Street View shows post-tsunami Japan

Google Logo In the summer, after the March earthquake and tsunami which devastated Japan, Google announced that it intended to photograph and archive the areas of the country which were worst hit by.. more

Little Big Bunch charity games pack

Explodemon Calling all PC gaming indie developer fans, the Little Big Bunch games pack has just gone live. What’s that, you say? It’s five indie PC games which have been wrapped up.. more

Xbox gets YouTube and Blinkbox

xbox We’ve all had the new Xbox dashboard for a week now, complete with a reworked metro-style interface, full Kinect menu navigation (not just limited to the hub) and Bing voice search... more

Apple founding contract sold for $1.6m

Since Steve Jobs passed away, there’s been a great deal of interest in the Apple visionary’s life – and a great deal of money made. His biography has been a best-seller, in fact Amazon announced it was their best-selling book of 2011, and it’s still.. more

EU holds up Google-Motorola deal

It was back in August when Google first announced that it intended to acquire the smartphone and tablet manufacturing arm of Motorola for some $12.5 billion. However, the takeover of Motorola Mobility has to be approved by the FTC and EU first, and the European.. more

Ofcom calls UK nation of online shoppers

In the second time in the space of a week, the UK has been labelled a nation of avid online shoppers. Last week, KMPG published a survey of 10,000 consumers worldwide which showed that four out of five Brits preferred to buy DVDs, books and.. more

Sony Tablet S 3G now out

The 3G version of Sony’s Tablet S is now on sale in the UK. That’s the full fat slate with a 9.4 inch display as opposed to the Tablet P, the dual screen hinged affair reminiscent of the 3DS (also pictured above). The Tablet S.. more

Facebook tops most popular Android apps

Nielsen has been busy compiling a list of the most popular Android apps over in the States. And the most popular app for smartphones, across all measured age ranges from 18 to 44, is Facebook, beating out Google’s apps. Facebook was hugely popular with 18.. more

OneNote now available for iPad

Microsoft has announced the release of a new version of its OneNote app for iOS. And the big change for OneNote 1.3 is the Christmas present of making it usable for iPad owners. OneNote is Microsoft’s note taking and collaboration software which was first released.. more

Adblock Plus to allow ‘non-intrusive’ ads

Those of you who can’t stand to be badgered by adverts when surfing and use Adblock Plus to stifle these attempts to sell you stuff had better be aware of an upcoming development. The Chrome and Firefox add-on is set to make a change in.. more