Facebook, the biggest social network online today with over 500 million users, is in talks with voice over IP (VOIP) service provider Skype, to provide an integrate voice solution. The deal would involve integration of Facebook Connect with Skype accounts meaning users will be able to login with your Facebook credentials and have access to Read News…

Search giant Google celebrates it’s 12th birthday today, signified by the regular Google logo being replaced by an image created by the American artist Wayne Thiebaud. The work of Thiebaud is famous for his works depicting birthday cakes, and other seemingly mundane objects, and he is often recognised as a proponent of the Pop art Read News…

Advertising news website, Advertising Age, has revealed the levels of search spending by some of the worlds biggest brands this week, focussing in particular on the much troubled oil behemoth, BP. The document acquired by Advertising Age doesn’t reveal spending for all advertisers on Google, however it does give an apparently accurate summary of spend Read News…

Search engine giant Google have released the latest version of their browser, Google Chrome, which marks the 2nd anniversary of the versatile browser application. In the 2 years since release Google have captured a market share of more than 7.5% of internet users, sitting in third position behind Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (around 60%) and Mozilla’s Read News…

Social networking behemoth, Facebook, have rolled out new functionality to iPhone users in the US earlier today. The new functionality, entitled Facebook Places, allows users to ‘check-in’ to businesses and locations, and share this information with friends and other users of Facebook. The move is a long anticipated step into the location-based application field, currently Read News…

The social network giant Facebook have released a statement defining their views on the recent hot topic of net neutrality. It was reported earlier this month that Google and US based network, Verizon, had been in talks to discuss a potential end to net neutrality. Net neutrality is essentially a way of defining the Internet Read News…

A ruling from the information commissioner has cleared Google over the controversial alleged capture of data from unprotected private wireless, or Wi-Fi, networks. The allegations surfaced following the release of Google StreetView, which allows browsers to not only view maps of the UK, but also zoom down to ‘StreetView’ and view photograph images of roads Read News…