Skype Group Video Calls – Beta Version

Released earlier this year, Skype Group Video Calling, a beta version for Windows users. In order to use this software everyone in the call must all be using the same version of Skype 5.0, but hey it’s a beta. If this rolls out to other devices then could prove to be a killer app for [...]

5 Reasons To Buy The Apple Magic Trackpad

The Magic Trackpad effectively brings the features of Apple’s touchscreens to the desktop or MacBook. Having been using the trackpad for a little while now it’s true benefits have become quite clear. Straight of the bat, it’s great to use for regular browsing habits, like websites, email, moving desktop files etc. When it comes to [...]

UK iPhone iOS4 Review July 2010

In Aug 2007, I decided to leave my current 12 month phone contract and opted for a Sim only deal. Advantages included were not being tied to a contract, I got a reasonable amount of minutes for my buck, and as a bonus there was the choice of a free bolt on, like free 3G [...]

Technology Creates A Room With A View.

Some rooms could do with a little light, how about a view of the Golden Gate Bridge using a couple of plasmas. But this is not just an image or video playing. As the viewer moves position relative to the plasmas, the view changes also, giving the user a sense that the view is actually [...]

Web Trends : Apple’s iAds

The other day over the Easter break my five year old nephew asked me a straight forward technology based question, he said “Uncle, can you fast forward the adverts on the television because I hate adverts, they are so boring?” When I got in front of the television, I realised he was watching live TV, [...]

Web Trends : Get Started In Online Marketing Today With Inbound Marketing.

10 years ago, marketing your website required the use of simply adding a few popular key words. This was great for bringing in traffic but the conversion rates were well off the mark. As the dot com bubble burst, website owners demanded much more justification for their marketing budgets and this gave rise to the [...]

You Can Help Science Today With The Solar Storm Watch.

Interested in helping scientists to spot explosions on the Sun and tracking them as they travel towards Earth? Then the Solar Storm Watch could be for you, and in fact anyone can be a solar storm watcher thanks to the Internet. Brought to you by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, The Science & Technology Facilities Council [...]

Blur – Mario Kart Meets Burnout …Socially Of Course.

Blur is a game created by Bizarre Creations the people behind the Project Gotham series and Activision the pure play online and console game publisher. Due for release in May later this year, I played a demo version of the game and noticed was a social twist has been placed within the game. Although other [...]

Web Trends : More Social Crowd Funding …This Time It’s Fashion.

Focusing on fashion, consumers will soon be able to fund designers directly through a website called FashionStake in return for credits on clothes. This model offers an alternative to purchasing from retailers and the communication channels of this model allows for the unique opportunity of supporting the creative process. Not sure if it will have [...]

What Does Sony Mean To You?

With the rise of 3D TV during this year Sony is looking to push forwards on all technological fronts. Recently re-styling their Japanese retail store in line with Apple’s clean cut style, they are also looking to launch an online content service that will no doubt be available across their TV’s, Consoles and the Web. [...]

All Web Cams Will Be 3D Soon.

When a new technology arrives it is then integrated across all types of communication channels and changes the services offered by those channels. Recently HD made its way on to our screens, now you can buy phones that allow you to create High Definition video and upload it directly to the web. With the imminent [...]

Some Eyes Are Better Than None.

Sites like http://interneteyes.co.uk do have the grounds for a valid model. If cameras were simply observing just the functional parts of a city, like for example the copper wiring, which serve hundreds of peoples Internet needs then crime could be reduced, or at least the communication of crime may be increased in speed. And if [...]

Under The Wire.

With issues of privacy from intensive marketing campaigns, sharing files across the web, governments controlling web access, the Internet will always continue to provide users with new alternate options for by passing government controls. Haystack provides such a service, providing a proxy like system, that uses encryption to allow communication. Find out more about Haystack [...]

The Digital Economy Bill.

If somebody steals your electricity and commits a crime, is it fair to have your electricity supply vastly reduced, and in some cases cut off. The analogy here is broadband and this is an extreme case, but still possible and not fully covered by the new bill. In addition to digital areas like Domain Names, [...]

Teenage Internet Addicts – UK.

South Korea has provided this type of service to its citizens for at least a couple of years now, and last year I read about a similar type of clinic near Redmond in America. Now the UK has its first facility to help those that feel they are suffering from this type of technological  addiction. [...]