Facebook has announced that it's teaming up with four of the world's largest corporate data brokers to "enhance" the ad experience for users. Datalogix, Epsilon, Acxiom, and BlueKai obtain information gathered about users through online means (such as through cookies when users surf the web) as well as through offline means (such as through loyalty cards at supermarkets and product warranty cards). Read More >>

You've probably spent these last dreary months in Blighty gazing out the window and longing for the feel of real sunlight on your mottled, clammy, Vitamin-D-deprived skin. Well, despite flights being ruinously expensive at list price, there are ways to use airlines' own loyalty schemes to make a relatively modest break for the skies. Read More >>

So you've finally managed to weasel a Nexus 4 out of Google's grubby paws; now what? Rather than living with stock Android (wonderful though it is), let's harness the full power of the device sitting on your desk. Here's the complete, step-by-step guide to the best Nexus 4 tweaks, hacks and tune-ups around. Read More >>

So, young Padawan, you think you know your operating system? Think again. You might be au fait with basics like Ctrl + C or Cmd + C, but there's more to life than a bit of copying and pasting. Here's a little list of our favourite lesser-known shortcuts to revolutionise your workflow. Read More >>

Action cameras seem simple enough. Strap it to your head, hit record, and go, right? While that's essentially true, your video may not turn out like the ones you see the pros making. So we wrangled up some of them up at Winter X Games, and got some simple, easy to incorporate tips that'll kick your next video up a notch or two. Read More >>

Dropbox is a robust independent file syncing tool (which Apple once tried to buy) that recently hit the 100m user milestone. It's arguably the most popular cloud service around, and for good reason. Read More >>

So you must have heard about jailbreaking by now. Maybe you already hopped right on the long-awaited iOS 6.1 jailbreak for iPhone 5, or maybe jailbreaking is just something you're vaguely aware of. Now is as good a time as any to dive in head first, and you should consider giving it a shot. Read More >>

So the text string "File:///" can inexplicably crash just about any app on Mountain Lion. Aside from being a curiosity, it can also be a weapon if you start hurling File:/// salvos at your friends through iMessage. If you get hit, or you hit someone and feel bad afterwards, here's how you can fix the damage. Read More >>

No one likes being stranded in town at the end of a night out, which is why we're so happy that the Tube's going to start running until 2am. But that's not going to happen until 2015 -- so what's the best solution 'til then? Read More >>

Sometimes it's fun to challenge ourselves. I'm in Aspen covering the Winter X Games, so I've got ice on the brain. I've never made an ice luge before, but I started thinking, "How could I make one in my hotel room with basically no tools?" Read More >>

The Met Office is predicting zero-degree temperatures for the rest of the week for most of Blighty, which means ice on the roads and pavements. There's nothing quite like busting your arse on the ice when you're just trying to get to work. Boot chains can help keep you keep upright, but there's no need to shell out for a pair when you can just whip up your own for a lot less. Read More >>

One of the worst things about HMV going bust is that a whole bunch of poor, innocent people who got HMV vouchers for Christmas now find themselves out of pocket. If you're one of the sad unfortunates, don't throw away your gift voucher in frustration quite yet; you may well be able to spend your hard-won pressie after all. Read More >>

"Fire is cool," quoth Beavis, and yea verily, Butthead did agree. And, honestly, so do we. There's a little bit of a pyro in most of us, and a flaming drink is certainly a spectacle. That said, there's a right way, and a whole lot of wrong ways to do it. Here's the red hot skinny. Read More >>

Lance Armstrong -- the man, the legend, the cock. Tonight, he's going to start telling the truth for the first time in decades, when he bares his soul to Oprah. It's going to be emotional, depressing, and great fun so long as you play the tag-along drinking game. Here's how to watch it in the UK. Read More >>

There's nothing that simultaneously terrifies and excites us Brits like a wee bit of snow. For the whole night before a minor snowfall, the news will be filled with hacks eagerly reporting on grit stockpiles, weather forecasters bounce around like small children, and Ranulph Fiennes gets called in to lecture on frostbite. It's a BIG DEAL. But don't worry, it's just a bit of precipitation: you're a 21st Century man or woman, and you can beat nature! Read More >>