Looks like BlackBerrys can circumvent the network operator porn filters in the UK and Ofcom's not exactly happy about it. Problem is, kids in the UK do love their BlackBerrys, and kids and porn shouldn't mix; so RIM's been called to a summit to discuss the issue.
The University of Oxford's Internet Institute has discovered that there are places in the United States where there are more people googling for zombies and satan than for Santa Claus. They have found some interesting patterns:
If you've been wondering how Facebook's snazzy new Timeline feature would look like on the iPhone, wonder no more. It's supah snazzy (or as snazzy as its mobile web and Android counterparts)! The latest iOS Facebook app update includes Timeline so you can catch up with your friend's entire history while on the go. Convenient? [iTunes]
It's safe to say the novelty of those giant animated building projections has worn off. But just before I was ready to declare the fad dead, this giant playable pinball machine comes along and makes the idea awesome again.
Every Good Boy Does Fine? Not in this economy, bub. As xkcd properly points out, we're overdue for some new science mnemonics. Preferably ones involving sharks and orgasms.
Google has just announced a slew of updates to plus that make for a better user experience. And while nobody seems to be using it that much at the moment, they might be just the incentive you need to get involved.
Ouch. Nokia's not doing so great with its new flagship Lumia 800, even with a £20m advertising budget. According to the FT, the Lumia 800 didn't even break into the top ten phones sold in the UK, and barely sold more than its basic "Touch and Type" phones -- those feature-class phones with a touchscreen and numeric keypad.
A bootlegged version of the Dark Knight Rises trailer has been upped, and it's... it's — look, this thing is amazing and I'm probably going to take a week of vacation in July to watch the movie on repeat in the theater the whole time.
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has taken a £200 million stake in Twitter. But that's small change to this guy, whose wealth is estimated to be just below £13bn.
Sony's been working on "bio batteries" for a while now. It kicked off using the glucose from sugary drinks or juice, but now the Japanese electronics giant is taking a more eco-friendly route with its recycled paper battery.
Poor RIM. Nothing's going right for it: the PlayBook is killing it, its next generation of mobile phones is severely delayed, and now, someone's run off with £1 million of its stock.
The holidays can drag after a while. If the constant festive cheer gets too much, here's a project to take your mind off things: make your Christmas tree lights flash when you get new email.
Today’s top deal is one will only be poo-poohed by those of you who have a heart fashioned from concrete – for the rest of us, poo-poohing will be replaced by aahing and oohing.
In Manchester Airport’s Aviation Viewing Park sits Concorde G-BOAC, known as ‘Alpha Charlie’. It is an engineering marvel; a feat of Anglo-French avionic brilliance that could cross the Atlantic in under three hours. Yet since 2003, it and the other 19 Concordes once in service have become tourist exhibits leased to airports and museums by British Airways and Air France.
"Located on the 25th floor, the open air Terrace Lounge represents the height of urban elegance [...] high above the canyons of Wall Street." Reading the promotional captions of Manhattan's newest luxury flats — 20 Pine Street — makes me want to puke.
Scientists at the University of Bristol are claiming to have created a form of music analysis tool, which calculates the chances of a pop song being a smash. Today's chart music? Entirely predictable? You don't say.
