Author: Will Head
Ask gets a shiny new look, is Google bothered?
Will Head writes… Reliable number four search engine Ask has unveiled its shiny new interface – which is all web 2.0-y, with shiny graduations and the like. To see the new look, you'll have to make sure you're looking at…
Amazon starts touting its wares on Twitter
Will Head writes… Amazon is the latest company to jump on the micro-blogging bandwagon and start pushing its products on Twitter. The online retailer is putting its latest special offers on its Twitter page so you can easily keep up…
Has Google gone too far with its Street View photos?
Will Head writes… Earlier in the week, Google added the new Street View feature to its Maps site, allowing people to see photos of selected areas in certain cities. The pictures were taken using from a van driving along the…
Google Gears untethers online applications
Will Head writes… When is an online app not an online app? When it’s running offline. With the help of some clever jiggery pokery from those crafty Google engineers it could soon become a reality. Gears is Google’s new browser…
Microsoft gets all touchy feely with Surface
Will Head writes… It would be great to sneak into the deepest, darkest, most top secret research labs at Microsoft for a day and just see what bizarre ideas its engineers have got stacked away, waiting for the right time…
One million Zunes down…
Will Head writes… Despite the nay-sayers stating no one would buy a Microsoft branded MP3 player over Apple’s little darling, it looks like it’s shifted its millionth unit already – just before its self-imposed June deadline. It took Apple 14…
Are mobile downloads overpriced?
Will Head writes… Is it unfair that downloads from mobile phones cost more than those on a PC, or does the network operator deserve to make back some of the money it’s invested in setting up and maintaining the network?…
Are Google and Dell up to something naughty?
Will Head writes… In an effort to improve revenues on its PC sales – where margins are notoriously slim even if you run a lean, mean, just-in-time delivery machine – Dell has teamed up with Google to bring in a…
Want to be a video star?
Will Head writes… The rumours about proper American broadcasting company snapping up online video show Wallstrip have turned out to be true. Founder Howard Lindzon confirmed the deal, where else, but on his blog. He didn’t specify whether it went…
Would you buy a phone from Google?
Will Head writes… The latest rumour doing the rounds is that Google is gearing up to launch its own phone service in the UK. It’s not suggesting the the company is putting together its own handset, rather you’ll pay it…
