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Tumblr users anger as site sold to Yahoo! for $1.1 billion

Tumblr users anger as site sold to Yahoo! for $1.1 billion

So Yahoo! has bought blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Tumblr is a mico-blogging platform for quickly posting pictures, text…

What do ten per cent of Facebook users have in common with my pet cat?

What do ten per cent of Facebook users have in common with my pet cat?

Well the answer is that, just like my cat, none of them are human. Facebook now has one billion users…

A closer look at the all new Google+

A closer look at the all new Google+

I know a few people who never really got Google+ and if I am being honest I would include myself…

Twitter Chief Executive Dick Costolo steps down as director of Twitter UK

Twitter Chief Executive Dick Costolo steps down as director of Twitter UK

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has resigned as director of the micro-blogging site’s UK arm Twitter UK. According to Sky News,…

YouTube launches 53 paid subscription channels from 99 cents per month

YouTube launches 53 paid subscription channels from 99 cents per month

YouTube has launched a pilot program where it will offer 53 paid subscription channels starting at just 99 cents per…

YouTube said to be launching paid subscriptions from this week

YouTube said to be launching paid subscriptions from this week

Google is poised to introduce new paid subscriptions for specialist video channels on YouTube, it has been claimed. According to…

Be happy and tweet more news to get extra Twitter followers

Be happy and tweet more news to get extra Twitter followers

It seems there is a right way and wrong way to go about getting people to like you on Twitter….

YouTube has overtaken traditional TV says Google’s Eric Schmidt

YouTube has overtaken traditional TV says Google’s Eric Schmidt

YouTube is more popular than traditional television and has overtaken the TV set as of the viewing platform of choice,…

Mobile chat apps overtake SMS text messages for first time ever

Mobile chat apps overtake SMS text messages for first time ever

Messages sent on mobile chat apps have overtaken those sent by the more traditional SMS for the first time ever,…

Is Facebook too boring? 1.4 million British users log off in a month

Is Facebook too boring? 1.4 million British users log off in a month

For some time now I have been more than a little bored with Facebook. I have even touched on this…

Social Video platform Spreecast launches mobile streaming for iOS and Android

Social Video platform Spreecast launches mobile streaming for iOS and Android

Social video platform Spreecast has launched an iPhone app and now offers live streaming via mobile web. With Spreecast users…

Twitter hackers target news site and tell world terrorists have hit White House

Twitter hackers target news site and tell world terrorists have hit White House

Syrian hackers have targeted the Associated Press Twitter account and posted that two bomb blasts had rocked the White House….

Advertisers angered as ads shown on Facebook pages about rape and violence

Advertisers angered as ads shown on Facebook pages about rape and violence

Angry advertisers have hit out after their ads were shown on Facebook group pages featuring rape and violence. Vodafone, Dove…

Would you pay up to £10 to message a celebrity on Facebook?

Would you pay up to £10 to message a celebrity on Facebook?

Facebook has started charging its UK users up to £10 to send messages to their favourite celebrities. It has used…

Facebook puts people before apps with launch of Home for Android

Facebook puts people before apps with launch of Home for Android

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg launched a new feature for Android phones today,which he said puts people before apps. The new…

Goodbye YouTube it was nice knowing you…

Goodbye YouTube it was nice knowing you…

YouTube say they are working hard to find the best video ever submitted in the eight years it has been…

After three years of rumors are we about to finally see the Facebook Android phone?

After three years of rumors are we about to finally see the Facebook Android phone?

As rumors go, this one has been around for years and years…that Facebook is about to launch its own smartphone….

OMG Twitter is seven-years-old today #HappyBirthdayTwitter

OMG Twitter is seven-years-old today #HappyBirthdayTwitter

Twitter celebrates its seventh birthday today with an amazing 200 million users worldwide to help it do so. It has…

If YouTube was a country it would be the third largest in the world

If YouTube was a country it would be the third largest in the world

YouTube has hit the one billion a month viewers milestone  as the popularity of the video-sharing site continues to grow….

Time to say best wishes to kind regards and yours sincerely?

Time to say best wishes to kind regards and yours sincerely?

For many of us it is that awkward moment at the end of every email. Just exactly what is the…