Webism Today

Don’t believe Apple’s ads. They are not intended to be statements of fact, merely entertaining tales of iPhone 3Gs performing twice as their predecessors. Or so Apple claims. If you’re not up to speed on this story, we’re talking about William Gillis, a unhappy iPhone customer who has filed a lawsuit over claims by Apple [...]

Once known as ‘Jerry’s guide to the world wide web’, Yahoo has been at the forefront of tech debate and discussion for nearly two decades. Now, co-founder Jerry Yang has announced that he will step down as CEO as soon as a replacement has been named. The news of Yang’s retirement has been welcomed by [...]

Blogging about this is slightly bitter sweet, but I couldn’t resist. I’ll keep it brief. Everyone loves a good treasure hunt, particularly when the treasure is a free mini laptop. Vodafone have launched a new campaign called LiveGuy. LiveGuy, a cheeky chappy with too many Dell Netbooks for his own good, is going to be [...]

It’s been another disappointing week for Yahoo. Nobody likes to get rejected, but to get rejected twice in one week is soul shattering. There’s been a lot of speculation as to whether or not the Google-Yahoo deal would go through, and what affect that would have on the industry. Naturally, many people believed that it [...]

Despite the doom and gloom in the economic world, and our money becoming increasingly tight, we still have our heads screwed on when it comes down to shopping with a conscience. Research published earlier this month suggests that ethics are increasingly trumping price when we’re deciding where to shop and what to shop for, even [...]

Unable to get to a computer to make that new update for your Facebook status? Need to change from “single” to “in a relationship” or from “on holiday” to “back at work”? Desperately need to upload the photos you just took from your mobile phone camera onto your MySpace to share with all your friends? [...]

It was the marketing ploy to end all marketing ploys… well, maybe not, but it was a damn good idea drummed up by Mozilla to encourage internet users to download their latest version of Firefox. Creating a website specifically for the record, Mozilla announced they were going to attempt to set a Guinness World Record [...]

In response to the internet’s popularity as a source of information and as an escape from real life worries a UK charity has broadened its online presence. As well as creating pages on social networking sites Bebo, Facebook and MySpace, Contact a Family – a charity that offers support and advice to parents of disabled [...]

MoneySavingExpert has been subject to a DDOS attack. Martin Lewis told the Register that the timing of the attack is “probably not a coincidence“. The Register thought the story had some weight – but how did the blogosphere react? It wasn’t such a big story for the internet community. The original Digg picked up only [...]