BT to offer wi-fi to London commuters.

BT are starting a trial that provides wi-fi to London commuters.

BT have announced that they are working towards making wi-fi available for commuters on the London underground.

The communications company will begin a six month trial in November that will offer wi-fi connectivity to the Northern and Bakerloo line platforms. The services will be free to BT customers and any mobile users with free wi-fi capabilities and minutes.… - Read More >

Digg has announced that it will cut a third of its staff in a bid to make it more profitable.

The social news bookmarking site will lose around 37 per cent of its employees in order to streamline its staff and increase its revenue.

Their small staff base will be culled from 67 to 42 with the goal of getting their accounts back on track by 2011.

The concept of Digg is about as simple as it gets: it enables … - Read More >

‘Simples’, ‘tweetheart’ and ‘bigotgate’ – new words that have been added to the dictionary.

Collins Dictionary has included some extra words in its newest edition.

The changing nature of modern vocabulary has been reflected in the addition of a selection of new words, phrases and acronyms deemed popular enough to be canonised in the latest edition of Collins English Dictionary this week.

‘Fauxmance’, ‘Cleggmania’ and ‘panic button’ are just a few of the modern terms included in the publication, indicating … - Read More >

Two online giants are to upgrade their content as they compete against their competitors in the social media market

Microsoft and Yahoo are to upgrade their social media content and systems as both look to keep apace with the rapid social media revolution.

Two of the world’s biggest firms are re-evaluating their business roles as they look to keep up with the pace of social media.

Both Microsoft and Yahoo are looking to further integrate themselves with very profitable social … - Read More >

Google’s Street View project sparks new privacy concerns

Google collects private email details during controversial Street View project and sparks major worries about personal privacy

Search engine giant Google is in trouble this week after it announced it had collected personal data during its Street View project earlier this year.

At the time it assured the public no “significant” personal details has been collected, however the search engine has now admitted that personal emails and passwords were copied during the … - Read More >

Apple tops technology-heavy Christmas lists this year.

According to a survey conducted for the Duracell Toy Report, technology is taking precedence this Christmas, with the three products topping lists this year manufactured by ever-increasing technology giants, Apple.

Approximately 39% of children aged between five to sixteen said that they would be putting Apple products at the top of their lists. The iPhone 4 ranks first with a 14% share, closely followed by the iPod touch with 13% and the iPad … - Read More >

A new fund has been created to help online entrepreneurs.

Online giants such as Facebook and Amazon have created a fund to help budding online businesses.

Facebook, Zynga and Amazon have announced that they will invest in  entrepreneurs that develop services and applications for social media websites.

The ‘sFund’ will be created to help budding entrepreneurs that design and create programmes specifically for social media sites. It will also provide advice and networking opportunities to new companies. The largest contribution, … - Read More >

Well Google has been busy lately, with Google instant popping up last month and the magnifying glass this week, it is clear that we are in a Google experimentation period.

The experiment this week is a magnifying glass that allows users to hover over search results and see a preview of the page (see picture).… - Read More >

Apple iPhone sales have finally overtaken RIM’s BlackBerry to become the smartphone kings.

Apple have managed to sell 14.1 million iPhones in the July to September quarter, while BlackBerry have been dragging their heels at 12.4 million.

The rise of the smartphone is something of a phenomenon as it documents a changing tide for social media, with more and more people reliant on accessing social media as a primary means of daily communication. Essentially, smartphones offer increased computing technology compared … - Read More >

An article discussing an online crusade led by quirky campaigners hoping to abolish the use of the Comic Sans Font.

A blog about typefaces and the work of the eccentric activists at bancomicsans.com.

Fonts and typefaces have an innate character and can therefore reflect the nature of the content of a website.

The popular Times New Roman and Helvetica fonts look neutral, have a great clarity and can be used in a diverse selection of sites dealing with finance and … - Read More >

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