YouTube 'VHS Mode' Celebrates Dodgy Video Recorders

YouTube 'VHS Mode' Celebrates Dodgy Video Recorders

Michael Rundle  15.04.2013
This week marks 57 years since the birth of commercial video recorders - and while most of the world has largely abandoned the technology,...
Is This A MURDER Captured On Google Maps?

Is This A MURDER Captured On Google Maps?

13.04.2013
UPDATE: Google Maps 'Murder Scene' Culprit Is Revealed To Be... A Soggy Dog Could this show a murder scene, taken from a Google Earth...
Google Lets Users Plan For Their 'Digital Afterlife'

Google Lets Users Plan For Their 'Digital Afterlife'

Michael Rundle  12.04.2013
What happens to your online data after you die? It sounds morbid, but as more of our lives moves online it's becoming increasingly important...
PICS: Aussie Couple Caught In Awkward Pose By Google Maps

PICS: Aussie Couple Caught In Awkward Pose By Google Maps

11.04.2013
A couple in rural Australia made the most of an appearance by the Google Street View van recently by pretending to have sex for the camera. The...
Google Launches 'Map Maker' In The UK

Google Launches 'Map Maker' In The UK

Michael Rundle  11.04.2013
Google Maps has finally released its Map Maker tool in the UK, allowing users to correct information and add new details to its location...
WATCH: Google Street 'Hyperlapse' Takes Maps Into The Future

WATCH: Google Street 'Hyperlapse' Takes Maps Into The Future

Christopher York  10.04.2013
Not only is Google Street View incredibly useful but - with a bit of clever tweaking - it is also obscenely beautiful and hypnotic. And...
Is Google Being Anti-Competitive?

Is Google Being Anti-Competitive?

Christopher York  10.04.2013
A group of seventeen international technology firms have reported Google to the European Commission for allegedly breaching anti-competitive...
Google And Facebook May Have To Pay Tax On 'Free' Lunches

Google And Facebook May Have To Pay Tax On 'Free' Lunches

Michael Rundle  9.04.2013
Silicon Valley companies like Google and Facebook are famously excellent places to work - with employees treated to great benefits, cool...
Is Google a Cult?

Is Google a Cult?

9.04.2013
If our top ten blogger is to be taken at (stupidly grinning) face value, then Google are breeding an army of employees that cannot envision...

The Ultimate in Social Media Envy?

5.04.2013
A young friend passed away in an accident and to my horror his Facebook profile turned into a virtual memorial of sorts, with people leaving...
IN PICTURES: Facebook Home

IN PICTURES: Facebook Home

4.04.2013
Facebook has unveiled 'Home', a suite of apps designed to turn your phone into a device about apps and into a device "about people". "All...
Will Online Advertising Ever Be Accurate?

Will Online Advertising Ever Be Accurate?

3.04.2013
We are used to the idea that online advertising is increasingly personalised and amended in real time to target those individuals with...
LOOK: The Google Autocomplete Guide To Politicians

LOOK: The Google Autocomplete Guide To Politicians

3.04.2013
Politicians! Want to know how the public see you? Why, simply type your name into Google followed by the word "is"! Yes, we've been doing...
'Bromley Is Crap, Hackney Is Dangerous & Wembley Is A Dump': Google's Autocomplete Guide To London

'Bromley Is Crap, Hackney Is Dangerous & Wembley Is A Dump': Google's Autocomplete Guide To London

Sara C Nelson   3.04.2013
Londoners, take note: Fulham is posh. Sutton is alive. Whitechapel is Satanic. And Lambeth is Britain’s angriest borough. At least...