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News
Citizen Journalists
With the Iranian government preventing journalists from reporting on the demonstrations, young Iranians have been using Twitter and YouTube to tell the world what is happening.
Bing's first month in the UK a success
Bing, Microsoft’s new search engine, has enjoyed a successful first month in the UK since its launch on the 3rd June.
Digital Britain Report fails to impress
The Digital Britain Report was unveiled by Ben Bradsaw, Culture Secretary, last month sparking criticism for offering too many recommendations and not enough direct orders.
Comment
Bing - What it means for you
With Microsoft’s launch of the new search engine “Bing”, they hoped to bring to the marketplace an alternative to the existing search solutions. Not aiming to be a “Google killer”, Bing is an “answer engine”.
Bitesize
Romance in the digital age
Romance publishing giants Mills & Boon are to make their books available for instant download on mobile phones.
The 'web devil' strikes China
New PCs bought in China are now to include sophisticated software which can filter out ‘unhealthy information’ from the internet.
Sing a song for your friends
Californian based GreetBeatz.com is taking personalised gifts to a whole new level by offering customers the chance to commission songs for their friends via Facebook.
Twitter enters real estate business
As Twitter contemplates how best to make the most of its recent publicity, it would seem other would-be entrepreneurs are already starting to cash in on its success.
The Numbers Page
Men are bigger Tweeters than women
Despite recent studies showing that women dominate social media, it would appear Twitter is actually driven more by men.
How we communicate we other
North Americans and Europeans are more likely to use email as their primary form of communication than those in the Asia-Pacific region, where instant messaging is more popular.
The browser wars
As reported in last month’s Leveller, Google recently released an updated version of its browser Chrome 2.