An announcement this week from social networking giants Facebook sees the launch of a new smartphone function called ‘Places’. (more…)

Research in to home shopping trends has revealed that online retail has enjoyed a surprising boost over the past month. According to the survey, sales over the World Wide Web increased more than ever before, in a trend thought to have been induced by the poor UK weather experienced throughout July. (more…)

A new report has announced that the film rights to the founders of Google’s story is to be turned in to a new production. (more…)

New research from Ofcom suggests that British people spend approximately fifty percent of their time employing the services of media and communications. (more…)

Hundreds of jobs have been put at risk due to the recently announced bankruptcy of gaming firm Realtime Worlds. The company was first founded by the creator of Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto, and employs approximately two hundred and fifty people. (more…)

Paul Shin Devine, a global supply manager from Apple in California, has been charged with receiving kickbacks for giving Asian companies confidential company information relating to Apple. (more…)

Google’s Android phones now have a new voice action facility, which the search engine giants anticipate will boost sales and increase the popularity of their product. (more…)

eMarketer have released details of a new report which states that advertising revenue from social networking giants Facebook is set to rise to the point where it passes one billion pounds for the first time, next year. (more…)

In order to honour the number of online enthusiasts in the MTV generation, the music channel has announced plans to launch a drama which is only available over the internet. Being Victor is MTV’s first foray in to the world of web-only drama. (more…)

Three forward-thinking ‘citizen scientists’ have set their home computers to work to search the skies, resulting in the discovery of an astronomical object in the sky. (more…)

Following calls from a number of Facebook members to enhance security on the site for vulnerable members, the social networking giant implemented a panic button. (more…)

Apple’s iPhone has created a surge of games development within the UK, a new report suggests. (more…)

It has emerged this week that Police in South Korea have raided Google’s headquarters in Seoul. The raid comes on the back of claims that the internet search giants have been collecting data to store from internet users on unsecured wifi networks. (more…)

The BBC have undertaken some research into the security of smartphones, following the recent debate in a number of countries, relating to the safety of the Blackberry device. (more…)