Experts are warning owners of smart devices monitoring their behaviors should accept that some of their privacy will be lost. Professor Will Stewart of the UK’s Institution of Engineering and…
“Kill-switch” anti-theft tools added to iPhones and Android devices seem to be acting as a real deterrent to criminals. Authorities in the US and the UK have revealed significant drops…
The owners of controversial social media site Ask.fm have admitted that they considered closing down the service after it was linked to a number of teen suicides. The service was…
Music video streaming service Vevo says that it has recorded over 10 billion monthly views for the first time ever. It clocked 10,335,997,898 views in January, a stunning 86% increase…
Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo has said that his company “sucks” at dealing with abusive behavior. A leaked memo to staff featured Costolo admitting that cyber-bullying on Twitter was causing…
Photographs of acclaimed actor Michael Fassbender portraying late Apple boss Steve Jobs have been published by UK newspaper the Daily Mail. Filming for a new Jobs biopic began recently, with…
Rapper 50 Cent has expressed disagreement with Taylor Swift, saying that streaming services like Spotify don’t undervalue the work of musicians. Blank Space singer Swift removed her music from streaming…
Google’s latest profits have fallen short of expectations. The tech giant reported a Q4 profit of $4.76 billion, a year-on-year rise of 30%, yet this was significantly lower than Wall…
YouTube has decided to drop Flash support. The Google-owned video streaming service is making HTML5 the standard format for videos played back through their site. All videos streamed via Safari…
The National Football League has launched a YouTube channel in the run-up to the Super Bowl. Fans of particular teams will now see the channel appearing on their screens when…
Facebook has said it was responsible for a fault that sent several high-profile services offline on Tuesday 27th. An outage led to users of services including Facebook and Instagram being…
Facebook have released an algorithm designed to prevent users from seeing fake stories. Users across the world have been duped into believing hoax stories, but changes being made to Facebook’s…
WhatsApp are locking out users attempting to access its service through the unauthorized WhatsApp Plus app for 24 hours. The messaging service – which is owned by Facebook – says…
Twitter are telling users to stop posting Instagram links. The micro-blogging service has asked high-profile users to post photos directly to Twitter instead, saying this will ensure “your fans always…
Twitter has added a new recap service for iOS users. The service is designed to help users see relevant and popular tweets quickly. The feature was first talked about in…
