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Folks logging into the their Twitter accounts online have been rather startled to discover immense blue letters and black boxes covering the page.
Twitter invaded by monster letters of doom! Tweetageddon begins. Read MoreFacebook’s new Foursquare-crushing location-based feature, Facebook Places, has just launched in the UK, a month after hitting the USA.
Facebook Places – Foursquare-thumping ‘check in’ feature – hits the UK Read MoreBilled as the, “privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all, open source social network,” Diaspora aims to offer a Facebook-like experience, but without the lurking spectre of privacy concerns and general dodginess.
Diaspora – open source Facebook competitor gets ready for release Read MoreWe’ve no idea why anyone came up with the daft idea of releasing a hundred domestic cats into an IKEA store in Wembley, England, but we think we like it.
IKEA release a hundred cats into their store [video] Read MoreIt’s Friday, so we’re in the mood for anything that distracts us from doing proper work, and what could be better than a music video made up of animated GIFs.
Celebrate the joy of animated GIFs with this snappy music video Read MoreGoogle are rolling out what they believe is the future of looking for stuff on the web: Search before you type.
Google Instant: search faster than you can type Read MoreWe’ve always enjoyed Google’s penchant for posting up topical Google logo designs, but today’s Google.com affair is a bit different to most.
Google.com logo explodes in an animated spectacular Read MoreWe’re a pretty hard-nosed, cynical bunch here at Wirefresh, but Arcade Fire’s Google Maps interactive video mash-up got a few jaws dropping around the office.
Arcade Fire’s music video delivers jaw-dropping HTML5 interactivity Read MoreDiaspora, an open source open alternative to the monstrously popular social networking site Facebook is set to launch on 15th September. Describing itself as a “privacy-aware, personally-controlled, do it all, …
Open source Diaspora site aims to right Facebook’s social networking wrongs Read MoreWith the newly announced Facebook Places already sending the eyebrows of privacy campaigners arcing skywards, a nifty new infographic has appeared highlighting Facebook’s less than illustrious track record on privacy.
Facebook Places: privacy concerns and previous dodgy practices detailed Read MoreGoogle has introduced a new feature that lets US-based Gmail users call residential and mobile phones directly from their web-based email client.
Google lets you call phones directly from GMail – if you’re a US user Read MoreIt’s a Friday, so what better time for a viral music video, and this time it’s a mashed up news clip given the “Auto-Tune the News” treatment, by the Gregory …
Viral “Bed Intruder” auto-tuned remix hits the Billboard Hot 100 Read MorePosting on the official Facebook blog, Michael Sharon, Facebook product manager has added more detail to their new Places functionality, enthusiastically introducing it as a feature that lets you tell …
Facebook Places explained: it’s all about the check-ins and sharing Read MoreApple has knocked out another of their slick adverts, this time bestowing fresh superlatives in its iPad device, only for a parody version to appear within hours of its release.
Apple releases snappy iPad video, parody follows swiftly in its wake Read MoreBreaking at an unfeasibly early hour this morning is the hot news that Facebook is launching its long-rumoured location-aware, check-in product, called Places. The new service sees Facebook partnering with …
Facebook introduces Places, partners with Gowalla and Foursquare Read More