Owners of the new BB10 phones are going to have to look elsewhere for a means of capturing, editing and distributing photographs of their duck wraps and Thai chilli fish cakes, as sources claim Instagram is currently steering clear of the new OS and not working on a custom native app. Read More >>
Right after the launch of Mega yesterday, a whole bunch of us here at Giz decided to check it out so we could share a whole wealth of PERFECTLY LEGAL files, just like everyone else does. That said, there's been issues getting confirmation emails and blistering upload speeds of 0 b/s for hours on end. Read More >>
Featured comment by daviespaul:
"no confirmation email after at least 24 hours and site is unreachable. Mr Dotcom's service providers must be cursing him" More »
Whinging over Instagram has been taken to new heights in Sweden, where hundreds of teenagers gathered at a local school to attack the alleged founder of a photo sharing account. Read More >>
While Orange and T-Mobile did the dirty and got hitched, Vodafone and O2 are looking lovingly into either other's mast-shaped arms. OK, it's nothing as extreme as EE's love-in, but the OFT's approval should see both O2 and Vodafone get a signal boost, for both 3G and any new 4G networks. Read More >>
Featured comment by Alasdair:
""There won't be any hoping between O2 and Vodaphone"
Abandon all hope ye who sign contracts with them?
#corrections" More »
Research into the locations of the most prolific torrent uploaders has placed the UK in fourth place when it comes to the number of highly trafficked torrents generated, with the US, Canada and Australia beating our brave file uploaders to the piracy medals. Read More >>
Featured comment by smarklew:
"Don't worry too much, guys - BTGuard routes through Canada (not sure where other VPNs have their servers). We're not smaller scale - just smarter." More »
There's a new Instagram out today—and because the Instagram team is smart, they're keeping the app simple. But there's one major change: you can see where all your friends have taken their pictures, all across the world. Awesome. Read More >>
Apps that auto-share your activity on Facebook can be a pain in the arse, and Facebook is taking steps to block the worst offenders. New rules require that apps that auto-share information about articles you read or videos you watch can only do so if you engage with the content for at least 10 seconds. Read More >>
Everything Everywhere, the annoyingly named, pain in the arse to type, new network formed by the merger of Orange and T-Mobile, has completed its technical fiddlings, meaning users of both companies can now switch, seamlessly, between the two networks when using 3G services. They have now become one. Read More >>
Featured comment by lwsrbrts:
"Seconded. I travel 60 miles to work every day and my phone flips to Orange's woeful network on the way. It never switches back to T-Mobile unless I fo..." More »
If you don't feel people pay enough attention to your Facebook status updates, here's some news you've been waiting for. Facebook is reportedly testing a scheme which will allow any user — not just businesses — to promote their status, in exchange for cold, hard cash. Read More >>
Featured comment by fasterthanapigeon:
"The best thing will be if you can pay for other people's posts to be highlighted. Especially their embarrassing drunken ones..." More »
The special group of people who actually read and digest terms and conditions have been getting upset about Google Drive, claiming Google's use of blanket permissions mean it can do pretty much whatever it likes with your stuff once you've thrown it up into the Google cloud. Read More >>
Featured comment by FRISH:
"“By using our Services you provide us with information, files, and folders that you submit to Dropbox (together, “your stuff”). You retain full ..." More »
There's no more fussing about with shared folders when using Dropbox any more, as the cloud storage service has just added the ability to share ANY file in your Dropbox account. Read More >>
Featured comment by Charax:
"no, I've been doing this exact thing (right-click from any dropbox file to get a link to share) for a couple of months now, I presume I opted in to a ..." More »
If you use Dropbox and Facebook, which is probably most of you, you can now easily share your Dropbox folders with your Facebook friends. Combining two frequently used things together either makes life easier or continues to prove that we're all just living in Facebook's world. Read More >>
Using the internet is only worthwhile if you can show off the perverse and wonderful things you've found on it. So, now that we're always online and always in touch, we're constantly sharing links. But what if you've seen it already? Lie. Read More >>
Well this is mildly terrifying: according to a new Pew study, the Facebook privacy mode a lot of us rely on for photos and status updates is, on average, anything but private. Time to reconsider your settings, everyone. Read More >>
Featured comment by Tacos:
"And this is why I keep anything I post on just friends only, till the news comes out that it actually goes to 46374357 people." More »
In a privacy policy shift, Google announced today that it will begin tracking users universally across all its services — Gmail, Search, YouTube and more — and sharing data on user activity across all of them. Read More >>
Featured comment by Clean Your Google Search History Before New Privacy Policy Takes Effect | THE ROYCROFT REPORT.com:
"[...] Is This the End of “Don’t Be Evil” For Google? (gizmodo.co.uk) [...]" More »