the beginning; thanks to Mattel's Puppy Tweets collar tag, your dog is about to enter the online world of social networking and Twitter. No,…
Brits prefer Facebook to Twitter, reckon swiftcover
swiftcover, the insurance company that's trying to be cool by using Iggy Pop in its adverts (despite the fact he would never be able to get insurance cover, ever), has commissioned a survey to find out what 'Rocks' and…
Video games blamed for rise in rickets
Gaming is coming under fire once again. But before you brace yourself for the usual arguments concerning in-game violence and sexual content, be prepared for something of a Dickensian twist. For gaming is not being blamed here for a rise…
Third-party apps headed to Amazon's Kindle
Finally realising that there's enough power buried in the Kindle to do more than just read books, Amazon have today announced that they will be opening up the hardware to third-party app developers. The development kit has gone live, and…
Bill Gates joins Twitter
The world's richest man and founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates has finally joined Twitter. With a nod to his programming roots, he kicked off proceedings with a first tweet of "hello world". There have been plenty of fake accounts set…
Manchester United ban Twitter
TWITTER HAS BEEN BANNED…well for some well known sportsmen at least. No this isn't the latest clampdown from communist China, it's the Premiership's very own Manchester United riling against social networking. The football club have taken control of Twitter accounts…
Samsung Genio Slide hits shops
The Samsung Genio Slide hits shops today, with Vodafone nabbing the handset on a one-month exclusivity deal. The touchscreen-packing QWERTY slider is said to be aimed at the "youth market", and features a 3MP digital camera, Wi-Fi, 3G/HSDPA and quad…
CES 2010: Final Thoughts
The Consumer Electronics show, the behemoth of tech, the Valhalla of gadgetry, has come and gone for yet another year. But this time, rather than arriving with a bang, it slinked into sight with something more like a whimper. CES…
