BBC News site gets a facelift

The BBC is set to launch a new, updated version of its iPlayer online video catch-up service this week.The latest BBC iPlayer, which has been available as a beta for the past few months, is set to support integration with social...

The BBC has apologised for referring to users of the world’s leading social networking website Facebook as "Saddos", technology website Digital Spy has reported.The error, first reported by The Media Blog two days ago, had...

The volcanic eruption in Iceland has resulted in several thousand passengers being stranded at airports across Europe, struggling to cope with the unforeseen situation and trying to find ways to get back home. But it seems that...

Britain's premier intelligence agency, MI5, has started firing those staff members who don't know how use social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter, which have become a major communication hub for extremists planning...

Figures revealed by the BBC regarding its iPlayer service show that the popular video on demand service has shattered all previous records when it comes to TV programme requests. A staggering 1.4 million users on average tuned in...

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) staff will be receiving optional tutorials on how to use popular social networking platform Facebook and other similar services including Bebo and Twitter, the Sun has reported. According to...

A new BBC documentary, Virtual Revolution, has named Sunderland as the Facebook capital of Britain as researchers have found that the percentage of Sunderland residents who were more likely to log onto to Facebook was the highest...

According to a new study conducted by IT services group Morse, social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook are costing organisations in UK a staggering figure of £1.38bn every year. The study which was conducted on...

Speech to Text messaging company Spinvox has belatedly replied to the BBC news story and blog post from BBC's own technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones, with a post on its own blog. The company says that the article posted...

Mobile web space is largely being dominated by the social networking phenomena, which includes sites like Twitter and Facebook’ with as many as a third of youths frequently accessing these sites using their handsets,...

Sudden demise of the pop icon Michael Jackson has showcased the power of the microblogging phenomenon Twitter in helping people to stay connected over happenings around the globe, as many users logged on to the website posting...

It seems that Microsoft is gearing up to raise the entertainment quotient of its Xbox 360 game console, as in addition to announcing new game controller Project Natal, the software giant is also bringing social networking...

Facebook will now let a breast cancer patient to post images of her mastectomy scars, following criticisms from Breast Cancer awareness groups in UK over removing photographs from the site.  Sharon Adams, 45, posted images...

A 54-year IT consultant has been forced to resign from his post as a magistrate in Telford, Shropshire, after being criticised for posting case updates on his Twitter account. A formal complaint was made against Professor Steve...

A British schoolboy who posted a suicide note on Facebook was saved by the police after his friend in the US read that post and raised the alarm.  The transatlantic rescue operation began when the depressed 16-year-old...