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Archive for October, 2009
It’s been a while
October 31, 2009
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Hullo. Just popping in to let you know that I haven’t forgotten about this blog – it’s been a long time since my last post, and that’s due to a combination of having a lot of work to do, as well as not having come across anything exciting enough to review recently. However, I will make a return when I stumble across a new or exciting website.
In the mean time, you might like to explore some of my older articles to see if anything tickles your fancy.
Categories: Websites and the Internet
BBC Technology News
- Faltering Facebook phone is delayed May 24, 2013Social networking giant postpones the launch of its "Facebook phone" after negative feedback and disappointing sales.
- Amazon reveals fan fiction platform May 24, 2013Fan fiction authors will be able to publish and sell some titles in the US via new e-book platform Kindle Worlds.
- Apple 1 from 1976 sells for $650,000 May 25, 2013An original Apple 1 computer from 1976 - one of the first built in Steve Jobs' garage - sells at auction for more than 500,000 euros ($650,000).
- Online appeal unearths old web page May 24, 2013A public appeal for help to recover the very first web page has unearthed a relic from 1991.
- Second RBS apology for app glitch May 24, 2013RBS has apologised for the second time in two months after customers were unable to login to their accounts through their mobile phone app.
- BBC abandons £100m digital project May 24, 2013The BBC is to close its Digital Media Initiative, with director general Tony Hall saying it had "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money".
- Bercow's McAlpine tweet libellous May 24, 2013Sally Bercow says she is "surprised and disappointed" after the High Court rules a tweet she published about Tory peer Lord McAlpine was libellous.
- Error blacklists Russian 'Facebook' May 24, 2013Russia's most popular social network, VKontakte, is temporarily blacklisted by mistake - and some users find it blocked.
- BBC shows off 'script-changing' radio May 23, 2013A radio that has the ability to alter scripts and other content depending on its location and other factors is being developed by the BBC.
- Google acquires kite-power firm May 23, 2013Google has acquired a US start-up that generates power using turbines flying on robotic tethered kites.
