Social networks have received poor publicity over the past few days but are still used more than ever.

Social media networks have not had the best of publicity over the past few days with the news that Facebook has been storing cookies it shouldn’t and Spotify having to tell its users how to keep their music choices private.

This has led to a wave of protests about how social media network systems are able to either spy on or publish personal choices … - Read More >

The ever evolving social media site Facebook has infringed on members privacy in the past but now it may have gone too far.

The site has been recording the browsing actions of off-line users.

Facebook is a place to chat to your friends and see what other people are doing. You can like pages, use the new music features or just add to your existing network of acquaintances; or so you thought.

A discovery has recently been made that may make people think … - Read More >

Facebook is moving into the American political mainstream.

Social network giant Facebook has confirmed that it wants to set up a political action committee (Pac) on Capitol Hill after filing the paperwork necessary to the Federal Election Committee.

The move will allow the company to establish FB Pac, thereby giving them authorisation to channel funds to American politicians and political parties that it likes.

Facebook has come under scrutiny from the U.S. federal government who are looking into ways of regulating the social network … - Read More >

Celebrating its 13th anniversary, Google has uploaded a new commemorative birthday scene

If you happen to go to Google.com today then you’ll see a new Google logo featuring balloons, streamers,  candles and a cake.

The scene has been designed to celebrate the search engines 13th birthday, which is officially on September 27th.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the designers of Google, first put together the search engine in 1996 but it wasn’t until 1998 that it evolved into the Google … - Read More >

New domain names to be considered next year.

High profile cities could have their own top level domains in the future.

The official promotional agency for London will apply for a top level web domain for the city next year to boost its profile.

Securing the .London domain would help the capital to continue on in its mission to become a leader in digital innovation, according to London & Partners.

Gordon Innes, CEO of London & Partners said: “London … - Read More >

Facebook update integrates music and movies.

The new update aims to turn Facebook into an online media hub.

The latest Facebook update has integrated new features into the social network that promote media sharing. The main focus (so far) has been on music. Spotify has been included directly into the new timeline that has been added above chat to the right hand side of the screen. The new features have been revealed in conjunction with the f8 conference with more … - Read More >

Make your life easier with a few good WordPress plugins

If you use WordPress on a regular basis there you have probably noticed, that as amazing as WordPress is, it would benefit from a few extra features.  Cue the fine selection of WordPress plugins out there allowing you to extend your site and blog to do more than Automatic intended you too.

Custom Field Template

Custom Field Template makes it easy to create a drop down selection of custom fields … - Read More >

Interesting ways of learning about grammar work to improve student comprehension.

Manipulating grammar in an exciting way is more successful than traditional teaching methods.

Teaching the rules of grammar in a fun and engaging way leads to better writing skills in the long term, according to the findings of a new study.

Researchers at Exeter University carried out an experiment on 700 school pupils from 31 secondary schools to assess whether their abilities would improve if the style of teaching … - Read More >

Google has recently created it’s own social network.

To join the network you needed to have an invite from somebody who was already a member of Google+, until now.

Google+ is finally open to everyone following a short trial period where only those who were invited could create an account.

Previously, invitations were sent out by existing users.  However, anybody can sign up to the free social network now that the invite policy has been removed.

When you visit the … - Read More >

All three main UK political leaders have a Google+ account.

The leaders of the three largest political parties in the United Kingdom have all joined Google+ in time for their respective party conferences which began last Friday.

Labour leader Ed Miliband was joined by the coalition government party leaders David Cameron and Nick Clegg as they unveiled their profiles as part of their strategies to reach as wide an audience as possible across the British Isles.

With September’s party conferences well … - Read More >

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