2 min read Customers will abandon a site that is slow to load and take their business elsewhere, and search engines will downgrade the ranking of sites that have a track record of frequent crashes or slow loading time.

2 min read study found that the average loading time across all 50 retailers was about seven seconds, which is twice the recommended minimum time.

2 min read Google’s Webmaster Central Blog suggests several best practices you can implement to prepare your site for a traffic surge. Consider preparing a lightweight version of your site that you can switch to if you begin to experience a spike in traffic. Hosting forms on a third-party server can help your server cope with increased traffic loads.

< 1 min read Facebook faces downtime unexpectedly here we explain and give an update of the this situation.

< 1 min read Read all about Windows new clever marketing ad that’s got everyone talking in our investigative piece – you won’t regret it!

< 1 min read One of the first & most affordable home 3D printers has just closed its funding round on Kickstarter, raising $1,438,765. Find out more here.

3 min read Read everything you need to know about how Ouya, might have found 63,000 crowd-funding backers, but it didn’t deliver its promises.

2 min read We run through how experts believe the UK will continue spending on digital advertising, spending £3bn on mobile ads in 2017.

2 min read On this page we discuss Facebook’s recent purchase of Instagram for $715m (£455m) – somewhat lower than the $1bn it had originally bid.

2 min read See the novel way of fighting eBook piracy with a trick discovered by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany.

2 min read Xbox manufacturer Microsoft avoided a prolonged storm last week when they announced that it will be up to games publishers. Read more!

2 min read A recent study warned that large solar storms could leave millions of people in North America without electricity. Find out more here.

3 min read Read more on how Office of Fair Trading launched its investigation & consultation into in-app purchases in Children’s app-based games.

2 min read On this page, we discuss the recent decline in WoW players as Activision Blizzard Loses the WoW Factor. It will surprise you!

2 min read Zynga, the company behind Farmville announced its new mobile-first focus. Read here what this means for the company’s future.

2 min read Angry Birds to Hit a Screen Near You. Rovio announced that Angry Birds is to make its debut as a short cartoon series.