Facebook rolled out a number of updates and a host of new features at its recent f8 developers conference. The changes to the newsfeed and the introduction of the timeline, in particular, have resulted in a userbacklash. Such is the level of fury (and resulting sarcasm) that a few tech ...

Content. Content. Content.Apple gets it. And Amazon gets it. Is it any coincidence then that tablets created by these two companies will be the category leaders for the next few years?In launching the Kindle Fire, Amazon instantly created a hit.Not because it was selling support for Flash. Or dual quad-processors ...

This thing is seriously compact. The Samsung HT-D6750W is a Blu-Ray player and an audio/video receiver/amplifier/media center/post-space-age statement — all in one small box. It has four tall skinny speakers that take up no space, and it’s wireless. What’s not to love? Well, the sound quality, but let’s not get ...

Satirical news publication The Onion gets a lot of laughs by crossing the line. Even some of the most devoted fans of the popular humour outlet, though, were recently left complaining that it may have gone too far.The Onion posted a cryptic update to its 3.1-million Twitter followers and 1.9-million ...

The research team at the iHub put together some stats on mobile numbers in Kenya. A special nod to Leo Mutuku for gathering it all from so many sources, and to Patrick Munyi for creating this cool visualization of it.Explaining the infographic, they write:The arrival of the undersea fiber ...

People all over the world are happiest in the morning, at least that’s what the results of one US study indicate. The results came via an analysis of hundreds of millions of messages on Twitter.The study was conducted by a team of sociologists from Cornell University who used language ...

Rumours that Blackberry was discontinuing its line of PlayBook tablets have been dismissed by Research in Motion (RIM). Research in Motion has assured its users that it remains committed to the production of the PlayBook.The rumours spread after analyst John Vhin stated that production on the tablets had halted. ...

A group of leading distillers in the US and Europe will adopt a new code of conduct aimed at limiting which websites they can market their products on.According to the guidelines, developed by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) and the European Forum for Responsible Drinking, ...

While dawdling along on the interwebs the other day, I stumbled upon a list of games released in September. And I have to say, even though I was aware of it on a subconscious level, it was really surprising to the see this list of top-tier titles coming out ahead ...

Last time around we covered everything from origami mouses to Tron-stlye duct tape races. This time we decided to give you some ideas on how you might harvest renewable energy on the table in your lounge or let your jeans break down road and industry pollutants. Or add a playful ...