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With Christchurch still in turmoil after today’s devastating earthquake, Paul Nicholls of the University of Canterbury, N.Z. has created a fascinating – and rather disturbing – animated map plotting seismic …
Christchurch Quake Map reveals relentless earthquake activity Read MoreA Google Crisis Response page has been created in the wake of Christchurch’s deadly earthquake, which hit New Zealand’s south island with a magnitude of 6.3 at 1251 (2351 GMT) on 22 February, …
Christchurch earthquake: Google Crisis Response page goes live Read MoreThe Telegraph Media Group (TMG) – publishers of the Tory-lovin’ UK newspaper, The Daily Telegraph – is reported to be readying a pay-to-view website model.
Daily Telegraph set to follow the same pay-to-view model as Murdoch’s Times Read MoreSlammed down on the table just 24 hours after Apple launched its controversial App Store subscription service, Google has announcing a similar service for its Android platform.
Google One Pass trumps Apple with a far more flexible subscription model Read MorePossibly put under extra-strain from viewers logging on to watch the enthralling Arsenal vs Barcelona football game on ITV, but our favourite TV streaming service, TVCatchup, was wobblier than Grobbelaar’s …
TVCatchup buckles under the football strain Read MoreIt became our de facto browser after Firefox crashed one time too often, and now Google’s Chrome browser has hit the giddy heights of version 9.
Chrome browser hits version 9, complete with Chrome Web Store Read MoreWith the Android Market now stuffed with over 100,000 apps, games and widgets, Google has made it easier to browse and search the collection – and install new apps – …
Android Market website lets you install apps from your browser Read MoreWe’re always on the look-out for new ways to discover great new artists, and we’ve just been spending some time on Musikki, a new search engine designed especially for seeking …
Musikki music search engine looks worthy of your attention Read MoreWe may all be social networked up to the hilt these days, but it wasn’t that long ago that the only way you could get chatting online was through near steam-powered Bulletin …
Social networking infographic: the rise of Facebook, the fall of Friendster Read MoreGoogle are insisting that their new weather website for mobiles manages to add some ‘fun’ to a week full of rainy forecasts, serving up the meteorological news in an “app-like …
Google add more ‘fun’ to their mobile weather app Read MoreFoursquare has just stumped up some fairly staggering stats showing off their massive growth over 2010, with the company notching up 6 million registered users, while growing 3,400 percent in …
Foursquare goes bananas in 2010 with 6m users registering 381m check-ins Read MoreHere’s a fresh little annoyance that Google have just delivered to our daily experience. Although we all know that popularity of RSS feeds are fast fading as people continue to …
Google shunts Reader link off the GMail interface, users not chuffed Read MoreAmazon has bought up the DVD and online movie rental business, LoveFilm. In a slightly complicated turn of events, LoveFilm first bought Amazon’s UK and German DVD rental business back …
Amazon buys LoveFilm for £200m Read MoreSee what happens to a girl who is preoccupied with composing a text message as she walks through a US shopping mall. Update: she’s going to sue the mall!
Today’s tip: don’t text and walk unless you fancy an early bath Read MoreThere’s no other way of describing it it: the world really is being taken over by Facebook. As of now, Facebook has a staggering 500,000,000 active users – that’s one …
Facebook now rules the world: it’s official [infographic] Read More