Webism Today

Barack Obama has this week been inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States, but research has shown that millions of people still can’t spell his name. Goose Grade, a website that allows authors to add a button on their site that lets readers send in corrections, has estimated that there are around 60 [...]

There has been a growing deluge of British celebrities, TV personalities and comedians on twitter recently. A quick grab into the twitter ether and you will find @bobbyllew (Robert Llewellyn aka Kryton from Red Dwarf) @StephenFry, @JohnCleese, @JackDee, @JeremyClarkson and @wossy (aka Jonathan Ross) to name a few. As the Guardian report, @wossy has been [...]

It is probably one of the highest honours a journalist could receive, but in the past online-only newspapers have been excluded. The Pulitzer Prize board have now decided to change that showing their reflected interest in the growth and importance of online journalism. All of this is being announced at a time when readership rates [...]

Anyone would have thought it was Thanksgiving. Well, they would if they were looking at Google’s hot trends that is. Google Hot Trends is always a fascinating insight into the mind of America, and you can clearly see what is on their mind today. Not wanting to raise any stereotypes but the 19th most popular [...]

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 [...]

At the time of writing this post, there were 8006 members on the new Hoff Space. That’s right, David Hasselhoff’s, of Baywatch and pop star (well in Germany) fame, very own social networking site. More than a fan site, this brings together the fans with all the additional add-ons like gadgets, groups, photo and video [...]

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 [...]

It all started with an announcement on 9th April that the two companies had been courting for a while and that now was the right time to spread their good news to the public: the immediate integration of BBC’s iPlayer into Nintendo’s Opera powered internet channel on the Wii. As FunkyGuy on FashionFunky comments, when [...]

These days it pays to be green and within almost every aspect of our lives, from drinking beer to opening bank accounts, there is an environmentally conscious option. In the world of the sustainability, things could only get bigger; first we had eco-houses, then came green skyscrapers, and as blogger Superforest NYC says, it’s exciting [...]

Recent games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band, which cast players as axe-wielding heavy metal rock musicians have proven to be highly popular with console gamers. While tapping buttons on a plastic guitar may not be a realistic substitute for the real-thing, the mechanics and gameplay has certainly overtaken utilising a broom or brolly as [...]