Will social media be a victim of the London riots?

London's burning: dousing the flames in Croydon (image: George Rex)

That social media was used by the rioters in London shouldn’t really be a surprise.

It’s a mainstream communications tool, so it’s used by those wanting to communicate – whatever their aims.

A is for Argos – Google Instant live in the UK

Google’s latest innovation in search is now fully live in the UK, bringing with it the promise of whole seconds shaved off search times.

Google Instant shows results as you type, altering them the more letters you add to your search querry – the idea being that because you read quicker than you type this will lead to faster search results.

More importantly though it also throws a peculiar light on the British psyche when you look at what Google thinks are the top search results for each letter of the alphabet. So, in a feat of no small amount of pointlessness, I bring you the Google UK alphabet.