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China Fines Blogger £31,000 For Spreading ‘Inaccurate Information’
China Blogging for many can be a good way to share their thoughts, their opinions, or occasionally just to vent. Some have even managed to turn such a simple thing into a full-blown profession and not only that, make a very impressive amount of money from it. Despite some of…
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Apple Sack Father of Vlogger Who Revealed iPhone X Details
Sorry, Dad, I’ve got you sacked from Apple! As I understand it, Apple, as a technology company, take their security very seriously. As such, when a reasonably low-key Vlogger Brooke Amelia Peterson posted a video last week of the iPhone X people were unsure what to think. At the time, I…
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Leaving with $186M Payout
Marissa Mayer’s tenure as CEO of Yahoo is expected to come to an end after the deal with Verizon has been finalized. Although Yahoo’s acquisition has been lowered by $350 million following several high-profile hacks, she will leave the company with a $186 million payout with the bulk of the…
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Mark Zuckerberg Addresses Facebook Murder Case
Speaking at Facebook’s annual F8 conference, Mark Zuckerberg addressed the tragic murder of Robert Godwin Sr whose killing was streamed via Facebook. Robert Godwin Sr was tragically shot by Steve Stephens with the event being streamed shortly after via Facebook. Steve Stephens, after a 3 day manhunt, took his own life. Facebook has,…
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NetFlix Officially Switches from 5-Star to Thumbs Up/Down Rating System
Online streaming giant NetFlix has announced last month that they have been considering replacing their 5-star rating system with a thumbs up or thumbs down rating method, which was not received as warmly as their recent ‘skip intro’ feature addition. Many of NetFlix’ customers have grown accustomed to the 5-star…
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HP Backtracks on Third Party Ink Cartridge Blocking
A couple of weeks ago, HP got into quite a bit of controversy as their latest printer update would render third party ink cartridges useless by displaying an error message that the cartridge is missing or damaged. That issue gathered quite a lot of negative feedback from the media and users…
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Former Top Gear Stars Create “DriveTribe” Community
When it comes to cars, most people know of the show Top Gear. Its cast of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May traveled the length and breadth of the UK and even the world with cars powering their journeys in everything from races against planes and trains to mini-cooper football.…
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Lian Li Enters the Peripheral Market With a Giveaway
It isn’t often that we as the press get taken by surprise, but today is such a day as Lian Li revealed their entry into the peripheral market with their first ever mouse and keyboard. Usually, we already expected a launch, got hints, teasers, and heads-up notifications, but Lian Li…
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Microsoft Offer Tools to Help You Upgrade to Windows 10
Microsoft is both parts eager and keen in its attempts to upgrade everyone from the older systems to the latest, Windows 10. From offering free upgrades for windows 7 and 8 users, to automatically downloading the materials needed to install Windows 10 without warning the user, it’s clear that staying…
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Meet Google’s New Logo
The transformation of Google over the last decade as been nothing short of miraculous, this has included a myriad of services which have combined into one huge conglomerate. Now, Google have also changed their logo, which looks only slightly different to all of their previous logos. Below is an image…
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Not Everyone Will Get Windows 10 on the 29th of July
If you were eagerly waiting to get your hands on Windows 10 on the 29th of July, you might be a bit disappointed. Microsoft just ruled out some updates on the upcoming Windows distribution timings, so bear with us on this. The company said that Windows Insider program members will…
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PlayStation Offers 75 Games for Less Than $1
PlayStation has opened a flash sale last night in an attempt to make a quick sell of 75 of its products for less than $1 until Monday. Included in the 75 games are Shoot Many Robots, Gravity Rush, a Tales of Monkey Island bundle, and full seasons of a few…
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Femsplain Blog Targeted with DDoS Attack on Women’s Day
According to Amber Gordon, the founder of Femsplain, the blog has been taken down Sunday by a DDoS attack for a period of 3 hours, when the services came back online. The attack cannot be deemed as random, with the site been attacked on international Women’s Day. Gordon has shared…
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AMD Mantle Comes to an End
AMD’s Mantle set a lot of things in motion in the gaming industry and now it looks like it is coming to an end, at least in its current form. AMD will continue to back the companies who invested in it and created games for the API, but its usefulness…
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Following Joystiq, AOL Also Shutting Down Apple Blog TUAW
AOL is shutting down The Unofficial Apple Weblog or TUAW, as part of its ever-growing cost cutting measures. TUAW was founded in 2004 and was part of Weblogs – a company purchased by AOL in 2005. This news comes hot on the heels of the news that AOL’s gaming blog, Joystiq, would also be shut down.…
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