Archive for the ‘Peppermint Digital’ Category

Will we lose our privacy to find our friends?

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

For years we’ve been sharing with Facebook (and the rest of cyberspace) who, what, when and how, but the time has now come to say where. Facebook’s newest service, ‘Places’, is the core offering of sites such as Foursquare and Gowalla. Not one to be outdone, Facebook has launched its own ...

Facebook owes us

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Facebook is officially the most used website in the world. 500 million of us are logging on and it costs us absolutely zilch. There's been press coverage aplenty promising that we'll never have to pay to use the site. That's nothing new, but what if I told you that Facebook ...

College-room project that turned into a global phenomenon – Facebook hits the 500 million users mark

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Facebook announced that it now has 500 million users which means (according to The Guardian) that a whopping 43 per cent of Brits are regularly logging on. You can’t argue with that! We all remember Rage Against the Machine beating X-Factor’s latest hopeful (it was that Joe guy, right?) to the ...

Apple iPad sells 300,000 on debut

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

The Apple iPad has finally been released and sold over 300,000 units on Monday alone.  Availability outside the US is yet to be announced but the UK public is already clamouring for the latest must-have gadget from the Californian electronics giant.  The iPad was received with mixed reviews: websites sprung up immediately, ...

Goodbye Google, hello Bing

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

I've been an avid fan of Google and its products over the years.  I installed their web browser and toolbar and also set up Google Calendar and Docs on my wife's new Netbook.  Even so, I've become increasingly frustrated with the company, to the point where I've decided to make ...