Author Archive

Google vs. Facebook: Facts and Stats Every Marketer Should Know

Almost two years ago now, Andrew Garberson and Lunametrics published an article that contained 20 stats and facts about Google of interest to marketers. The data covered user stats, advertising spend and mobile use. We decided that it was time to update those stats, and for extra fun, we thought we’d add similar

Best BBQ: from portable barbecues to huge ones: charcoal, gas; grills, smokers and ovens. Lots of BBQs, basically

Whether it’s a gas or charcoal BBQ you’re after, or even a smoker, we’ve got what you need to perk up the great British summer: T3’s pick of the greatest grilling machines out there. With a heatwave underway and the school summer holidays drawing to a close,

US to hand over control of the internet naming system as of 1 October

The US will finally be handing over the naming system of the World Wide Web more specifically known as the Domain Naming System or DNS to nonprofit organisation Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), on 1 October. The confirmation brings to an end the 20-year

Dyson Pure Hot + Cool Link fan now makes the air in your home pure, hot and/or cool

Last year’s Dyson Pure Link was the British brand’s first connected device, and scooped a T3 Award nomination for the usual Dyson blend of stylish design and clever engineering. The app and connectivity were unusually good for a first effort, too. Sold as an air purifier –

Facebook Re-Vamps Trending News Section in Response to Recent Controversy

Earlier this year, a report from Gizmodo suggested that Facebook had been selectively editing their Trending News section to highlight or ignore certain stories, indicative of inherent bias in their news coverage. Such an accusation would be significant in any context, but given Facebook’s massive global reach (now up

Nasa makes all research free to the public in fight against academic journal paywalls

What’s the point of research, if hardly anyone can read it? Nasa has decided to make all of the scientific research it funds available for the general public to access for free from a new public web portal, even if the research originates from a peer-reviewed journal

Adobe Typekit unveils major redesign

Adobe Typekit has just released a long-overdue update to its font browsing interface. Currently still in beta, the new UI makes finding, and using fonts substantially easier. This is the biggest update to Typekit’s UI in 5 years and comparing the old with the new offers a

Is Duke Nukem 3D getting a 20th anniversary remake?

Well, we’ll be honest here, we thought we’d comfortably seen the last of ol’ Duke Nukem. The flat-topped, cigar-chewing symbol of big guns and even bigger sexual innuendo had finally ridden off into the sunset following some pretty terrible gaming outing, but how wrong were we. If

LinkedIn Now Supports Hashtags Again – Sort of

Everyone knows that LinkedIn doesn’t support hashtags, right? That, of course, doesn’t stop people from using them on the platform all the time, much to the amusement of smug social media types (myself included) who scoff at such folly – “hashtags don’t work on LinkedIn, fool”. As it

Google to penalise sites that use annoying pop-up ads on mobiles

Google has decided to punish mobile sites that use intrusive pop-up ads by ranking them low and not figuring them prominently on search results. The move is an attempt to make search easier for users. However, it is likely to affect business like news websites and e-commerce