It has long been the case with Facebook. It recently became the case with Twitter. Now Instagram seems set to jump on the bandwagon and re-order its timelines based on what it decides is the priority for you to view. Read more…
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Ordering an item from online retail giant Amazon could get a whole load easier, after the company filed a patent for a payment method which uses selfies as verification. The company, which is based in Seattle, America, filed the application Read more…
The UK is set to see driverless car trials on its motorways in 2017, as George Osborne is expected to reveal his support for autonomous vehicle technology in Wednesday’s Budget. In his pre-budget statement, Mr Osborne said: “Britain must take Read more…
360 degree videos are coming to the fore, and YouTube is one of the apps pushing it forwards. Now, BBC’s Click are set to broadcast an entire series of 360 degree episodes. They have released an episode looking at the Read more…
The biggest social networking company in the world has purchased Masquerade, a startup based in Belarus, which only launched late last year, and allows users to swap faces with hilarious results. Msqrd’s popularity has exploded exponentially recently, as people jump Read more…
Google has been making the headlines as they have been behind breakthroughs in cellular connectivity and in the field of artificial intelligence. First of all, Google have now released Project Fi to the public, after a ten month trial that Read more…
Apple is embroiled in yet another argument with the US government over whether the technology giant should unlock an iPhone, this time with regards to a drugs case. A Brooklyn judge, James Orenstein, ruled in February that Apple cannot be Read more…
Ray Tomlinson, credited as the creator of electronic mail between computers, and the use of the “@” symbol in usernames, has died at the age of 74. In 1971, the American computer programmer came up with the idea for sending Read more…
Facebook is now to pay millions of pounds in UK tax after a major over haul of its tax structure. The BBC have revealed that the profits from the large majority of Facebook’s advertising revenue in Britain will now be Read more…
Digital watches used to cheat in exams are being sold online, prompting teachers to complain and call on students to avoid using them. These watches, which have product descriptions explaining they are “specifically designed for cheating on exams”, are part Read more…