Google HashCode Programming Competition 2017

This week is the latest iteration of the yearly Google HashCode event. Google ask developers from all across Europe, Africa and the Middle East to take part in a simultaneous programming competition. It begins at 18:30GMT on Thursday 23rd February with an online qualification round. The best teams from this will then be invited to…

What is the best top end Laptop?

Following Apples recent conference and reveal of the all new Macbook pro, there is finally a time we can compare the big hitters on the market and see who has the lead. Below are the 3 biggest laptops on the market and how they stack up with specs and prices, obviously there are other factors…

Verizon Buy Yahoo

Yahoo was the Google of my generation, it was the place to go for News, Email, Games, Chat. It was my homepage and the place I went to search the internet. At one point Yahoo was valued at $125 billion. Yesterday, Verizon the US mobile network bought it for just $4.8 billion! That’s still quite…

Windows 10 has a new update coming!

I think we can all agree that Windows 10 has been a revelation from Microsoft. More than 350 million devices are now using the software and it’s clock up billions of hours of usage. It’s even prompted many businesses to switch from archaic old Windows XP bringing everyone onto a level playing ground. It’s Windows…

Microsoft aquires LinkedIn for $26.2 billion

Microsoft has decided to aquire LinkedIn for an astronomical $26.2 billion. Microsoft is bound to incorporate LinkedIn functionality into their forthcoming apps, and I’m quite excited to see how these pan out. The deal is expected to complete by the end of the year, with both companies still operating separately. I’m guessing the Nokia merger…

jQuery 3.0 Released!

It’s been a long time coming but jQuery 3.0 is finally released! Read all the details here: http://blog.jquery.com/2016/06/09/jquery-3-0-final-released/ Let us know what you think in the comments below.