Category: Websites
Hype Check: Why the BBC's iWonder 'App' isn't quite so wondrous
There's lots of noise in the tech community this morning about the BBC's launch of their 'iWonder' platform – which is being called the corporation's first foray into "second screen" technology. However, on closer inspection they appear to have invented,…
Fact Checking The Daily Mail: Using the Wii to apply for benefits
The Daily Mail is in typical outrage-mode today as it breathlessly reports on how people are now going to be able to apply for welfare using their Nintendo Wii. Apparently an organisation called Looking Local have been contracted to provide…
TankTopTV launches – lets you compare the catalogues of different streaming services
If you can't decide between Blinkbox or Lovefilm, then TankTopTV could really help you out. The new website, which has just launched will help you figure out which of 22 different TV streaming services has the show that you're looking…
Tottenham Turfies launches: A Moshi Monsters rival for young Spurs fans
This is a guest post by Chris Waddams, Spurs fanatic and writer for www.thfc1882.com. Tottenham Hotspur football club have launched their new website Tottenham Turfies, a Moshi Monsters rival aimed at young Spurs fans. They claim that it is the…
Amazon UK introduce £10 minimum spend for free super-saver delivery, with notable exceptions
As of today, Amazon UK will no longer be offering their customers the free super-saver delivery unless they spend a minimum of £10 in a single order. The company will however include some notable exceptions to this rule, with DVDs,…
Yahoo Fantasy Football relaunches in time for Premier League kick-off – now with full mobile support
Fancy yourself as an armchair Arsene Wenger? Then you'll be wanting to sign up for a new season of Yahoo's popular (and now revamped) Fantasy Football league. For the first time ever, the league is now fully optimised for all…
Royal baby news blocker launched by The Guardian
Here's one for all you Republicans out there, sick to the teeth with news on the royal baby, child of Prince William and Kate "The Duchess of Cambridge" Middleton due anytime now. The Guardian have prepared a "Republican?" filtering button…
Valve reveal Pipeline, a web resource for aspiring game developers
Valve, the development team behind the Half-Life and Portal series and the Steam PC gaming digital distribution platform, have revealed Pipeline, a new web resource designed to aid teenagers looking to get into the games industry. Pipeline will offer information…
Just Giving introduces 'One Touch' donations to mobile. Predicts 70 per cent mobile traffic in 2014
Online giving platform JustGiving has revamped its mobile donation process in order to make donating to causes faster and simpler, it claims. The new 'one-touch' process remembers your details and preferences when you donate on your mobile so you don't…
New look Flickr adds 1TB of storage for all users
Flickr has just received a massive redesign, and with the fresh lick of paint for the photo-hosting service also comes the news that all users will now have 1TB of storage space to fill up through the site. The site's…