Category: Websites

  • YouTube Gaming Launching This Summer

    YouTube Gaming Launching This Summer

    Google has announced it will be opening a brand new YouTube service dedicated to gaming. The internet search giant, software developer and owner of YouTube since 2006 has acknowledged the ever-growing gamer community on the streaming video site and is rewarding them for their passion and contributions over the years with a new service to […]

  • AMC’s Shudder is Beta Testing – Prepare for the ‘Netflix of Horror’!

    AMC’s Shudder is Beta Testing – Prepare for the ‘Netflix of Horror’!

    American television network AMC is planning to unleash a “Screams On Demand” streaming service called Shudder – which is being referred to as the ‘Netflix of Horror’. Building on the popularity of its top telly hit The Walking Dead and Fear Fest, the station’s annual Halloween scary movie marathon, AMC is due to launch Shudder […]

  • Game-to-Movie Director Uwe Boll Goes Postal After Crowdfunding Fail

    Game-to-Movie Director Uwe Boll Goes Postal After Crowdfunding Fail

    German film director Uwe Boll has exploded with a pair of YouTube videos after a number of attempts to get his movies made through crowd-funding sites flopped. The film-maker who “specialises” in video game adaptations released the videos when he couldn’t raise the $100,000 he was asking for to produce Rampage 3: No Mercy and […]

  • Xiaomi Opens UK Web Store – But Not Selling Smartphones (Yet)

    Xiaomi Opens UK Web Store – But Not Selling Smartphones (Yet)

    Rising Chinese mobile manufacturer Xiaomi has edged its way into the western market by opening its first online store catering to the UK, USA, France and Germany – but they won’t be selling any smartphones just yet. Believe it or not but Xiaomi is the third biggest distributor of smartphones in the world but is […]

  • Have a Break with a Limited Edition YouTube KitKat

    Have a Break with a Limited Edition YouTube KitKat

    Google will once again pair up with confectioner Nestlé to release limited edition YouTube branded KitKats. The sweet partnership first came about when Google chose to name its previous Android software version after the beloved biscuit (v.4.4 KitKat). Now, based on the advertising slogan ‘Have a Break, Have a KitKat’ and the belief that the […]

  • Is Facebook An Online Echo Chamber?

    Is Facebook An Online Echo Chamber?

    Politically speaking the internet is now one of the major battlegrounds in the ongoing conflict of ideologies. Social media erupted into election fever recently, as well as the infamous backlash that followed the results. However, some have said that certain topics, which are apparently important, are often absent from news feeds. Facebook has been blamed […]

  • Netflix Charges According To Piracy Rates

    Netflix Charges According To Piracy Rates

    More and more media outlets are waking up to the fact that piracy is not only inevitable, but also a clear indicator of popularity. Last week we reported that the creators of Game of Thrones were not only aware of their show’s status as the most pirated online, but also welcomed it as the biggest […]

  • Browser Flaw Shows The Country You’re In

    Browser Flaw Shows The Country You’re In

    One of the big problems cited by critics of popular sites online is just how much of your location information is broadcast out online. Not only do mobile phones and social media apps leak your location to the internet, but also websites do too, according to new research out of the University of Singapore. The […]

  • Netflix Subscribers And Stock Values Soaring

    Netflix Subscribers And Stock Values Soaring

    Netflix is drawing ever closer to becoming a full time competitor with normal older ways of watching TV as the months go by. Subscribers, stock market values and countries where the service is available are all growing rapidly. Netflix now even create their own shows in partnership with Marvel, like Daredevil and Agent Carter, and […]

  • Program To Detect Online Trolls Created

    Program To Detect Online Trolls Created

    Troublemakers on online messaging services and forums, also known as trolls, are a consistent problem for websites. trolling epidemics and ultra aggressive users can drive away longtime users of sites, even when moderators are hard at work keeping things peaceful on the boards. A new algorithm is in development, built using research undertaken by both Cornell […]

  • EU Accuses Google Of Unfair Practices

    EU Accuses Google Of Unfair Practices

    The EU have been squaring up to internet search giant google for a number of months now, accusing them of monopolizing the search market and then prioritizing advertisements for their own products on their site. This spawned a recent antitrust lawsuit which is currently in debate in court. The EU are strict and very observant when […]

  • Phishing Emails Still Major Security Problem

    Phishing Emails Still Major Security Problem

    Phishing e-mails are certainly one of the oldest methods of infecting a computer with a virus – the rogue mail lands in an inbox and awaits a user clicking on a link or attachment within that leads to a virus being downloaded. According to Verizon, in a new Data Breach investigations report, users are still […]