Twitter suggests who to follow according to your web history
Separate the wheat from the chaff
Twitter is changing the way it recommends to its users who to follow based on the websites they frequent.
Previously, when a new Tweeter signs up the suggestions tend to be the likes of Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian and Rihanna. In other words those with mammoth amounts of followers.
However, the new [...]
Jamie Oliver and Victoria Pendleton on hand to launch Samsung Hope Relay app for Android and iPhone
Charities earn pounds as you shed ‘em
Samsung has teamed with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and British Olympic gold medallist Victoria Pendleton to launch an application for Android, iPhone and Samsung Wave handsets that donates ?1 to a host of charities every time you run, walk or cycle a mile.
The Samsung Hope Relay app is free [...]
Jamie Oliver and Victoria Pembleton on hand to launch Samsung Hope Relay app for Android and iPhone
Charities earn pounds as you shed ‘em
Samsung has teamed with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and British Olympic gold medallist Victoria Pembleton to launch an application for Android, iPhone and Samsung Wave handsets that donates ?1 to a host of charities every time you run, walk or cycle a mile.
The Samsung Hope Relay app is free [...]
Facebook trialling ‘pay to promote posts’ in New Zealand
Would you shell out?
Facebook users in New Zealand are being given the option of paying to highlight particular wall posts and updates.
Payments of 25p, 50p and even ?1.25 have already been paid to the social network via credit card and PayPal. In return Facebook will promote posts by keeping them at the top of news [...]
Assassin’s Creed III trailer unveiled after fans social networking campaign
October 2012 release
A preview video of the next instalment of Assassin’s Creed has been released and boy does it look good.
Set in Boston, during the American Civil War, there’s plenty of bloodthirsty violence, some cigar smoking and even a hungry bear to whet our gaming appetite.
The game itself introduces a new assassin who goes by [...]
Birds tweet at Peckingham Palace
Luxury bird house features “Tweetdeck”
A bespoke metre-long bird box has been commissioned by garden woodcare specialist Cuprinol in time to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. As well as eerily representing Her Majesty’s London residence, it features a “Tweetdeck”, allowing visiting birds to post their movements on Twitter.
Peckingham Palace showcases five shades of Cuprinol’s limited edition?Jubilee [...]
BlackBerry Curve 9320 officially leaked, on sale in the UK soon
For the socially connected
Research In Motion has revealed the BlackBerry Curve 9320 – a new device it claims is a “stylish new smartphone for the socially-connected.”
The new handset, which was previously revealed in the UK by T-Mobile by mistake, has befallen a second mistaken reveal by RIM on its blog, but not before the details [...]
APP OF THE DAY: Echoer review (iPhone)
Community spirit
So far has technology come that we can now read each other’s thoughts through our smartphones. Well of sorts. Echoer is a new social networking app available on the iPhone that enables people to post their thoughts and nuances on their surroundings.
The idea is that you’re able to discover new and exciting places near [...]
It’s official! Exynos 4 Quad processor to drive Samsung Galaxy S3
Sammy confirmation
Samsung has officially announced that its own-brand quad-core processor will be at the heart of the company’s “next Galaxy” device, the Samsung Galaxy S3 (as it is thought to be called). Pocket-lint already reported that the Korean firm was to use an Exynos chip, and we were right.
The Exynos 4 Quad processor is based [...]
Facebook for Windows Phone 2.5 update coming, adds new features
Even more social
Facebook for Windows Phone is about to get a big update according to its developers.
In a Facebook post details of the next version (v2.5) of the social networking app for Microsoft’s mobile platform have been detailed.
“The team has been working hard over the past few weeks on building the next version of Facebook [...]
