Category: Websites
Companies to be given option to swap .co.uk domains for .uk instead
Ever thought that the .co.uk web address was just three characters too long? Well so do Nominet, the company who controls domain names in the UK. They're proposing that some companies be offered .uk domains instead, knocking off three keystrokes…
Vimeo "Tip Jar" lets video creators monetise their work
Users of the Vimeo video hosting service can now monetise their clips thanks to a raft of new features being rolled out from today. Kicking off with the "Tip Jar", viewers will be able offer up some cash for a…
Turn Wikipedia pages into eBooks with new export option
Wikipedia have added a handy new feature to their online, crowd-sourced encyclopaedia, allowing users to download pages in eBook formats for offline reading. Users now have the option to export pages in EPUB, PDF, OpenDocument and OpenZIM files, meaning that…
Introducing Offbeatr, the Kickstarter for crowd-funded porn
Kickstarter is proving the go-to online stomping ground for the modern, budding entrepreneur, letting them present ideas and projects to a wide, receptive audience who (so far at least) seem very willing to dip into their pockets and take a…
Digg sells for just $500,000, $174.5 million LESS than peak value
Oh dear, you've really gotta feel for the Digg team today. Once a web behemoth, the link-sharing site has sold for a fraction of what it had once been valued at. New York based Betaworks (who also own link-shortening service…
Wikipedia founder calls for meeting with Home Secretary following streaming student's extradition to the US
Jimmy Wales, founder of online crowd-soured encyclopaedia Wikipedia, has called for a meeting with Home Secretary Theresa May following the extradition of a British student to the US on the grounds that he facilitated piracy. Richard O'Dwyer faces ten years…
"Troll Bill" could mean the end of web nasties. But will it cost us our web freedom too?
Trolls: as pervasive on the web as trojans, dodgy porn and those picture you just knew you should have deleted from your camera. Spouting out abusive comments on chat rooms, social networks and forums, the era of the web troll…
Vimeo update makes adding a soundtrack to your clips simple
Vimeo have updated their video hosting service today, making it easier than ever to add top-notch soundtracks to your uploaded clips. Following on from their Vimeo Music Store update, the company have now added an Enhancer function that lets users…
Amanda Palmer breaks Kickstarter music records with $1million album fund
Former Dresden Dolls singer Amanda Palmer has broken all previous Kickstarter music funding records, with her fans helping her raise $1,000,000 for new album Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra. Initially looking to raise $100,000 in pre-orders and fan…
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to be extradited to Sweden following sex crime allegations
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited to Sweden after losing his latest appeal in the ongoing case relating to his alleged sex crimes. Accused of rape and sexual assault by two former volunteers, the whistle-blowing website's figurehead's appeal had…