Year: 2012
Facebook updates its super cheesy friendship pages
We'll forgive you for forgetting that friendship pages on Facebook even exist as they're kinda hidden away and a bit rubbish. Up until now they've just documented the friendship between you and a mate or a boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/ex/family member/stalker, whatever, but now they're set to get a fancy new revamp to turn your relationship with them…
WTF: Feeling lonely? This virtual girl will smile at you for a small price
In super creepy news today, if you're feeling a little bit lonely or unloved there's now an iPhone app that will act as your own virtual friend and relentless stalker, so you don't have to go out and have tiring real-life relationships or pay for affection from random strangers. The app called Watching Cute Girl…
OMG: Clear (our fave to-do list app) launches for the Mac
One of our all time favourite iPhone apps, Clear, has made the transition from mobile to Mac today and is set to (fingers crossed) turn us into the most awesome and efficient human beings. Up until now Clear has exclusively been an app for the iPhone, which basically just allows you to write to-do lists.…
Instagram introduces new Facebook-like web profiles for snap happy users
Not content with taking over our mobile lives one rubbish, retro snapshot at a time, super popular photo app Instagram won't just occupy a special place in our phones for much longer, as it's bolstering its web presence and launching shiny new profiles online for its users. Earlier in the year Instagram allowed users to…
Facebook experiments with a separate feed for brand updates
Facebook is always experimenting with new features that are sometimes quickly added to the social network and other times abandoned and deemed really rubbish. Today The Next Web noticed that Facebook has been experimenting by clumping all updates from brands, pages and websites in one place, over at https://www.facebook.com/pages/feed. There's no saying whether this change…
RIP Nyan Cat: Feline that inspired meme dies :(:(:(
Marty, the famous cat who inspired the great Nyan Cat meme, unfortunately passed away last week, causing lots of sad faces for fans of cats, memes and the crazy web. Luckily the meme Nyan Cat isn't real, so he can live in our hearts and on our screens pooping a never-ending rainbow for eternity. Or…
Top 5 ways to kick your Facebook addiction and stop it driving you crazy
Most of you will have seen Facebook's efforts to compare the social network to all kinds of things on its official page. For instance, did you know Facebook is just like Halloween? A swimming pool? A chair? No neither did we, but the quirky new "Facebook is like..." campaign has certainly got people talking for…
Skype launches prepaid gift cards to the UK
Everyone's favourite video calling service, Skype, has started selling its prepaid cards in the UK today after signing a number of deals with leading shops. Skype has teamed up with big players, like Asda, Currys, Asda, PC World, WHSmith and Sainsburys, meaning the prepaid cards will be on sale at more than 1,400 stores across…
Remember, remember the 5th of November: Anonymous begins its hacking spree
Updated 6 November Infamous hacktivist group Anonymous has begun a series of attacks on high profile websites and organisations today in order to celebrate the 5th of November and the collective's poster boy, Guy Fawkes. According to reports and rumours this morning, members associated with the group (and some that are not) have defaced the…
Is Twitter set to take on Instagram?
It seems like every photo app and every social network has, at some time or another, tried to "take on" Instagram and give the super popular retro app some stiff competition. Well now it's Twitter's turn, because according to a report in the New York Times this weekend, the micro-blogging platform is set to add…