It seems like just a short while ago that I was writing about how Windows XP had just 1,000 days of support left but now that number is down to under 800! […]
Google recently revealed the plan to merge the privacy policies and terms of service for most of the company's products. This move gives all Google services direct access to all user data. […]
While closing some of the company's lesser popular services, Google's popular services such as Google+ or YouTube have received plenty of updates in the past. Google today announced that they have updated […]
The FBI is looking to develop an emergencies early warning system that works by "scraping" information in real time from social networks. The US policing and intelligence bureau has asked contractors to […]
An announcement was posted yesterday on the official Google blog that indicates that changes are being made to Google's privacy policies and terms of service. What first looks like a reasonable thing […]
Google Takeout is a service that Google users can make use of to export their user data to their local PC. Not all Google services are supported by Takeout though, which limits […]
Google has a distinct advantage that other companies on the web do not have. Google Search at the time of writing has a market share of more than 50% of all searches […]
Apple's terms and conditions for using its new iBooks author program have now been revealed and Dan Wineman of Venemous Porridge has picked it apart to find a few clauses that could […]
Google has just announced the third wave of product retirements after retiring Google Buzz and Knol, Wave, Friend Connect and Google Gears previously. The official Google blog lists six products that will […]
Advertisements are what keeps many of the sites going on the Internet, including the site you are currently reading. As a user, I do understand that too many ads, or ads in […]
If you are using Google Calendar to keep track of things, you'd probably notice that you only get notifications on your desktop computer if you are on that computer and have the […]
Google in recent years has started to make many modifications to Google Search, from auto suggestions over live previews to Google Instant. Not every user likes all or even any of those […]
With YouTube's redesign now live on the site and with no turning back opportunity anymore, it is time to realize that the changes have not all be for the better. If you […]
We take for granted these days that Microsoft will always provide new versions of Windows and Windows Server, that Google will always provide world-leading search and that many other companies will just […]
The closer we get to the unveiling of the Windows 8 beta, the more I'm thinking about the impact (or not) this operating system is going to have on the world. Since […]
When I discover a great video or music track on the Internet I often want to share it with friends who I know have a similar taste when it comes to entertainment. […]
I had to look twice at the press release about the new "Send to Kindle" program for Windows as on the face of it, it seems to be both obvious and something […]
Sometimes I'm searching on Google to copy the search results link into another application. This is an extremely frustrating experience as links are manipulated by Google. When you copy a link in […]
If you are a regular on YouTube you probably know that Google has recently redesigned the page completely, turning pretty much everything up side down. The new design has received quite the […]
As we approach the beta of Windows 8 I've been thinking more about Windows tablets, and on our sister site Windows8News I've today written an article about the pros and cons of […]
If you are an Internet regular you have probably heard about the Wadsworth Constant, an Internet meme that has come to some fame at the end of last year. A user named […]
When you sign up for a Facebook account you are asked to enter information about you including your birthday. The majority of Facebook users will probably get that right, but it can […]
So what is the future form factor of the PC? If Intel are to be believed then the ultrabook is the computer we will all want, and I'm waiting on one or […]
Christmas was a good week for all of us, but a great week for apps with analytics firm Flurry reporting a 60% leap in app downloads on the previous week. The figures […]
A recent redesign on Facebook has changed the look and feel of the user start page on the social networking site. Some of the changes, the ticker for instance, have mostly received […]
Facebook recently rolled out a new user profile design that the company calls Timeline. These new profiles change the layout and design of user profiles fundamentally. Facebook Timeline is currently an opt-in […]
With the popularity of a service and an api come third party services that either use the service's authorization system or add functionality to the service. A prime example is Facebook. Sites […]
Google Docs users have quite a few options to synchronize their online documents with local computer systems. Among them Gladinet Cloud Desktop, the Microsoft Office add-in OffiSync or DocSyncer. Insync is a […]
Google Health was a centralized health information service that allowed users to manually or automatically upload health records to the service. It acted as a management central for those records. The service […]
So it's almost time to dust off the old new year's resolutions, work out how many you kept (I kept all of mine for the first time), and then set some more […]
Logged in YouTube users can vote for videos by clicking on the like or dislike buttons displayed underneath each video. The total number of likes and dislikes are then displayed on the […]
A court in the US might have to decide just how much a Twitter follower is worth after a Californian man took 17,000 followers with him after leaving a job. Noah Kravitz, […]
Amazon has opened their marketplace for third party manufacturers who can sell their goods on the popular online shopping site. Shipping and handling fees are usually added to third party items sold […]
Update: Facebook Messenger is no longer available for Windows. Facebook is only offering it for Android, iOS and Windows Phone currently. We have removed the link to the (now defunct) download page […]
Google is putting lots of effort into their social networking service Google+. Changes happen on a weekly basis and it is often hard to keep track of everything that gets added, modified […]
In a week where Microsoft have released a SkyDrive app for Windows Phone, OneNote for the iPad and updates to Hotmail, the Senior Director of Office 365, Tom Rizzo, has said we […]
Timeline is the name of the new Facebook user profile that was previously only available to beta testers and developers. Interested users can now activate Timeline for their profile on this page […]
Update: Google has modified the layout of the toolbar on Google properties. It removed the toolbar and replaced it with a couple of individual icons and links that are displayed instead. The […]
Microsoft in the beginning of December launched a SkyDrive update that improved the functionality of the service significantly. One of the biggest new features is what Microsoft calls simple app-centric sharing. This […]
Those of you who follow me will know that in addition to writing here, being an author and all the other things I seem to do, that I'm also a teacher. I've […]
