Early last week Yahoo was rumoured to consider selling its Alibaba Group holdings for $17 billion, the latest rumour indicates Alibaba Group considering buying all of Yahoo. Alibaba Group, which retained the powerful Washington D.C. lobbying firm Duberstein Group Inc., this has expressed interest in a Yahoo deal since Carol Bartz was fired in early Read News…
Alibaba Group to buy Yahoo?
January 18th, 2012 by Geoff
Facebook Open Graph, what is it?
January 18th, 2012 by Geoff
One of the interesting things from talking to different people is that most accept that they need to be more socially minded and usually target the big 4 Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google +, however outside of pages and content it does not really span any further but the capabilities go so much further! You Read News…
4G mobile internet promised across UK
January 18th, 2012 by Geoff
Ofcom has revised its proposals for its 4th generation mobile spectrum auction that could mean coverage will reach 98% of homes in the UK. With the bid scheduled for the end of this year, whoever wins will need to provide the exteremely high-speed coverage to current areas that are not served. Ofcom chief executive Ed Read News…
Hackers Target Children’s Sites
January 18th, 2012 by Geoff
There has been an alarming increase in the amount of children’s sites being targeted by hackers, according to a leading to a leading anti-virus firm The pages tried to download JavaScript infections, redirectors and potentially unwanted software a source said. Children are often more careless when it comes to what they click on and this Read News…
Labour Social Media Chief Resigns Over Hitler Joke Video
January 17th, 2012 by Geoff
It has just been disclosed that Tom Harris Labour MP has resigned from being the parties Social Media Chief. The reason behind the resignation is his disgruntlement following mentions of an extreme version of Goodwin’s Law. It was said that Hitler is Kryptonite in politics. Reports say that Tom Harris had published the video during Read News…
Bing Beats Yahoo
January 17th, 2012 by Geoff
Comscore has released data recently that shows Microsoft Bing has overtaken Yahoo for the first time in history to become the Number 2 search engine. In December 2011 Yahoo received 2.65 billion searches whereas Microsoft Bing received 2.75 billion in the same period. However this growth is not being celebrated at Microsoft. Not only is Read News…
Facebook in Your Car
January 16th, 2012 by Geoff
Facebook is looking at integrating itself into your car, starting with Mercedes-Benz. As users have reached over 800 million, new and different ways to fit in and enhance become part of your day to day life are fast approaching. The Facebook version available within your car will have restrictions though, as you won’t be able Read News…
Microsoft Celebrates the Death of Internet Explorer 6
January 9th, 2012 by Geoff
Microsoft held a light-hearted celebration, including baking a cake, to celebrate the end of IE6. It was revealed that less that 1% of US internet users were still using IE6. Microsoft are keen for users to move to IE 8 or 9. The latest date came from Net Applications who confirmed officially that usage in Read News…









