On Facebook, you have no right to use fake name, a German court finds

Facebook can force its users to use their real names on the site but a German data protection agency believes…

11 years ago

PlayStation 4 will be backwards compatible, sort of

Sony's next generation games console will be backwards compatible, but not in the sense that we're accustomed to. The PlayStation…

11 years ago

Just like Twitter, Facebook admits it was victim of a “sophisticated” zero-day hack in January

Facebook has admitted that it was victim of a zero-day hack, targeting Java, in January, similar to the one that…

11 years ago

Here’s what not to do: Four great examples of social media fails

With great power comes great responsibility. Somebody famous once said that. With almost a third of the world’s population connected…

11 years ago

Want to provide better service to your users? Get rid of your old feedback button

European start-up CanvasDropr wanted to provide a better level of service to its users, so it got rid of its…

11 years ago

More updates released for Google Now, but the app’s biggest flaw remains unfixed

Google Now is great but after four major updates to the app, why hasn't Google fixed its most significant flaw…

11 years ago

Opera Web browser reaches 300 million users, adopts WebKit layout engine

Big changes are afoot at Opera - the alternative Internet browser software developer - as the Norwegian company announced its…

11 years ago

Anti-transaction fraud start-up TrustEv closes successful first investment round

Just two weeks after launching the social-based anti transaction fraud start-up, TrustEv, has closed its angel investment round.

11 years ago

Netflix gets Turbo with original DreamWorks series

Netflix and DreamWorks plan on disrupting the TV industry with the release of a series called Turbo on the TV…

11 years ago

Seismic activity from North Korea’s latest nuclear test recorded in Ireland

Energy generated from North Korea's latest nuclear test has been recorded as far away as Ireland, with Irish seismometers in…

11 years ago

What happens when someone tries to hack your Gmail account?

When Google sent me an email today saying my Gmail account had been hacked, this is what I did (and…

11 years ago

Profile: Designed by M, bringing personality & style to your iPhone

We speak to Design by M, the team behind the stylish increasingly popular Al13 iPhone and iPhone 5 bumpers.

11 years ago

Twitter now supports LOLCAT language. KTHXBYE!

Twitter has added lolcat to its list of supported languages, bringing an extra layer of localisation and personalisation to the…

11 years ago

This Valentine’s Day remember – Facebook & Twitter are not romantic #infographic

Remember this Valentine’s Day Facebook & Twitter are not the most romantic ways to say I love you.

11 years ago

Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner confirms deletion of Facebook facial recognition data in the EU

Both the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) and the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Germany…

11 years ago

200 million users are LinkedIn, are you? #infographic

LinkedIn announces that it has over 200 million users around the world - this infographic shows which countries use the…

11 years ago

iTunes has sold more than 25 billion songs, 15,000 downloaded every minute

Music lovers have purchased and downloaded more than 25 billion songs from the iTunes Store, Apple, as creators of "the…

11 years ago

Instagram continues to abandon mobile-only approach, further expands to desktop web

Instagram is continuing to abandon its mobile-only approach as the company's co-founder, Kevin Systrom, today announced that, for the first…

11 years ago

Profile: Zime app & the psychology of helping you manage your time better

We speak to the developers of Zime to see why they took on the challenge of developing a new calendar…

11 years ago

Facebook now has 50 million brand Pages, 10 million apps

Facebook now has more than 50 million brand Pages and 10 million apps, according to a mandatory annual report filed…

11 years ago