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How Many Apps Has Apple Sold in Total?

Apps are big business and the market is growing every month as more and more people own smartphones, tablet PCs and laptops. This is a new market having only begun in recent years but is now worth billions of dollars. This is especially true for tech giants such as Apple with the iPhone, iPod and iPad.   Tech talk these days often seems to go hand in hand with talk [...]

Internet TV & the Future of Television

Will Internet kill the television star? Not long ago, most homes were outfitted with multiple television sets and a cable or satellite connection. Today however, households are moving away from paying for expensive cable and satellite services. Streaming and viewing entertainment content via the Internet on laptops, smartphones and tablets, rather than on television sets, is a growing trend, especially among young adults. A Generation of Zero TV If your home [...]

What Things do People Love to See and Share on Social Media?

Social media is massively popular across the world with millions of people logging onto Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and Pinterest everyday. These sites are used by different people for different reasons. All the sites have something in common though; they are used to share content with friends, colleagues and even total strangers. Hence the reason it is called ‘social media’. What things do people love to see and share on social [...]

How Many Samsung Galaxy S4 Devices Have Been Sold?

Samsung are having a field day with their new Samsung Galaxy S4 device. It sports a mega massive screen, with beautiful quality and is selling likt hot cakes. An executive at Samsung has claimed that 6 million of the devices have already been sold, making it one of the fastest selling devices to hit the market. When the Samsung Galaxy S4 was released, there were some delays because the company [...]

Is Warp Speed Possible?

Anyone who has ever watched a Star Trek TV show or movie has probably wondered at least at one time whether or not Warp Speed is really possible. Science and technology moves at incredible rates and seems to be speeding up. Things are possible today that only seemed a fantasy even ten-years ago. We have music videos tweeted from space, fold-able televisions, and phones more powerful than computers. This leads back to [...]

Flying Car Crashes in Canada

A flying car which looks rather like a hotrod with a propeller on the back has been created, and named the Maverick. It was functioning correctly, however reports today indicate that during a takeoff in Canada, there was a malfunction, and the car crashed injuring two people. Both the pilot and passenger of the paraplane style vehicle were injured and taken to hospital, however the Local Police have reported that [...]

In-App Charges to be Investigated by OFT

Children love playing games on the iPad and Phones. Young children prefer those games that are easy yet provide a little bit of a challenge to keep them coming back. However, a lot of apps are charging for any extras, such as special characters, extra gold in the game or even to unlock all of the levels after enjoying a trial. The problem is, when a young person is accessing [...]

First Website Ever Made Back Online for 20 Year WWW Anniversary

Today is the anniversary of the World Wide Web. It is 20 years old and as a way of making you see how the world has advanced technologically in this area, the first ever website has been put back online, even at it’s original URL. Tim Berner’s Lee created the World Wide Web back in 1989, however it did not become publicly available until 1993, a time when it became possible to view that [...]

Who Got Google Glass?

Google Glass is making “wearable computing” a reality with their new glasses with an integrated heads-up display. The battery is hidden inside this frame and a small prism display sites slightly above the eye line so the viewer can see what’s on the display by glancing up.  the glasses have an embedded microphone, camera and GPS, TechRadar says. photo Fifth World Art Talking to Yourself Voice control is used to operate the [...]

Increase Engagement From Your Twitter Followers

Twitter has proved a very useful tool for a variety of companies, brands, celebrities and anyone else wishing to connect with those interested in their product. In fact it is becoming the case that if you aren’t on Twitter you appear behind the times, and as a result you are probably missing out. Having a Twitter account is just the start though, and posting a few Tweets and gaining followers [...]