As soon as I heard the news that Facebook had agreed to acquire Instagram my first reaction, probably like many others, was “oh no” but the news that the company plans to keep it independent us a welcome relief. So, if the Instagram functionality is not going to be gobbled up by the ever...

Since making the move from Android to iPhone and subsequently giving my impressions of living with iOS for a week I wanted to spend some time, and get some further opinions on, the Gmail experience. Android users are spoilt in this regard, and it is only to be expected, but it amazes me how two tech...

What would Google be hoping to achieve by introducing its own commenting system? Is there an altruistic motivation or merely a need to take a slice of the commenting pie? Jon Mitchell over at ReadWriteWeb fired me a tweet after my post yesterday about a possible Google commenting system saying he had...

After numerous criticisms of being Facebook’s poor relative is Google+ about to realise it’s potential with a full social layer? I have long said that Google+ has a problem of perception; the social networking element has been thrust front and centre with little seeming to happen with regards...

Are we seeing a fundamental shift in the way Facebook wants us to interact with our friends and who those friends should be? Facebook is changing and has been for some time. Individual features are always in flux but we have recently been seeing a subtle but fundamental shift. Despite joining Facebook...