Webism Today

If you’re finding you’re spending too much time online, surfing the net and watching online TV, don’t worry – you’re not alone – in the UK that is, anyway. This is the latest findings that the UK is ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to embracing new digital technologies, particularly when [...]

Mark Zuckenberg, founder of Facebook, has never taken Facebook down the traditional internet advertising route. “Advertising on the web is less about just hitting someone with a message,” he says. “It’s about engagement [with that user].” Following this belief, Facebook has now taken the latest step in its online advertising with the introduction of ‘engagement [...]

Despite only one in 12.5 million people wanting to buy male-enhancement products by clicking on a link in their junk mail, spammers are still making a profit, so a recent research paper claims. Researchers at the University of California carried out a study on spam email and found that for one email advertising pharmaceuticals (specifically [...]

If you ever watched Scrubs religiously, you may have come across RateYourDoc.org, a spoof site set up by the Scrubs producers. The site was set up to run alongside an episode in which the cast of Scrubs were obsessing over their ratings on said website. It was all very funny, as it seemed to be [...]

As it goes, you walk into a café, place your order and enjoy being entertained by the company you are with. However, for a small café near Tokyo offers a slightly more interesting atmosphere. As you all know, Japan is a country full of inventions; however, they are taking inventions to a whole new dimension [...]

Ever wondered why your inbox seems to be constantly full of junk when no one else you know seems to receive any? According to new research it could all be to do with the first letter of your e-mail address. E-mail accounts beginning with the letters A, M, P, R and S were found to [...]

This week has seen an announcement from Twitter – the social networking site that allows updates that are up to 140 characters long – that has upset many of its users. You’d think at that length the updates would be perfect to send to a phone – there’s even a little room to add a [...]

It would seem like virtual worlds are indeed taking over the world. That’s a bit of a melodramatic statement but Google have now launched their own virtual world known as Lively, where this creative new social network involves each Google user creating an avatar profile and their very own virtual room to accompany their profile. [...]

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? [...]

Ok, so its not the first time users can experience 3D virtual life on the net. Programs such as Second Life have been around for a bit and have proved popular to a set of users our there but to really bring this virtual reality to desktops the world over takes, well, social networks of [...]