Go Back to the Future with Viber's latest update

10/02/2016 SMK Editor

We've all been there: inadvertently sent a text then immediately regretted it.  Now you can rewind time (sort of) with Viber's latest update: the ability to delete messages once the ....

Facebook now gets 100 million hours of video every day

10/02/2016 SMK Editor

Facebook’s recent earnings report surprised no one by confirming that the platform continues to be incredibly rich and popular. One of the more interesting facts: Facebookers now watch 100 million hours of video every day. Look at this ....

Vine gets Personal Channels for brands

09/02/2016 SMK Editor

Vine is probably the best place for short-form videos on the internet, but finding those snippets of video gold can be difficult. This is something Vine is looking to address with its latest update: personalised channels. Bespoke in beta Vine ann ....

SMK's app of the week: Cortana

09/02/2016 SMK Editor

Siri might get all the press, but there are plenty of other digital assistants out there in the electronic ether. Today we're looking at Microsoft's  ....

Number Crunch: Podcasts

08/02/2016 SMK Editor

Say the word "podcast" and you might envisage a few geeks in a basement debating the merits of Star Wars vs Star Trek. However podcasts have recently undergone a quiet revolution, and in 2016 are poised to becoming one of the fastest growing mediums for ....

Gmail gets into superstar territory with 1 billion users

08/02/2016 SMK Editor

The 1 billion club is a rarefied field, composing such superstars as Facebook and YouTube. Now that space is a bit more crowded with the inclusion of Gmail. Mail room The news came amidst Google's recent earning report, which revealed Gmail n ....

Facebook's latest News Feed tweak: what you need to know

05/02/2016 SMK Editor

The mysterious world Facebook's News Feed has just received an important overhaul: it now delivers content based (in part at least), on what users want to see. Like and Learn Facebook announced the update in a ....

Privacy compliance: Put simply

04/02/2016 SMK Editor

Privacy compliance is one of those areas that seems to confound and confuse. So today we're taking a look, in simple terms, at what’s involved. Do I need to comply with privacy and spam laws? If your annual turnover is $3 milli ....

Microsoft releases new 'smart' selfie app

03/02/2016 SMK Editor

Are you a selfie fanatic looking to take your power portraits to the next level? Microsoft's newest release might have the answer to you ....

YouTube to support HDR video for brands

03/02/2016 SMK Editor

At the recent CES in Las Vegas YouTube announced it will soon support HDR (high dynamic range) video.  Brighter brights, blacker blacks HDR video provides users with an extended range of colour palettes and contrast ratios. The press release says th ....

Amazon WorkMail gets wider roll out

02/02/2016 SMK Editor

They say good things come to those who wait. Well, after a year in preview Amazon WorkMail is now getting a wider roll out. Work in prog ....