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, [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Blippy – Fancy Telling The World What & When You Buy Online.

Blippy is a site that allows you to share your online purchasing habits with fellow Internet users. On their website they say that Blippy is a fun and easy way to see and discuss what everyone is buying. It works in a similar way to Twitter, in that you follow other users purchasing habits and [...]

#Hashtags – A Way To Follow Trending Topics On The Web.

Many people are used to following people on Twitter. But did you know you can follow topics of conversation by following a topic’s Hashtag. For example, yesterday I blogged about ‘Mothers Who Blog’, but to follow some of the topics around this post I followed the hashtag ‘#bloggybootcamp’ using my TweetDeck. This way I could [...]

Mothers Who Blog.

Well done to all those mothers out there who have decided to blog, and thank you to the New York Times for giving this growing marketplace some PR. Whether your a pushy mum, or just someone you wants to communicate the joys of bringing up children there are many reasons why mothers would blog. The [...]

Get A Job Using Your iPhone.

Save time when looking for a new job with this iPhone app from the Job Centre. Not to worry if you don’t have an iPhone, the database is accessible via the web. Find out more about the iPhone App at : http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/jobcentreplus/id357812200?mt=8 Access the job center database online at : http://jobseekers.direct.gov.uk/homepage.aspx?sessionid=0cceb4f7-9de0-4c4b-b95f-ba2439957f07&pid=2

Need To Back Up Your Facebook, Flickr Data Etc.

This is a post that comes from following fellow Tweeters. Having only recently re-joined the social networking scene, one of the things that is quite clear is the reliance on social media. Sure social media is big, and its evolving fast, more and more people are joining every day, but if that is the case, [...]

Web Trends : Where Is Facebook Headed?

Facebook is in its prime. Having received $240 million from Microsoft and introducing the Ad system in 2007, the number of users has gone from strength to strength. But where is Facebook going? At the moment Facebook can not only be accessed directly but through various other sites and platforms like Xbox. This is thanks [...]

Is it a Browser? Is it a Search Engine? No… it’s TiVo Premiere.

Watching television and movies is a major part of my life. Being brought up during the 80′s using Video Recorders I saw at first hand how Betamax lost to VHS in the video rental market. What did happen during that struggle was I developed a need to control what I liked by recording it directly [...]

Web Browsers – It’s a love hate relationship.

I love browsers. Hey, it’s the reason we surf the web. But lately they have thrown up more issues than need be required. Let’s take a closer look at why I love and hate web browsers. People use different web browsers for different reasons. These reasons range from ‘I have no choice, my company has [...]