Tag: Online
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Ghostbusters Actress Leslie Jones Exits Twitter After Racist Abuse
Leslie Jones, black female stand-up comedian and one of the actresses in the recently released Ghostbusters revival film has exited Twitter after receiving a terrible torrent of racial abuse – bringing mainstream attention to an issue that is rife on social networking. Yesterday Jones sent out a final tweet from her account @Lesdoggg which read…
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Why Did Some Developers Skip E3 In 2016?
E3 has run since 1995 – touted as the biggest and best explosion of new gaming content that one can see revealed at once, the expo is pretty much the highlight of the year for some software developers. But as you may have noticed, this year, and in fact last year as well, saw several…
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BBC Three Moves to Online Through iPlayer
BBC Three (BBC 3) has finally made its move to online after it ceased broadcasting as a TV channel in the early hours of this morning. The Beeb pulled the plug on its third station at 3.35am on Tuesday 16th February after 13 years of service as a Freeview and digital channel aimed at a…
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Kids Watching More Online TV Than Traditional TV
The internet and on-demand viewing has finally overtaken traditional TV as youngsters’ favourite tech pastime. UK kid research organisation Childwise did a study of 2,000 subjects between the ages of five and sixteen years old and has found that average web use on smart devices for this demographic has raised to 3 hours a day,…
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New Star Trek TV Series To Arrive Online In 2017
Star Trek appears to be returning to small screens, from US broadcaster CBS no less. The cult classic sci fi show is unanimously lauded for being the progenitor of modern sci fi as we know it, as well as influencing many forward thinkers and television pioneers of the 21st century. Known for wobbly sets, somewhat groundbreaking plots…
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Amazon Launches One Hour Delivery Service in London
After priding itself on a second-to-none next day delivery service (at cost) Amazon has now gone one better – offering delivery on many items within the hour in a new service called Prime Now. Prime Now has been in action in five United States cities for a little while now and, after success over the…
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Heroes Of The Storm Launches Tomorrow
The MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) genre has fast become one of the biggest money makers in the gaming industry, but a lot of people may not be in the loop about just where it started. The original MOBA arguably was DOTA, or ‘Defense Of The Ancients’, which came out originally as a mod for…
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Apple Watch Won’t Sell In Stores Until June
Apple has dropped a clanger recently about their highly celebrated Apple Watch – your online pre-order gives you a much better chance of actually getting your hands on one than turning up on stores on release day. It’s just not going to happen apparently. Apple quietly announced the other day that the release date for…
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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…
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Future Simpsons Episodes Won’t Go To DVD
Fans of the Simpsons may be sad to hear that a recent announcement from Fox means that the show won;t be going to DVD ever again. Apparently the digital age has finally scooped up The Simpsons, with DVDs being phased out in favor of online streaming or download options. Whilst the colorful DVD box sets will…
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Microsoft now allows you add your MP3s to OneDrive and play them via Xbox Music
Following the likes of Google and Amazon, today Microsoft have announced that users of OneDrive will be able to add their music collection to the online storage service, which has been linked to Xbox Music allowing you to stream all your favourite music to your Xbox, PC and also Windows Phone device too (unfortunately no…
