Major server error brings down Facebook [UPDATED]

14 years ago

UPDATE: As of 10pm GMT the site is back up and functioning correctly. Facebook is in the process of fixing…

News of the World to go behind a paywall next month

14 years ago

News International, a British newspaper publisher owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, is to place a third title, The News…

Twitter to sell highly targeted ads

14 years ago

In this week's other piece of Twitter related news the social networking giant has been outlining its soon-to-be-updated advertising structure.…

Irish journalist to live blog life in Zambian village

14 years ago

In what will stand to be a major test of the social good of new media technologies Irish journalist Ciara…

Facebook improves user experience around social gaming

14 years ago

Today Facebook announced a number of new features that give its users more control over the updates they see in…

Gmail app in Android Market gets Froyo only update

14 years ago

A new version of the Gmail app in Android Market has been released with some welcome usability updates.

Twitter, a victim of its own success?

14 years ago

As the hack-prone Twitter website was again rendered unusable by a serious security flaw today Twitter users were quick to…

Foursquare 2.0 now available on the Apple App Store

14 years ago

Foursquare have released version 2.0 of their popular location-based app on the Apple App Store, with Android and Blackberry updates…

VLC Player to become available on the iPad

14 years ago

iPad users can breath a sigh of relief as VLC announces the launch of its Media Player on the App…

Have QR-Codes gone mainstream because of Linken Park?

14 years ago

The neo-punk rockers are publicising the release of 'A Thousand Suns' with the inclusion of QR-codes on billboard advertising. The…

Alternative search engine Cuil shuts down after two years

14 years ago

Alternative search engine Cuil has shut down permanently after a little over two years in operation.

Social photo sharing site Flickr reaches five billion uploads

14 years ago

Flickr’s popularity continues to grow with the service quietly celebrating its five billionth photo upload.

Sky’s the Limit

14 years ago

Tens of thousands of Sky HD customers across the UK and Ireland have been temporarily locked out of their digital…

Is Facebook building a phone? [UPDATED]

14 years ago

Rumours have started to surface that Facebook is secretly building a phone. Similar to the iPhone and Google’s Nexus One,…