It’s January 18th, the day the web goes dark in response to the SOPA and PIPA bills being proposed in the US. So how has the web reacted? Is it just one voice in the darkness, or a real movement? Read more
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You know what it’s like: the clock counts down and you feel compelled in your drunken state to text all and sundry a happy New Year. Not to mention tweeting. Then the lines jam and you realise that what you’re trying to send is a rambling slur anyway. Here’s how to avoid it this year… Read more
It’s another lazy Sunday morning, and as usual, we’ve gathered up the finest literature on the web for your eyes only. Whether you’re reading this on phone, tablet or PC, settle back and enjoy the most stimulating tech talk from around the web.
Twitter fans will get a kick out of this: The BBC News website just reported on a story involving Twitter and court reporting restrictions in paragraphs of exactly 140 characters. A very special Electricpig hat-tip to Connor Spackman, who undertook the feat. Read it in full at the BBC News site.
TiVo without a DVR, are you serious? Yes my friends, this is exactly what Best Buy created with its Insignia Connected TV line powered by the familiar TiVo interface. The new sets launched today and come in two sizes: 32 and 42-inch. The partnership between Best Buy and TiVo is a software-only affair, designed to add search for Internet-based content to your living room.
It may not be the weather for al fresco dining at the moment, but that’s just as well, as we’ve got your lunchtime lowdown right here instead: grab a sarnie and tuck into all the latest headlines right now.
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has revealed what went on when he and fellow co-founder Evan Williams met Mark Zuckerberg. The trio met at the Facebook offices when Mark Zuckerberg was toying with making an offer to buy Twitter but the talks were hampered by a lack of chemistry.
Interviewed by NPR, Stone agreed with host Peter Sagal when he compared the Facebook CEO to a Vulcan and declared that during the meeting “every joke I said landed like a dead fish on the ground”. Read on for the full story and to decide whether Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t have a sense of humour or Biz Stone just isn’t that funny…
Twitter’s a great social tool for staying in touch, connecting with people, sharing links, mounting important campaigns and providing a platform for voices ignored by the mainstream media. It’s also got its fair share of idiots.
So how to ensure you don’t have people unfollowing faster than if you Twitpicced yourself hugging a copy of the News of the World? Well, we recommend avoid doing any of the 27 things below. We’ve called it ‘Twettiqeuette’, which – ironically – is twice as annoying as anything on this list…