Obsessing over hit counts no longer just for advertisers and celebrities
Twitter has announced that it is making its full analytics platform available to everyone.…
Microsoft boots 1,500 dodgy apps from the Windows Store
DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! Naughty, misleading developers!
Microsoft has turned 1,500 applications out of the Windows Store, the app bazaar for Windows 8 devices.…
Rejoice, Windows fans: Stable 64-bit Chromium drops for Win 7 and 8
Hurrah for HD cat video capability
Smoother video is on the way for fans of Google’s Chrome browser on Windows 7 and 8.…
‘Stop dissing Google or quit’: OK, I quit, says Code Club co-founder
And now a message from our sponsors: ‘STFU or else’
+Comment A founder of the volunteer technology education group Code Club has resigned, claiming she was warned not to criticise the group’s sponsors – which include Google.…
Mozilla’s ‘Tiles’ ads debut in new Firefox nightlies
You can try turning them off and on again
The Mozilla Foundation’s controversial plan to bring ads into the Firefox browser has commenced, with new nightlies of the Firefox browser now including the Directory Tiles feature that users hated in its last implementation.…
Linux turns 23 and Linus Torvalds celebrates as only he can
No, not with swearing, but by controlling the release cycle
Linus Torvalds released issued Linux 3.17 rc-2 on Monday.…
Sin COS to tan Windows? Chinese operating system to debut in autumn – report
Development alliance working on desktop, mobe software
A home-grown “China operating system” (COS) to challenge rivals such as Microsoft, Google and Apple could be available as soon as October 2014, the country’s state-run Xinhua News Agency has said.…
Apple promises to lift Curse of the Drained iPhone 5 Battery
Have you tried turning it off and…? Never mind, here’s a replacement
Apple has started a free battery replacement scheme for fanbois whose iPhone 5s were cursed with premature power drainage.…
Google kicks PowerPoint in the fondleslab
Slideware side blow to Apple, too
Google has launched a new iOS app for Apple’s iThings that takes aim at Microsoft’s Office for the iPad and a swipe at Apple’s productivity software.…
VMware puts VDI in the woodchipper
Project Fargo and CloudVolumes shred VDI storage requirements
VMWorld 2014 VMware has outlined a new way to do desktop virtualisation (VDI) that aims to greatly reduce the amount of storage required to deliver desktops from the data centre.…