Betfair has got on with the job of giving punters what they want
Share price rise is not due to any great magic – Breon Corcoran has cut costs and concentrated on friendly … Continue reading →Read the full story: Betfair has got on with the job of giving punters...
View ArticleThe new ‘Horsemen of the Nasdaq’– how long will they ride?
Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon hold dominant positions in the tech sector and have been among the biggest engines driving … Continue reading →Read the full story: The new ‘Horsemen of the Nasdaq’ –...
View ArticleVideo: People are calling the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge iPhone clones – but will...
Ahead of Samsung’s next-generation flagship smartphone debut, people saw leaked images of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge and called them … Continue reading →Read the full story: Video: People are...
View ArticleShould the media rethink how they cover disasters?
How does rolling news and social media affect reporting of a disaster such as the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash? Since … Continue reading →Read the full story: Should the media rethink how they cover...
View ArticleYoung people aren’t apathetic about politics, they just need a helping hand |...
When I realised that many of my fellow students had no plans to vote in any election, I felt I … Continue reading →Read the full story: Young people aren’t apathetic about politics, they just need a...
View ArticleThe secret ordeals Apple puts developers through so they can make amazing...
App developers are Apple’s secret MVPs. Without applications, the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch would be immensely boring devices. … Continue reading →Read the full story: The secret ordeals Apple...
View ArticleThe FBI wants us to have computer security so strong that only they can break...
US intelligence agencies have no objection to us encrypting messages – as long as they can still read them The … Continue reading →Read the full story: The FBI wants us to have computer security so...
View ArticleAfter the ice bucket challenge: they raised $115m for the fight against ALS....
When a viral challenge raised a huge sum to fight a little-understood disease, the charity that got the money was … Continue reading →Read the full story: After the ice bucket challenge: they raised...
View ArticleFitness trackers are hot, but do they really help?
NEW YORK (AP) — Sales of fitness trackers are climbing, and the biggest maker of the gadgets, Fitbit, made a … Continue reading →Read the full story: Fitness trackers are hot, but do they really help?...
View ArticleRightwingers think capitalism’s great – if you’re selling something they like...
By their logic, crowdfunding for the cop who shot Michael Brown is fine, but a Kickstarter for a feminist coloring … Continue reading →Read the full story: Rightwingers think capitalism’s great – if...
View ArticleMost of us have secrets. Can they survive in the age of digital blabbing? |...
The things that shame us haven’t changed much over the generations – as my grandfather’s mistress and auntie’s gambling show … Continue reading →Read the full story: Most of us have secrets. Can they...
View ArticleChina’s young people have spoken. And what they want is sex | Jemimah Steinfeld
When a video of two people having sex in a Uniqlo shop went viral, the censors took it down. But … Continue reading →Read the full story: China’s young people have spoken. And what they want is sex |...
View ArticleGifs are the new emojis as they take smartphone chat by storm
Millions of users exchange short video clips as 1980s file format changes online conversation Dotcom fashion has left hordes of … Continue reading →Read the full story: Gifs are the new emojis as they...
View ArticleGoogle’s Alphabet is so ambitious they might as well have called it DNA
A bit like the phenomenon of stealth Starbucks outposts, Google has become so ubiquitous it is choosing to fade into … Continue reading →Read the full story: Google’s Alphabet is so ambitious they...
View ArticleDo Netflix, Spotify and Facebook know me as well as they think?
Websites try to suggest everything from your next best friend to your next best shirt. But are these recommendations a … Continue reading →Read the full story: Do Netflix, Spotify and Facebook know me...
View ArticleDyson Heydon: ‘I read emails only after they have been printed out for me’
Commissioner’s revelation he has no computer and is ‘incapable of sending or receiving emails’ sparks flood of Twitter jokes (readable … Continue reading →Read the full story: Dyson Heydon: ‘I read...
View ArticleZoella and the YouTubers: they let us write pointless books!
Web stars including PewDiePie and Tyler Oakley are all hoping for a bestseller this Christmas. Are their efforts any good … Continue reading →
View ArticleTwitter warns users they may have been hacked by ‘state-sponsored actors’
Social media company emails more than 20 users, warning them they may have been targeted by hackers ‘possibly associated with … Continue reading →
View ArticleTech firms’ 2015 reviews: what they tell us … and what they didn’t say
Apple, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Spotify and Instagram’s year-end recaps had plenty to teach us, but there was a lot they … Continue reading →
View ArticleI tried a bunch of coloring apps, and they all miss the point
A few days later, I was telling a friend about the incident, and she sheepishly showed me the coloring book … Continue reading →
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