Category: Websites
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Big Vinyl Sales Prompt New UK Vinyl Chart
Vinyls. Those big freaky bumpy discs without any shiny rainbows on them. They’re strange, they’re somewhat odd… and yet, also, very interesting to watch as they spin around on the turntable and play crackly but crisp music. A lot of people probably agree, as vinyl discs are still in production, and indeed in the UK a […]
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Awaken Your Star Wars Emoji on Twitter – How to Get Them Now!
To mark Star Wars Celebration and the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer which went live yesterday, Twitter in partnership with Disney and Lucasfilm will launch a selection of highly tweetable character icons/emoji. These can be used throughout the festivities and up to the release of the film with the first three characters available right now. […]
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33% Of US Teens Are On Google+
A study over in the US has shown that increasing amount of teenagers are heading over to underdog social network Google+. However, youth figures from the US still reflected what we already know – youngsters in one of the world’s biggest social media using areas still prefer Facebook. Other social networks such as Instagram and […]
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Half Of New Game Of Thrones Season Leaks
Earlier in the week we reported on a new technology from Google designed to sniff out and tag spoilers for TV shows in your web browser. Lo and behold, the need for such a technology has never before been so needed, as somebody on the Game of Thrones team just managed to leak the first […]
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Google Patents Anti-Spoiler System
No matter how much you try, you’ll never be able to escape other people ruining big TV show surprises on your favorite social networks. Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit – it’s all a big struggle to avoid the spoilers when you’re a daily viewer of the social sphere. Google has decided to step in with a […]
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Twitter Adds Feature Explaining Hashtags
Twitter hashtags can get pretty obscure – the text limit and acronyms often leave users confused as just to what the topic is about. Often a quick Google search is in order, but sometimes you want to hear what the company itself has to say about a particular hashtag. Twitter’s now defunct Discover tab previously […]
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Google Granted Patent for Spoiler Blocker
One of the greatest annoyances of the social networking age is the dreaded Spoiler. Time after time a casual browse on Facebook or Instagram has ruined top telly like Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead, blowing the cover of secrecy surrounding a massive plot twist or character demise when some smug b*****d in the […]
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YouTube May Go Ad-Free for Subscription Fee
An ad-free version of YouTube may become available by the end of the year for those willing to pay up for it. According to sources including business news site Bloomberg, Google Inc. seeks to introduce a subscription format for YouTube whereby its millions of viewers have the option to enjoy uninterrupted viewing of not only […]
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Vivendi Offers $272 Million for Dailymotion
There’s always a healthy crop of underdog services online – be it for social media, shopping or video streaming. In those first two categories Facebook and Amazon reign supreme, whilst in the video sector dozens of sites compete with YouTube for recognition. One such underdog streaming site is Dailymotion, a French video streaming website that’s […]
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UK Govt. Propose More Online Porn Controls
UK prime minister David Cameron is known for his more traditional values on adult and illegal content online. Whilst some critics have implied that these crusades against copyrighted files and porn on the internet are distractions from other issues, the PM does often attempt to promote good family values in public. Following an earlier ultimatum […]
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Play Pac-Man on Your Street Thanks to Google Maps (No April Fools!)
Have you ever dreamt of what it would be like to play Pac-Man on your own street? Well now is the time to find out thanks to Google Maps. And before you dismiss this article as an apparent April Fools hoax, please read on because we assure you it isn’t a joke – but it […]
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Jay-Z Relaunches Tidal ft. Kanye Exclusives
Here’s a top tip from us on building a great music streaming service: If you don’t have Kanye, you don’t have a music service. Simple as that. Jay-Z’s got the right idea, as he recently re-branded and unveiled a brand new iteration of his previous Tidal music streaming service, and thankfully some Yeezy exclusives were […]