Some of the latest goings on in the tech world as well as tutorials to help you along
As of today, a ruling that was handed down from the UK High Courts in late April to block two sites, Movie2K.to and DL4All.com for linking to copyrighted materials, has started to come into effect. As is normally the case when it comes to the blocking of such sites, workarounds began to appear almost immediately proving yet again [...]
Yahoo! Inc has announced today that they are to acquire the popular social blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 Billion (£725m; 857m euros) in cash. The official announcement was made on the main Yahoo! News page, as well as an official tweet from Yahoo! CEO Marissa Meyer. In the official announcement for the take over, Marissa Meyer has stated [...]
SamMobile have managed to get their hands on the test firmware for Android 4.2.2 which will be heading to Samsung Galaxy SIII phones in June. The test Android 4.2.2 update, I9300XXUFME3 includes new S Voice control features,enhanced screen modes, Driving Mode, widgets, updated Ripple effect etc which are currently available to Samsung’s latest flagship device, the Galaxy S4. Here is [...]
If you are anything like me and love to tinker with the various settings and programs within your OS, then enabling God Mode is for you. So what is God Mode? Well, while it won’t suddenly adorn you with superhuman abilities, it will give you access to every function within your control panel as well as all [...]
Sony have released their official UK prices for their new 4K TVs which will be available in stores from mid-June. The Bravia X9 will be available in two sizes (55- and 65-inch) and are priced at £4,000 for the 55-inch version and £6,000 for the 65-inch one. according to the press release which you can find [...]
At this years Google big developer conference, I/O 2013, which kicks off today, a new ‘Google Edition’ of the Samsung Galaxy S4 is to be announced. The Galaxy S4 GE is a collaboration between Samsung and Google to address a growing group of users that prefer stock Android on something other than a Nexus, meaning that users of the phone [...]
Google have just released the official app on The Play Store, for the I/O 2013 conference that takes place from Wednesday 15th May to Friday 17th May. Downloading the app will give users the ability to keep up to date with what’s happening at the event as it happens via live streams, and if you [...]
Apple’s iTunes app store is nearing a huge mile stone in its 10 years history, as it approaches the 50 Billion app download mark. The store first opened on April 28th 2003 as a way for people to legally purchase music for $0.99 a track, and has since gone on to be a veritable supermarket for all kinds of [...]
Microsoft has confirmed that Minecraft for Xbox 360 will be hitting UK retail stores as a boxed product on June 28. The Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition disc will come with a free 48-hour Xbox Live Gold subscription, with the latest updates and content available via Xbox Live. This boxed edition of the game will be identical to the [...]
The next major update for Nintendo’s Wii U is now available for download, bringing with it a huge list of improvements for the console. Some of the main updates listed in the official press release below will please many users who found that the console suffered from slow boot times, slow updates (which can now be downloaded in the [...]
The continuing indomitable adventures of The Pirate Bay have added another chapter to their ongoing adventures on the high seas today, as they have now switched to the Icelandic-based .IS TLD The reasoning for this, their latest domain move, is due to the less than warm welcome that they received from Greenland last month when they switched from [...]
If you have visited YouTube recently, you may have noticed a subtle change that Google have made to the fast rising videos. Last year I wrote an article where Ted Hamilton, product manager for YouTube Analytics, explained in a video interview with Numberphile as to why the view count for certain videos posted to YouTube stopped [...]
Like many people today, you have probably started to back up up some of your files using free Cloud storage services like Dropbox, SugarSync, Mega, Google Drive etc, as those services can make syncing that data between multiple devices a breeze, plus the obvious benefit of knowing that a copy of your data is being [...]
Here is a warning for Website owners when it comes to allowing anyone one to post comments on your site, and not checking them. User generated spam is some thing that has plagued the internet ever since people have started to make money Late yesterday, Chris More of Mozilla, posted a question to the Google Webmasters [...]
Reddit, which is known to most as, ‘The Front Page of the Internet‘, has apparently been the victim of a huge malicious DDoS attack today, causing the site to go down for extended periods. Site availability continues to be impacted by a malicious DDoS attack. — reddit status (@redditstatus) April 19, 2013 It isn’t known [...]
I recently wrote an article on how to enable 2-Step Verification on your WordPress.com sites as well as your self-hosted WordPress.org sites, so today I will be showing you how to enable the same level of security for your DreamHost panel. By default, when you login to your DreamHost panel, you will only be asked [...]
Over the years, the amount of data that the average Facebook user will upload to their account can be pretty staggering, as well as other information that they are probably unaware is also collected. Data such as images, photos, messages, email addresses, login details (including IP Addresses) are all stored in your Facebook archive. Having the ability [...]
Yesterday Google finally released the technical specifications for their Google Glass project as well as details on the Google Mirror API for developers. A MyGlass companion app (requires Android 4.0.3 and higher) has also just been released on The Play Store which will allow you to configure and manage your Glass device. If you don’t own Google [...]
Looking for a decent VPN service can be a bit of a daunting exercise these day due to the simple fact that there are so many companies out there offering similar services. That said, you can make choosing which service is right for you a bit simpler by checking to see that it does what you require [...]
Google has unveiled a very useful tool for its users that can notify unto 10 trusted people that you have either died or been inactive for unusual amount of time. The new tool is called the Inactive Account Manager and can be accessed via your Google Settings. Once set up it can give upto 10 [...]
