Need A Job? Social Media could lend a helping hand
This week an enthusiastic NBA fan landed his dream job with the aid of a twitter account and some sharp thinking. He noticed that a promotion being run …
read moreCheck out these retro user interfaces from today’s web giants
You know how sometimes you see an old casting photo of this or that Hollywood megastar, clearly taken when the person in question was just another young hopeful …
read moreWhen legislators misunderstand the web the consequences can be pretty nasty …
Sometimes the challenges that new technologies present for legislators create absurd situations - like the farcical scenario we witnessed earlier this year in the UK whereby the prominent …
read moreCharlie Brooker’s ‘Black Mirror’ on Channel 4: Better than X-factor, Barack …
First off sorry for the hyperbolic and sarcastic-sounding title - I was about to delete it and then I realised search engines would LOVE it, what with all …
read moreTop 5 SEO blogs worth reading
You could just do a Google search for 'SEO' and click through the results - or you could check rankings websites like Alexa for the highest ranking sites …
read more2 tablet devices which aren’t already DOA
I've been poo-pooing the efforts of various tablet manufacturers (basically anyone that isn't Apple or Amazon) this week and so have decided to redress the balance a little …
read moreAnother fun DARPA challenge – another scary yet awesome demo of …
For those who are unfamiliar with DARPA, it is a US government-funded defence organisation which specialises in exploring the ways in which technological advances can impact upon defence …
read moreThe Kindle Fire might not be amazing – but it’s not …
There's been a fair bit of coverage this week on the Kindle Fire after Amazon used last week's Black Friday promotions as an opportunity to tell us all …
read moreOver-share! The problem which could ruin the Facebook UI (even more …
There's a post over at Soshable this week which I really think is worth sharing, precisely because it says something quite important right now about the value of …
read moreWhy would anyone buy a Facebook smartphone?
There's a pretty astute analysis over at Guardian technology regarding the reasoning behind attempts by Google to build a 'Google phone' and the incentives for Facebook to attempt …
read moreYandex to be default search on Windows phone in Russia: Another …
There's a report on Techcrunch today about the announcement that Yandex is set to be the default search engine on Windows phones in Russia as a result of …
read moreIf you only know one way to use Google search – …
Here's yet another superb example of the wonders of the infographic format, this time in the form of a detailed guide on how to maximise the efficacy of …
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