So. You’ve researched a suitable domain name and registered it, sourced a viable web host and purchased their services upfront. WordPress is installed on your little corner of the web, and you’ve already begun blogging. That’s great. But what next? Well, now it’s important to accurately assess the performance of your blog; as page load [...]
Twitter is already a very active social network. Updates are pushed in real-time, users can ping messages back and forth through the use of mentions (or @ replies, as they’re known) and Twitter even accommodates sensitive communication, through the use of direct messages. It could be argued that Twitter is overly saturated with conversational tools, [...]
Faerber and Oberdorster – the pair behind 4S is 4Steve Apple fan or not, there’s no denying that Steve Jobs was an innovator when it came to technology. Described by many as a ‘visionary’, Jobs was largely responsible for the success of the Apple brand and the development of the multimedia tools that we take [...]
So, I’m a little late to the party. But I’m willing to bet than I’m not the only one. In the world of technology arriving late doesn’t always matter, anyway. The important thing is that you get there in the end. However, for those of you yet to embrace Pokki with open arms, the clock [...]
Your photos: the gateway to reliving memories, a fantastic visual representation of your life, and the cornerstone used to mark any event of importance. Your computer: not going to last forever, likely to succumb to misuse, or an accidental spillage, and relatively prone to data corruption. Combine the two, and it’s a recipe for disaster. [...]
Rob’s iPhone 5 experiment is quickly becoming something of a regular feature here at TechCritic, which is no surprise given his latest achievement: today, Rob featured both in the Coventry Telegraph newspaper, and also on their website. And that’s no small feat. Those who follow MEDL Mobile developments may recognise an application called Problem Halved, [...]
Every pitch, marketing stunt or PR campaign needs a competitive edge, something to separate it from the competition. I’m sure most of you are aware of Rob’s iPhone 5 experiment by now, but for those who aren’t: Rob is planning to travel down to London and camp outside the Covent Garden Apple Store, prior to [...]
The database search system that Daniel Grzelak introduced With the spate of recent hacking attempts making the news, it’s difficult to know whether your accounts have been compromised. Thankfully, many organised hacking groups, such as LulzSec or Anonymous, release their ill-gotten account information online. This is a legal grey area, though, and as such it’s [...]
Up until a week ago, Bitcoins were relatively unheard of. Throughout this week though, the peer-to-peer virtual currency has graced headlines, both on and off the internet, for all the wrong reasons: namely a virtual theft, to the tune of $500,000. But it’s not quite as bad as it sounds. Of course, theft is a [...]
This is a guest post by Julia Kukiewicz editor of consumer site Choose which covers mobile broadband. 02 – The best of a bad bunch? Even for technophiles – not unused to looking behind the headline hype – the results of Ofcom’s latest mobile broadband speed tests earlier this week were a lesson in pinch-of-salt-taking. At [...]