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Online advertising typically brings in less than 20% of a newspaper’s advertising revenue reports the economist. On the morning of September 3rd 1833 a new kind of newspaper went on sale on the streets of New York. With its mix of crime reports and human-interest stories, the Sunwas intended to appeal to a mass audience, and [...]

With the rapid change in technology, knowing when to purchase a truly innovative product is becoming increasingly more difficult. This infographic by done Socialcast,looks at how being an early adopter does have its benefits. See full image below.

We are found this video [see below] of “Air Swimmers” which is the collective name of these fun and cool flying, radio-controlled toys that comes in the shape of a shark and a clownfish. Air Swimmers swim through the air with incredibly smooth and life-like motion. These amazing fish provide hours of remote control indoor [...]

The biggest change you’ll see is that getting around the app is much easier. The ‘Check In’ button is now always up at the top, and (good news for those of us with fat fingers) the tabs are therefore a bit more spaced out. Tap on over to the Explore tab and check out how [...]

Over the months there has been continuous speculation about what apples iPhone 5 will look like. The designs show manufacturers what areas need to be open or exposed for cases, but reveal little else. In the past, this has caused some misunderstandings about future features. iPad 2 cases seemed to suggest an extra port at the [...]

Its was bond to happen. They say imitation is the best form of flatery….twitpic founder Noah Everett has unveiled Heello, his feature-for-feature copy of Twitter. Heello looks and acts like Twitter in almost every way. Instead of tweeting, users you send “pings” to their followers. The language is different. Instead of retweeting, you use “echo” [...]

Levi’s is postponing the UK premiere of its global ‘Go Forth’ ad due to a sequence in the film that features a young man confronting a line of riot police, which based on the recent #londonriots would be deemed to be inappropriate. The scene from the brand’s first global campaign appears 47-seconds into the ad. [...]

An alternative to the standard eBay website has just launched on the Mac App Store in America: an official eBay app. The app is free to download and provides users with a sleek and minimalistic interface for finding their way around eBay’s U.S. catalog. Browse, bid, watch and buy items, with an improved search feature, saved [...]

Nearly one month after its U.S. debut, the Spotify music service has handed out 1.4 million free trials of which 12.5 percent of those converted to one of the service’s paid packages.  This means nearly 175,000 U.S. customers are paying for the service, according to All Things Digital. Spotify, which arrived here from Europe on July [...]

Great short video from Derek Sivers. Founder of CD Baby, TED speaker, writer, and all around nice guy, Derek talks about  Uncommon Sense. Entrepreneurs and business owners take note. This is 1 of 8 video you can watch the rest here.

New Ofcom research reveals the extent to which the UK has become addicted to smartphones, with people confessing to using them everywhere from the dining table to the bathroom and bedroom. Over a quarter of adults (27 per cent) and almost half of teenagers (47 per cent) now own a smartphone, according to Ofcom’s latest [...]

UK mobile carrier Orange seems to be working with Apple to provide “free” iTunes movie rentals each Thursday in an ongoing promotion called Orange Film To Go Orange Film To Go offers Orange customers a specific film to download from iTunes every Thursday. The specific movies are pre-selected by Orange and early choices include The [...]

Its friday! Yayyy! Have you been on holiday this year or fancy going again? We found this fun video of a Guy who travels the world and shoots one second of footage in each location.