Canadian startup PaintBottle (100-per-cent-certified NSFW), is looking to bring a bit of modern programming and UI design to the online porn world, because, why not? Differentiating itself by providing a slick-looking interface and increased, err, usability, PaintBottle is notably devoid of grating flashing banner ads, and shoves high-quality, properly licensed content front and centre for your enjoyment. Read More >>

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple a patent for the startup chime sound. But that sound hasn't always been the same. Here you have all the Apple startup chimes since the original Macintosh, released in 1984. Read More >>

The company behind The Little OS That Simply Couldn't, is changing form yet again. after being formerly dubbed by HP the (rather boring) webOS Global Business Unit, it is now emerging as a totally new and fresh identity called Gram, alongside a slight tilt in focus. Read More >>

The BBC wants in on all this new-fangled internet startup fun the American's seem to be having. It's set up a new "startup incubator" called BBC Worldwide Labs, which aims to spit out the next Facebook, Twitter, or even Pinterest, but from the UK. Read More >>

TechCrunch Disrupt is a tech conference that makes a lot of money for TechCrunch and gives a little bit of attention to tech startups. It's a place where people are overly optimistic, eye-buggingly enthusiastic and entirely removed from reality. A conference for buzzwords that don't mean anything, hollow phrases that sound nice together and proponents of a dictionary exorcised of vowels. Read More >>