This has not been a great week for our privacy and security, and this had been brought about by two of the biggest social networking service – the controversial Wikileaks and the biggest of them all, Facebook. … [Read more...]
Top 10 YouTube Viral Video Remixes: Your favorite?
July 31, 2010 Leave a Comment
There have certainly been some great viral videos on YouTube, but we often wonder how these can be made better? Well the answer is by remixing them, and Mashable has what they believe is ten of the best remixes yet, but we wonder if you agree with their choice? … [Read more...]
Austin Kearns Yankees Deal Confirmed on Twitter
July 31, 2010 Leave a Comment
Things have not been made official yet, but it looks as though the New York Yankees deal with Austin Kearns has been confirmed on Twitter. We will now wait for either the NYY or Cleveland Indians to announce that the move will happen. … [Read more...]
RIM BlackBerry (Blackpad) Tablet Release Date: November?
July 31, 2010 Leave a Comment
We have known for some time that RIM is planning to launch a BlackBerry tablet device to not only compete with the ever-popular Apple iPad, but the bunch of other tablets that will be hitting the market later this year. According to two people close to the situation RIM plan to release theirs in … [Read more...]
Google Earth 5.2 Weather Simulation: Setup guide
July 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
Google Earth already offers more than enough, but the search engine giant knows that users what more new features all the time, which is why 5.2 update comes with weather simulation in real-time. This means that in some parts of the U.S. and Europe you will be able to track rain and snow. … [Read more...]
WikiLeaks on Twitter: Controversial Conversation
July 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
WikiLeaks has not been out of the news for two days now, a result of them making military documents available to the public – more on this in our recent article. There have been a number of arguments over this, with the public having a mixed view, but this has not stopped people from visiting … [Read more...]
Facebook IPO Date Delay: More users and increased sales
July 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
There had been rumors that the Facebook IPO would happen soon, but there has since been rumors that this initial public offering will not take place until 2012. There is said to be a number of reasons for this, the first is to increase Facebook users, and the second sales. … [Read more...]
Palmdale Fire: Facebook and Twitter Updates
July 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
The fire that is spreading west of Palmdale California is now heading towards Los Angeles County and as a result firefighters are about to begin an assertive air attack. The fire has spread out of control since it started yesterday; this has forced hundreds of residents out of their homes. … [Read more...]
Titanic 2 Trailer: Other Pointless sequels
July 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
The one movie that we thought would never get a sequel would be Titanic, but we were all wrong. Titanic 2 is coming and we have the video trailer below to prove it. It is not surprising that this film is going straight to DVD, so we know we do not have a blockbuster on our hands. … [Read more...]
YouTube: 15 Minutes of Fame Contest Details
July 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
For those of you who love to upload videos to YouTube but always seem to run out of time due to the 10-minute limit, we can now tell you that they have now increased the limit by 5 minutes. This means that you will now be able to upload 15 minute videos, and this has led YouTube to begin a 15 … [Read more...]
Kanye West Joins Twitter: Gives in to temptation
July 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
We reported to you yesterday that Kanye West had visited Facebook HQ and got on stage and performed a rap, acapella. During his performance he quoted Twitter, as it is a known fact that West was not a fan. So it seems strange that he also went to twitter on the same day and has now signed up for an … [Read more...]
iPad Problems: Overheating leads to lawsuit
July 29, 2010 2 Comments
Apple had hoped that their troubles were behind them when offering free cases and bumpers to iPhone 4 customers, but now they might have another issue on their hands. We have been getting reports that at least three iPad owners have claimed that their devices had shut off due to being in the sun too … [Read more...]
Toronto Argonauts Rob Murphy Fined for Twitter Comments
July 29, 2010 1 Comment
Rob Murphy has been fined by the CFL (Canadian Football League) for his comments that he posted on Twitter. The Toronto Argonauts offensive tweeted while he and the team were traveling to Montreal, and some could have took his tweets as offensive. … [Read more...]
Cisco Does Old Spice Guy: 18 YouTube Videos
July 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
It was only a matter of time before another brand tired to take advantage of the Old Spice Guy viral campaign. You would have thought that it would be some hip company that would be able to take the ad campaign to the next level – but you would be wrong, it is Cisco. … [Read more...]
Samsung Epic 4G Specifications List Confirms Rumors
July 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
Sprint is about to launch its second smartphone that can access the 4G data network – the Samsung Epic 4G. This latest handset from Samsung shows that they can up their game when needed, and looking at the recently released full specifications sheet – we can see it has a lot to offer. … [Read more...]
Facebook Questions Launched: What will you ask?
July 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
Facebook has now exceeded over 500 million users and as you would expect, there are so many questions that these users would like answered. The social network site understands this and has now introduced Facebook Questions, and although still in beta, allows you to post your questions on this … [Read more...]
Russia Bans YouTube Over Controversial Video
July 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
We have just learned that Russia has issued a ban on YouTube for hosting an extremist video on the site. The controversial video in question is called “Russia for Russians,” and is just the latest blow for Google owned YouTube. … [Read more...]
iPhone 4 Cases / Bumper now being shipped
July 29, 2010 1 Comment
The story of the iPhone and its signal issue caused by the controversial external antenna is a long one, and most of us know all that there is to know. Apple took their time admitting that there was a flaw in its design and in a goodwill gesture decided to offer our free cases and bumpers. … [Read more...]
Starcraft 2 Reviews and cheats hit Twitter
July 28, 2010 Leave a Comment
Starcraft 2 was released yesterday, and since then future owners have been looking on the Internet for a review of the game that has been 12 years in the making. The lack of reviews does not happen often, but when it does creates a certain amount of buzz. Any PC gamer will know how great the … [Read more...]
Jack Roush Survives Plane Crash: Twitter updates
July 28, 2010 Leave a Comment
Jack Roush, survived a plane crash on Tuesday night, the NASCAR team owner is said to be in a serious yet stable condition. Roush was flying the plane and then got into difficulties, the aircraft skidded out of control while trying to land at an Airport in Kentucky. … [Read more...]
Viral Video Marketing: Providing new opportunities
July 28, 2010 Leave a Comment
More and more companies have started to look at viral video marketing in a new light now; this is thanks to a certain Old Spice campaign. We knew that the brand was struggling in sales compared to other brands in the same market out there, so seeing how the power of social media can change the … [Read more...]
Xbox 360 Support: Relies on Twitter for outage
July 28, 2010 Leave a Comment
When new games gets released it is inevitable that support teams become overwhelmed, Microsoft’s Xbox team is no strangers to this and has come under intense pressure from Xbox 360 users. The support team knows that they need to keep the service running smooth in order to keep users happy – so … [Read more...]
AT&T vs. Verizon: Windows Phone 7 vs. Android
July 28, 2010 Leave a Comment
Over the years Microsoft has slowly seen its mobile OS market share dwindle away to a stupid figure. There are a number of reasons for this, but the main two is because the popularity of the iPhone and the onslaught from Google Android running handsets. … [Read more...]
New Facebook Scams: Surveys and Shocking Video
July 28, 2010 1 Comment
A week does not go by when we have to warn you about a bunch of new Facebook scams, and this week is no different. The shocking thing is, you would have thought that with recent scams – users would have learned by now? Sadly they are still falling for the same old tricks. … [Read more...]
Facebook Beware: Google social networking service is coming
July 28, 2010 Leave a Comment
There is no denying how big Facebook has become, and there are fears that it will become a bigger entity than Google. This is hard to believe, but if you have a look at the figures and its growth in a short amount of time – you can understand why this is. … [Read more...]
