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Brandwatch buzzing for Super Bowl XLVI Twitter hype
You got worms 3 February 2012 13:01 GMT TweetWant to know how well brands are performing with their Super Bowl advertising campaigns? Probably not; that sounds a bit dull after all.
But how's about seeing how well brands are performing by seeing little cartoon worms (complete with gridiron...
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ALL NEW: Pocket-lint Podcast #70
Extra PS Vita details, MWC, Samsung Galaxy S III and more... 3 February 2012 8:30 GMT TweetThe second all new and refreshed Pocket-lint Podcast is now available, and is once again 30 minutes of the hottest gadget gossip on the market.
Brand new industry interviews and top stories will follow in the coming weeks, including an exclusive...
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY: Gov.uk
A single government website? Quite possibly… 3 February 2012 1:00 GMT TweetTo anybody living in the UK at the moment, the notion of “a single Government” anything is a fanciful one.
We have a collation where the right hand doesn’t seem to know what the one in the middle is doing, if you get my tortured,...
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY: Zoo Borns
Get a serious dose of the exotic cutes 2 February 2012 1:00 GMT TweetWe like to think we’re men of the world here at Pocket-lint. We’ve been there, done that, bought the T-shirt and taken the pictures on the latest umpteen-megapixel digital camera.
So when the boss sent us all a link to www.zooborns.com,...
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Facebook IPO plans released along with Zuckerberg's wages and details of how it earns its cash
Social Networked 1 February 2012 23:04 GMT TweetFacebook has announced its IPO plans on Wednesday and with it open the doors for the first time for the general public to see how the social networking site works, and revealing some of the juicier stats it has been hiding up until now.
Those...
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Pirate Bay Supreme Court appeal denied - prison ahoy!
Founders still face jail time 1 February 2012 16:05 GMT TweetThe founders of Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm and Carl Lundström, have failed in a new attempt to have their jail sentences for criminal copyright infringement offences overturned. Sweden's Supreme Court will not grant them...
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY: Take the Family
Taking the family? No? OK, take mine… 1 February 2012 1:00 GMT TweetI think it was Boxing Day, or maybe even late on Christmas Day, when it was first mentioned.
“Where are we going on holiday next year…?”
There was a moment’s silence, then an involuntary shudder, then I made...
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Firefox 10 brings Mozilla browsing to double digits
PC and Mac version available now 31 January 2012 16:25 GMT TweetIt took us almost seven years to get from the first iteration of Firefox to version 4.0, but now we're already up to version 10, taking less than a year to get to double digits from the 4.0 launch thanks to Mozilla's new rapid release plan.
As...
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Sky 40Mb Unlimited Fibre broadband lands along with free Wi-Fi from The Cloud
Happy surfing 31 January 2012 8:29 GMT TweetBig news if you're a Sky Broadband customer - not only is the satellite giant launching its own fibre-optic network with up to 40Mb download speeds - free Wi-Fi access from The Cloud is also set to rain in.
Sky Broadband Unlimited Fibre is...
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY: Wonderbag
Boil in the bag for the 21st Century 31 January 2012 1:00 GMT TweetMuch like yesterday’s Website of the Day, this is one of those brilliantly simple ideas, brilliantly executed.
Meet the Wonderbag, an eco-cooking idea that is changing lives and could help to change the planet.
It’s staggeringly...
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Facebook IPO could value site at $100 billion, but is it worth it?
COMMENT: The social net worth 30 January 2012 16:46 GMT TweetFacebook is about to start the process of becoming a public listed company this week, with various online rumours valuing the site up to $100 billion.
The mega amount has spilt industry opinion and forced many to wonder whether a second dotcom...
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Megaupload user data could be deleted in days
Say bye bye to your legit uploads 30 January 2012 13:54 GMT TweetAll data stored on the Megaupload servers could be deleted by this Thursday (2 February), including subscribers' personal and legitimate files.
A letter filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia states that the...
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY: They Fit
Stay safe in custom-fit comfort 30 January 2012 1:00 GMT TweetIf the statement “one size fits all” has ever seemed a little ridiculous, you’d be right. It’s not true for hats, it’s not true for T-shirts, and when it comes to the humble condom it couldn’t be less true, or potentially...
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Twitter country censorship tweets up a fuss
Not a happy Twitterverse 27 January 2012 14:43 GMT TweetTwitter's wings have received a bit of a clipping with the first signs of mass regional censorship being hinted at by the micro-blogging platform.
In a blog post entitled "Tweets still must flow" the company has announced that it now has the...
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ALL NEW: Pocket-lint Podcast #69
Gadget Geeks presenter Ian Morris reveals all... 27 January 2012 8:30 GMT TweetThe Pocket-lint Podcast is back with a bang this week as we've given it a right royal overhaul and crafted, what we believe to be, the snappiest tech talk around. 30 minutes of the finest gadget gibber gabber.
Brand new industry interviews...
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