Category: Social Networking
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Facebook app store: ‘Project Spartan’ HMTL5 web store set to land on iPhone
Social behemoth set to take Apple on at its own game
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Windows Metro UI is coming to a platform near you.
Windows have recently released some new info about Windows 8 and and i am presently surprised! Windows are taking the Metro UI seen on windows phone 7 and giving it the special treatment pushing it to its 2 other major platforms, Windows 8 OS for pc’s laptops and tablets! And also to Xbox. The Metro […]
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Facebook turns on ‘Facial Recognition Tag Suggestions’
The new face recognition tagging feature has been available in the US since December last year, although Facebook has now decided that today is the day that the social networking site will roll-out the new feature world-wide. The new feature is now available to all Facebook users, although for some reason Facebook has decided not […]
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E3 2011: “Wii U” revealed – The latest Nintendo accessory disguised as a console
In 1988 I got my first dedicated gaming console. It was the Nintendo Entertainment System which affectionately became known worldwide as the “NES”. It was my first introduction to an exciting world of gameplay with revolutionary 8-bit titles such as the Super Mario Bros series (SMB3 still being one of my all-time favourite games) and […]
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VSee Offering ‘No-Install’ Video Chat for Pc Users – Is Skype Doomed?
Things aren’t looking great for Skype, as today’s crash and subsequent lack of service raised some questions with new investor, Microsoft. From bad to, um, well I guess, COOL, Vsee, a Skype competitor have just announced ‘One-Click Collaboration’ following a cash injection by a large corporate entity. VSee has highlighted their new service is a […]
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E3 2011: The Sims on Facebook – the end of real-life?
Say it ain’t so! – Two of the most annoying forces in the history of social-technology are set to unite – when life-experience simulator “The Sims” launches on social-experience simulator Facebook this summer. Is this the end of real-life? The Sims Social will invade the Social Network on both desktop PC and mobile when the add-on […]
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Download Festival & Vodafone launch weekend planner app for Android & iPhone
Download Music Festival 2011 has teamed up with Vodafone to launch a new app for Android and iOS for iPhone – which allows us metalheads to stay in tune with the happenings at this year’s 3-day rock music event from Donington Park, England. The weekend-long annual festival will run from Friday 10th – Sunday 13th […]
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Download Festival & Vodafone launch weekend planner app for Android & iPhone
Download Music Festival 2011 has teamed up with Vodafone to launch a new app for Android and iOS for iPhone – which allows us metalheads to stay in tune with the happenings at this year’s 3-day rock music event from Donington Park, England. The weekend-long annual festival will run from Friday 10th – Sunday 13th […]
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Skype is down – again!
It’s only been little over a week since Skype went down globally – and we’re not the only ones who’ve been jilted again today. Looks as though Microsoft’s latest acquisition is once again having some “down time” from Windows and Mac OS with tweetards worldwide in uproar over yet another blunder affecting our chat and video […]
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French regulators ban use of “Facebook” and “Twitter” in television & radio broadcast
Social networking craziness once again – this time from France! The French regulatory body for television and radio, the CSA, has slapped a ban on news readers preventing them from using the terms “Facebook” and “Twitter” – referring back to a 1992 government ruling stating that no broadcast of a news program should include “promotion […]
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French regulators ban use of “Facebook” and “Twitter” in television & radio broadcast
Social networking craziness once again – this time from France! The French regulatory body for television and radio, the CSA, has slapped a ban on news readers preventing them from using the terms “Facebook” and “Twitter” – referring back to a 1992 government ruling stating that no broadcast of a news program should include “promotion […]
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WWDC 11: A look ahead at Apple’s offerings – iCloud, iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion
The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off in less than 5 hours (that’s 6pm to our UK readers) we’ll be on hand to cover the official announcements from the event – but in the meantime here’s a little of what we’ll expect to see coming straight outta San Fran.. What’s certain in the keynote line-up are […]