Posted by NewsBattlefield 1943 launches next week DICE are rolling out the latest in their Battlefield franchise, the downloadable FPS; Battlefield 1943 next week on the 9th.It packs maps inspired from Battlefield 1942, and can be had for £9.99 or 1200MS Points. BF games are usually a good romp so it shouldn't disappoint. Up to 24 players can play together online as either the US Marines or the Imperial Japanese Navy. They're also on Twitter. |
Posted by SteveHow #followfriday works We can make a fair assumption looking at the stats for the site that people that visit RandomlyAccessed are clued up to Twitter and the workings of social media in general, however, for those that do not, here's how the weekly round of #followfriday works.Click the title for more. |
Posted by NewsNew 192.com Directory Launches We've had the same old business and people directory services for years, and the online versions of the major brands tend to be just digital versions of their paper-bound cousins.That should change with the (re)launch of 192.com, the directory service specifically designed for the broadband generation. It gives you access to a massive database of companies and a number of important people, and allows you to search through them, listing contact details as well as their location via a Ordinance Survey map mash-up. Click the title for more. |
Posted by SteveFriendFeed adds real-time search One of the big plus points with FriendFeed is that you can see what's going on on the service in real-time. As in, someone posts something, and it appears in your stream without having to refresh the page and immediately.Well, now they've rolled the same functionality out onto their search result pages, meaning you can get a live feed on anything that's happening on the service. Click the title for more. |
Posted by SteveWhy you should use Bit.ly There are literally hundreds of URL shorteners out there on the interwebs, some claiming shorter URLs than the rest (but at the expense of expiring links), some with those annoying bars along the top, and others that just don't feel short enough, but there is one that is fast becoming the de facto standard for link shortening; Bit.lyClick the title for why you should use it. |
Posted by SteveEnglish joke gets lost on the Twitterverse There are a lot of things that the rest of the world don't get about England, and it seems the latest example is currently trending on Twitter.Well, we say trending, it seems that Twitter isn't displaying tweets with the hashtag #MrsSlocombesPussy (which is trending as the actress who played Mrs Slocombe in Are You Being Served? has died) in its search results. Don't worry, just another example of how British jokes can get lost when crossing the Atlantic. |
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