Author: Daniel Cross

Tablet technology hasn’t been around for long, but already the nay-sayers are predicting it’ll soon become obsolete. In fact, almost a quarter of surveyed UK company CIOs think it’ll die out within just five years. Less surprisingly, a majority also see the extinction of landline...

After getting the go-ahead to bring 4G to Britain, Everything, Everywhere continue to strike big deals. This one is with Mastercard, and will see contactless mobile phone payments being made possible for Orange and T-Mobile users. O2 and Vodafone won’t be pleased though, as they’d...

Music streaming sites Spotify and Pandora may be hugely succesful in terms of listenership, but they continue to lose millions. How? Well, it seems that a vast percentage of their individual revenues is going on royalty payments. Unsurprisingly, both are keen on a shift to...

His new album with Jneiro Jarel may have been ourAlbum of the Week, but MF DOOM’s habit of getting imposters to pretend to be him when fulfilling live obligations keeps on pissing people off. This time it was a DJ set for Livin’ Proof that...

BUZZMEDIA continue to add to their ever-expanding portfolio of music magazines and blogs, with the recent acquisition of Spin Magazine being followed by the addition of four punk blogs, including Under The Gun Review and Punknews.org, to their roster. However, some fear it will lead...

It’s been a ropey year for British festivals, and last weekend it got even worse. Veteran dance festival Creamfields was the unfortunate recipient of two weeks worth of rain in one day, leading to the cancellation of the event on Sunday as attendees had to...

Analysis and research by Experian Marketing Services has made clear the huge growth enjoyed by Pinterest and Instagram over the last year, with the sites increasing visits by 5,124% and 17,319% respectively. Pinterest is now the third most visited social network on the web (it...

Microsoft unveiled its first major logo change in 25 years last week but the rebranding exercise has attracted criticism from some experts, who feel the new image is “conservative” and “a bit dull”. Click here for full story...

Cheeky man-scent purveyors Lynx were on the ball over the weekend, apologising for any part their deodorant may have played in Prince Harry’s naked party antics in Las Vegas recently with a one-off ad in the British paper that drew complaints for publishing the pics...