Technological change: The net effect

By Mark Broatch in Technology

Issue 3806 12th Apr 2013

What is the internet doing to us? Not as much as we fear, social psychologist Aleks Krotoski tells Mark Broatch.

Death of a reader

Subscriber content

By Peter Griffin in Technology

Issue 3804 28th Mar 2013

Google’s plan to kill off its news aggregation app is being met with fear and loathing.

Stanzas of search: Google gets all poetic

By Toby Manhire in The Internaut

Issue Listener Plus 14th Nov 2012

A new Tumblr site collects examples of Google Autocomplete serving up verse.

Reading the Google runes

By Toby Manhire in The Internaut

Issue Listener Plus 25th Oct 2012

Analysis of search results provides clues to likely turnout in the US presidential race - and other, more disturbing details.

German former first lady sues Google over Autocomplete

By Toby Manhire in The Internaut

Issue Listener Plus 26th Sep 2012

But the search giant says don't blame it on the algorithm.