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THIS is The Most-Watched YouTube Video Ever
Isn’t Youtube great? There are few easier and more entertaining ways to pass your time than with a good Youtube video. (Or 10). With all of the different Youtube videos out there, it’s only natural to sometimes wonder what the most popular video of all time is. Is it... Read more
Reading Rainbow On The Web
Just take a look…its in a book…its Reading Rainbow!  Remember back in the day when you waited for that song to begin.  You knew it was time to go on an adventure!  Reading Rainbow first hit the television in 1983 and sadly finished in 2006!  LeVar Burton’s vision was... Read more
Woman Incorrectly Fined For Facebook Post
Facebook is wonderful – except of course when it’s not. For as huge of a communication tool as it is, sometimes it’s really hard to communicate on the social media giant. Oh, it’s terribly easy to write messages and comments to other users and post updates to your status,... Read more
Torrentz.eu Taken Down Then Back Up Again
Torrentz.eu has been taken down in the latest attempt by UK police to curb illegal file sharing and then it was up again within 24 hours.  The registrar of its domain recently suspended the website’s domain after a request from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit. Officers from the... Read more
The Best Chrome Extensions
In our recent poll to discover the most popular browser, Google Chrome ranked second in the results. Perhaps one of the reasons for its popularity is down to the plethora of extensions available that are designed to enrich the user experience. We’ve picked out just a small handful of... Read more
US Accused Of Internet Surveillance By China
It has been alleged that China has been targeted by US spies who used internet surveillance to spy on leaders.  They targeted government officials, mobile phone users, and businesses.  Leaders have said the behaviour is “brazen” and a “gross violation of human rights”. Five Chinese army officers were charged... Read more
Microsoft Offers Brazilians Free Skype Credits To Use Bing
What’s your default search engine? According to Net Market Share’s April report, Google still leads all the other search engines globally – by miles. Google has 68.65% market share worldwide, followed by Baidu with 16.99%. Next comes Yahoo – Global with 6.56%, and at fourth place is Microsoft’s Bing... Read more
6 of The Weirdest Things You’ll See On The Internet!
Here is a collection of 6 of the weirdest things that we found on the internet. Take a look at your own risk!… A baby shower cake to remember - Ewww! Image 1 of 6 Read more
Facebook To Share Music On Mobile App
A new feature will be released on Facebook’s mobile app that is similar to Shazam, which will allow your music and Television shows to be ‘listened’ to.  Users will be able to share what they are listening to quickly, allowing the information to be published on their profile or... Read more
You Can Now Use Hangouts With Outlook
The popularity of Google Apps, especially in the workplace and in schools, is on the rise. Many businesses have found that Google Apps provides a simple solution to employee collaboration and communication. However, not every business uses Gmail for their email provider, and the fact remains that many businesses... Read more
Ebay Advise Users To Change Their Password Due To Hack
eBay has been compromised!  It seems someone has hacked into the system and account users have been asked to change passwords in order to ensure personal accounts remain safe and secure. At the end of February and early part of March, eBay employees were compromised when log-in details were... Read more
Which Browser is The Best? – Poll Results
Thanks to everyone who voted for their favourite internet browser in our recent poll! The results were really interesting and we appreciated you telling us why you voted the way you did. After reading through all the comments it became very clear what is important to users when deciding... Read more
Google Maps Now Helps You Avoid Hills When Cycling
During my high school days, I used to ride my bike everywhere. I even rode one mountain bike so often that it fell apart. Seriously. It broke in half while I was riding it down the sidewalk. I’ve talked to many bikers over the years, and none of them... Read more
The Most Extreme Selfies Ever
A few weeks ago we paid homage to the best timed selfies ever. Now we want to pay tribute to all the brave souls out there who were willing to go that extra mile in order to achieve the most extreme selfie ever. Was this maneuver included on flight... Read more
People Feel Bad When They’re Not “Liked” On Facebook
I’ll go ahead and admit this and get it out of the way – when I post something to Facebook, I hope people will “like” whatever it is. I also usually hope someone will get a conversation going about it in the comments section. It drives me nuts when... Read more
Amazon Boots Company After It Threatens To Sue Negative Reviewer
A company known as Mediabridge Products is learning the hard way that they can’t just threaten people online and get away with it. After an Amazon reviewer posted a “most helpful” negative review of one of their router products, Mediabridge became upset and threatened to take legal action and... Read more
Check Out Ben Affleck As Batman With The New Batmobile
News on the upcoming sequel to Man of Steel has been pretty slow in coming forth. So far we know that Ben Affleck is the new Batman, Jesse Eisenberg will be Lex Luthor and Gal Gadot is playing Wonder Woman. However Zack Synder took to Twitter to tease us... Read more
Netflix Increases Price For New Members
Well, all things change with time. Unfortunately, “all things” includes the price of Netflix. Having had an unlimited streaming plan for $7.99 a month for as long as I can remember, I don’t think I’ve ever paid any other amount. And even though it’s not “free”, $7.99 a month... Read more