YouTube to launch $5-a-month subscription channel this Spring
YouTube is expected to start asking users to pay subscription fees to access some of its content starting in the spring. The move is being seen as an attempt to take advertising dollars away from...
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Woman calls police emergency phone line to ask for new laptop password!
A UK police force has issued a real-life audio recording of a woman who dialed 999 to say she had lost her laptop password. Two things concern me about this particular call: firstly, who in their right...
View ArticleTwitter hackers steal more than 250,000 passwords in cyber attack
A large-scale cyber attack on Twitter has compromised the accounts of more than a quarter of million users of the micro-blogging site. Twitter said one attack was shut down moments after it was...
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International Space Station astronaut Tweets absolutely stunning pictures of...
International Space Station (ISS) astronaut Chris Hadfield is posting some of the most spectacular pictures ever seen on Twitter. Commander Hadfield’s pictures, taken from 250 miles above the surface...
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Air hostess given the sack over online picture of passengers getting the bird
YourGadgetGuide believes that social media and social networking is great…if used wisely. However so many people use it without too much thought and then they have to suffer the consequences. Here in...
View ArticleTwitter’s video streaming Vine service is now adults only following porn influx
Twitter’s new video sharing app Vine has been moved from its original rating of 12+ to 17+ on Apple’s app store. The new rating is used for videos with ‘frequent/ intense sexual content or nudity’....
View ArticleFired Aeroflot flight attendant wins her job back after huge outpouring of...
A Russian air hostess who was sacked for posting a picture of a plane full of passengers being given the bird has won her job back. It seems that airline Aeroflot had a change of heart after an...
View ArticleDad promises teenage daughter $200 to quit Facebook for five months
Corporate executive Paul Baier has drawn up a contract for his teenage daughter to stay away for Facebook while she concentrates on her studies. Paul said he will give his 14-year-old daughter $200 if...
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McDonalds: We didn’t hack Burger King Twitter account
McDonalds took the unusual step today of telling its 962,000 Twitter followers that it did not hack into the account of fast-food rival Burger King. They tweeted out after the Burger King Twitter...
View ArticleBurger King Twitter feed back online after hack attack
It would appear that yesterday’s hack attack on the Burger King Twitter account did the fast food giant no lasting damage. In fact it seems to have raised its profile somewhat as its Twitter followers...
View ArticleYourGadgetGuide – as seen from the International Space Station
Recently one of the regular viewers to the YourGadgetGuide YouTube channel asked me where I lived. Well I am not going to say exactly where I live but I can say that the International Space Station was...
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Angry ManUtd fan dials 999 after player sent off by ref!
It is no secret that one half of YourGadgetGuide (ie your’s truly) is a fan of Manchester United. And because this story amused me, I thought it might amuse you too. This week’s Champions League clash...
View ArticleFacebook gets another new look for its news feed
Facebook has revamped its news feed once again in what CEO Mark Zuckerberg said would help make the social site look more like a “personalized newspaper.” It will split the News Feed into separate...
View ArticleBEWARE: Fake Apple Pages On Facebook Claiming To Be Giving Away iPhones and...
“Like This Page And Win A FREE iPhone and iPad” has taken over Facebook in the past few weeks. What people are doing is they are setting up a Facebook page called Apple, iPhone or the product they...
View ArticleTime to say best wishes to kind regards and yours sincerely?
For many of us it is that awkward moment at the end of every email. Just exactly what is the best way to say goodbye? Using “yours sincerely” seems old fashioned, “best wishes” sounds a bit wishy washy...
View ArticleIf YouTube was a country it would be the third largest in the world
YouTube has hit the one billion a month viewers milestone as the popularity of the video-sharing site continues to grow. Launched in 2005, it was bought by Google in 2006 for $1.76bn and has grown to...
View ArticleOMG Twitter is seven-years-old today #HappyBirthdayTwitter
Twitter celebrates its seventh birthday today with an amazing 200 million users worldwide to help it do so. It has come a long way since the first tweet was sent in San Francisco, California, by...
View ArticleAfter three years of rumors are we about to finally see the Facebook Android...
As rumors go, this one has been around for years and years…that Facebook is about to launch its own smartphone. The social networking giant has always denied that the speculation is true but many...
View ArticleGoodbye YouTube it was nice knowing you…
YouTube say they are working hard to find the best video ever submitted in the eight years it has been online. It is a massive job and will take a decade to complete. In the meantime, we are told, that...
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Facebook puts people before apps with launch of Home for Android
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg launched a new feature for Android phones today,which he said puts people before apps. The new Home software will be available to download via Google Play from April 12...
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