By Rik Henderson Google has started to offer its Knowledge Graph aided search results aid to US English users, with a global roll-out on the cards later. It is a new technology that understands and uses associations between people, places, events and “things” in the world to present relevant extra information during each search. When …

By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News Ahead of a nationwide deadline over regulating the use of cookies, the BBC has learned that the “majority” of the UK government’s own websites will fail to comply in time. All UK sites have been given until 26 May to make sure visitors are able to give “informed …

 By Frederic Lardinois It’s hard to underestimate how important ranking in Apple’s top 25 in the iTunes store is for mobile app developers. After all, the top 25 is probably the single most important app discovery mechanism for most iOS users. But how many downloads does it take to rank in the top 25? Mobile …

Posted  by Jane Wells. Each year, the WordPress core development team meets in person for a week to work together and discuss the vision for WordPress in the coming year. As annual events go, it’s easily my favorite. Don’t get me wrong, I love attending WordCamps and local WordPress meetups (which are awesome and you …

By Shane Richmond, Head of Technology (Editorial) Facebook has 70 per cent of the world’s internet users signed up, but can it justify such a high flotation? In The Social Network, the Oscar-winning film about the rise of Facebook, Sean Parker, the company’s founding president, tells another investor: “A million dollars isn’t cool – you …