Darren McCarra, Author at McCarra.co

Are compact cameras turning into smartphones? You would usually find us here talking about how smartphones are replacing compact cameras but now, with the announcement of Nikon's first Android-powered camera, the Coolpix S800c, are cameras turning into smartphones? No responses 22nd August 2012
Everything Everywhere to offer 4G in UK as early as next month Ofcom, the independent regulator for the British communications industries, has today approved an application from Everything Everywhere to use its existing 1800 MHz spectrum to deliver 4G or LTE services. No responses 21st August 2012
Did Quora just introduce embeddable quotes? – Yes Question and answer service Quora has introduced embeddable quotes, allowing users to easily post Quora content to blogs and other websites. No responses 20th August 2012
Sky Sports TV app arrives on Android as Premier League season kicks off In a bid to tackle the proliferation of illegal streaming of the English Premier League, Sky has released its Sky Sports TV app for Android. Like its current iPhone counterpart, it's subscription-based and designed for viewers who do not have a traditional subscription with Sky but want to enjoy sports coverage on mobile. No responses 18th August 2012
Google expands Voice Search availability to 100 million new users Google has added 13 new languages to Voice Search on Android bringing faster searching to potentially 100 million new users. No responses 17th August 2012
New insect species discovered on Flickr Flickr has been receiving some good press of late. Earlier this week it emerged that Yahoo!'s new CEO Marissa Mayer may or may not have joined Flickr but intends to make the photo sharing site a priority going forward - reportedly already doubling its development team. Now, Flickr has apparently aided the discovery of a new species of insect. No responses 16th August 2012
English Premier League shut down 30,000 illegal streams last season The English Premier League shut down more than 30,000 illegal internet streams of its football fixtures last season, according to the BBC's Radio 1 Newsbeat. 3 responses 16th August 2012
YouTube release native PS3 app, controllable via smartphones Starting today, Sony PlayStation 3 owners can enjoy an improved YouTube experience by way of a new native YouTube app on the home entertainment system. 2 responses 14th August 2012
Google+ getting custom, pretty URLs Google+ has begun to introduce custom URLs to a "limited number of verified profiles and pages", but promises platform-wide availability to all of its 170 million or so users in the future. 10 responses 14th August 2012
Olympics inspire record Twitter conversation After 16 days and 150 million tweets, the London 2012 Olympics have come to a close. As witnessed by so many other major world events, huge conversation and debate happened on Twitter. We take a look at some of the numbers. No responses 13th August 2012