Twitter could bring in an algorithmic timeline as early as next week according to BuzzFeed News. The massive change would replace the current reverse-chronological feed so beloved by current users who complain the social media site is becoming just like Facebook. Leaked image of what Twitter will look like after the update. #RIPTwitter pic.twitter.com/EunR4tFY9e — […]
The other day I was fortunate enough to spend the day with 300 ‘Women of Silicon Roundabout’ in London. Apart from being massively impressed by the talent and enthusiasm of the attendees, I was struck by how many women used the word ‘love’ when talking about their jobs. It seems that for this group at […]
The BBC will, in a world first, stream the England vs Scotland RBS Six Nations match directly to astronaut Major Tim Peake aboard the International Space Station. In addition to be the first official UK astronaut to be in space, Major Peake is also a massive rugby fan, something which the BBC picked up on. […]
Facebook has a hidden game of Chess in Messenger. Yes, we were surprised too. You can play it by hitting a secret command that lets you challenge any of your friends to a battle of the minds. To start the game, all you need to do is send “@fbchess play” to the person you would […]
How will fintech change your life? The answer depends on where you live. In the West, financial technology is about having better options – from how to pay for things (for example, with contactless payments), or borrow or transfer money (via companies like Funding Circle and Transferwise). In the UK, there are now even new […]
Despite having passed away nearly five years ago, Steve Jobs remains the face of Apple. To all intents and purposes, he is still Apple’s biggest brand ambassador. And yet, Steve Jobs didn’t let his kids use iPads in the home. We recently saw the most significant commitment from Apple to schools since the age of […]
Women on Web (WoW) is an online telemedical service that provides safe abortion access for women living in countries where this type of basic reproductive healthcare is severely restricted. In the wake of the Zika virus epidemic, WoW is offering early medical abortion (up to nine weeks gestation), free of charge, for women who have […]
Google is planning a system where those who put extremist-related entries into its search engine being shown anti-radicalisation links as part of attempts to highlight “counter-narratives”. The world’s largest search engine is to run schemes showing the counter-narratives to anyone googling “potentially damaging” terms, to combat the huge online propaganda machine of groups such as […]
