Justin Timberlake has teamed up with a US advertising company to buy Myspace from Rupert Murdoch’s Newscorp.

Timberlake bought the social network for $35 million dollars, a fraction of the $580m that Murdoch paid for the company back in 2005.

The singer turned actor, who starred as Facebook invester Sean Parker in the critically acclaimed film The Social Network, has taken an ownership stake alongside advertising agency, Specific Media.… - Read More >

Yeovil Town’s boss has asked Twitter followers to recommend players for him.

Terry Skiverton has asked his Twitter followers to recommend footballers to him as he can not afford a thorough scouting system at the club to scour for players.

Yeovil Town’s manager, who turned 36 three days ago, is urging his 3,300 followers on the micro-blogging social media site to tweet him with details of any players that fans have seen on their travels.

The Somerset club are gearing … - Read More >

Study reveals that the UK are not especially enthused by new 3D technology

Informa Media and Telecoms has recently carried out research indicating that by 2016 as many as 11 million households will own a 3D television, and yet only 42% of these people will use them for their intended purpose.

The research suggests that as many as 58% of people will use the technology for regular viewing or to watch non-3D content.

Adam Thomas, from Informa Media and Telecoms, … - Read More >

Knitting and golfing seem to have lost their appeal as grandparents embrace social networking.

Watch out for friend requests from grandpa and grandma.

Capturing the imagination of teenagers, twenty-somethings and thirty-year-olds, Facebook has become a firm fixture in the lives of millions of people looking to stay in touch with friends, network with colleagues and catch up on gossip.

But now it’s the turn of the silver surfer to try his hand at social networking and experience the pros and … - Read More >

Google could face investigations from the FTC.

American federal regulators to issue court orders against Google.

Google are amongst a group of companies that could face investigation by US federal regulators over business practices and how they return search results. The search giants will be scrutinised under a probe by the American Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after the regulators issue court orders to do so.

The FTC will be looking specifically into whether or not Google manipulates search results to … - Read More >

Firefox is increasing its development and release schedule to keep up with the competition

The new version of Firefox is due out soon and it’s becoming apparent that Mozilla is starting to feel some pressure from Google and its rolling releases of Chrome. Chrome has been pushing the support envelope for new web standards with CSS animation and improved html5 canvas effects, and with its rolling one install and your done update system Firefox is started to look a little … - Read More >

Automatic updates offered by Precreate Solutions.

Security specialists to offer automated updates for holidaymakers.

Security specialists Precreate Solutions have launched a new service that will provide holidaymakers with updates on their social media accounts. The idea is that the updates will fool potential burglars into avoiding the property. The company said it came up with the idea after a number of clients reported having their homes broken into after mentioning holidays on social networking sites.

For a fee the … - Read More >

Google and the British Library are in the process of scanning and uploading 250,000 books to the internet.

Google are working with the British Library to create a new app where users can access rare and out-of-print books.

The books are texts dating from 1700 and 1870 and are on a range of different topics. Google insists that the project isn’t for both companies to see financial benefit, but to provide an academic service.

The out-of-copyright books are currently being … - Read More >

The internet could be inundated with new suffixes from next year.

Icann have announced that they are to increase the number of suffixes available at the end of internet domain names from as early as next year.

Currently there are 22 generic top-level domain suffixes including .org, .gov, .com and .edu with each serving a particular purpose, whilst there are around 250 country domain names such as .uk or .fr.

The new resolution was passed by a majority vote in … - Read More >

Darwin evolves to enter the digital era

Cambridge University has finally made the decision to digitise Charles Darwin’s personal library, in an attempt to allow readers to better understand his influences and theories.

As well as scanning in Darwin’s library, the university has also made the decision to include his personal notes and annotations within the digital copies. This should allow Darwin scholars to have a better appreciation of the man and his thinking.

The major benefit of these digital … - Read More >

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