All stories by Matthew
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People in Sweden are using Duolingo to learn... Swedish
Nearly a third of all users in the Scandinavian country are learning Swedish. Is the language that difficult? Not exactly. ...
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David Attenborough is releasing an app that features 1,000 clips of his own work
The BBC is releasing a free app this autumn that will feature more than 1,000 clips of David Attenborough's awarding work ...
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Parents could get sued by their kids for putting baby photos on Facebook
Parents in France are being warned that their love of posting intimate photos of their young children on Facebook could land ...
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HBO execs are frantically trying to stop this YouTuber from leaking plots in Game of Thrones
YouTuber Spanish Spoiler is spending his free time uploading videos that explain the next episode of Game of Thrones before ...
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What TNW is reading (week 18)
Ah, welcome welcome. I see you enjoyed last week’s edition and are back for more. Well we won’t disappoint. For the ...
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The banks of Google, Facebook and Amazon
A fifth of people want a bank of Google, Amazon or Facebook, but according to Matt Hussey, they're asking for the wrong thing. ...
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Snapchat's Discover channel is quietly ruining the social network
Snapchat is quietly destroying the reason people flocked to the app and replacing it with a weird mecca for desperate news ...
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Prince is still making it difficult for online pirates from beyond the grave
Prince's estate has been working with Web Sheriff to help keep the internet free of illegal copies of his work from appearing ...
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Radiohead is erasing itself from the Web and that makes me feel 😞 Update: They're back!
Thom Yorke and Radiohead are quietly trying to scrub their digital footprint from the Web and that makes us all feel sad. ...
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The CIA's recap of the the night Bin Laden was shot on Twitter is just weird
On Sunday, the CIA and its Twitter account decided it wanted to commemorate the death of Osama Bin Laden, on Twitter in a ...
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Iamb&b wants to take the hassle out of renting your place on Airbnb
Each week we’re profiling one company that has been selected for Boost – our early-stage startup growth program. Catch ...
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How the Web forced a redesign of the Tokyo Olympics logo
Today, the organising committee behind the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics announced its new logo: a circle that looks like a ...