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There was a storm caused today on the internet, with people saying they are not going to use instragram anymore over changes to their privacy policy posted on the instagram blog yesterday, that they are going to cancel their accounts.  It was said everywhere that Instagram now own your photos and could sell your images to advertisers, they say this is ... Read More »

Opinionaided is a mobile social networking application designed for asking opinions and advice to a large community in realtime.   Similar to Quora (which came after)  but from what I’ve seen it seems that this one is more used by the younger generation for questions such as.. Do you like my new hairstyle?  or Am I good-looking  -  where as Quora ... Read More »

Who or what is Blippar… and why is it going to kill the QR code!? Blippar is a Uk Company that launched its free image recognition application earlier this year in android and apple stores. Blippar™ is the first universal augmented reality platform aimed at advertisers.   Blippar is a new way to advertise or to get people interested in ... Read More »

Mark Zuckerberg today at the Developers conference shared with us new changes to Facebook. He told us about….. Timeline The Story of your life on a single page, summarized by Facebook, so that it feels like home! This is a summery of all of your stories and all of your apps on your profile, Mark Zuckerberg says its a new way to express ... Read More »

  It’s almost a year since Twitter announced that it was changing to a newly re-engineered Twitter.com  They said you will be able to use it as a preview for a few weeks. You’ll be able to switch back and forth for a few weeks to get used to how it works. I love new things, so I eagerly rushed ... Read More »

No doubt you would have heard by now that Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo is announcing the launch of a photo-sharing service this week, we first heard it was a rumour from Techcrunch however since then allthingsd.com confirmed that the image sharing service is going to be announced on Wednesday at All Things D’s D9 California Conference. I hadn’t seen this ... Read More »

UPDATE: at around 11pm GMT Sunday -from @UBERSOC - Great news! Twitter has approved our changes, and we expect to provide a new version in about an hour.1.45am – Everyone waits as ubersocial informs us – just a few minutes more! 2am – @ubersoc – Thanks for your loyalty and patience.             Spread the word, You can Download      ... Read More »

To choose my top 10 favourite apps from itunes was almost as tough as choosing your top 10 singles of all time, and that’s difficult, don’t you think?  So… I also took into consideration which software applications for iPhone I use the most. These are based on the 3GS as I do not have the iPhone 4 or the iPad yet, .  My Best Applications ………… Drum roll please……..  Twitter  ... Read More »

Christmas Wrapped is an ingenious new iPhone App (as seen in The Sunday Times)  to help alleviate the panic and give us inspiration for gifts for our loved ones.  You are lucky as there is still time to put this great application to use. It is a brilliant seasonal application that generates unique, tailored gift idea’s from its 5000 products and 250 shops and helps you ... Read More »