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announcement October 31, 2012 posted by

TokyoFlash Giveaway Reminder – the time is right!

Hello readers! Just wanted to put out a quick message to you all as a reminder to enter into the TokyoFlash Giveaway if you haven’t already. If you win, you’ll be able to choose any of their current models (found on this website), and it will show up on your doorstep. A great big thank you to those who have already entered!


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TokyoFlash Giveaway Reminder – the time is right!
announcement June 8, 2012 posted by

Win an Apple iPad: help us out and enter to win one of two new Apple iPads

We’d like your help peeps. We’re running a short survey to find out more about how to make you, our cherished readers, happy. If you can spare 10 minutes to answer a few questions we’ll be hugely grateful, and in fact so grateful that we’ll pop your name into a draw to win one of two shiny new iPad tablets. Now, isn’t that sweet? If you’re game, please click here to get going, and thanks very much.


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announcement April 12, 2012 posted by

The Red Ferret now on Google Currents for iPad, Android tablets, and more…

Google Currents, the tablet and smartphone formatted feed reader app has just gone international, and in celebration The Red Ferret is now published on the Google Currents platform. This means you lucky readers with the money to buy iPads and assorted tablet type toys (and smartphones) will be able to read us in magazine style, with a cool funky layout and everything. The only gripe we’ve got with the app is the fact that the titles aren’t live links, which means…


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announcement January 16, 2012 posted by

Show your opposition to SOPA/PIPA by participating in Internet Blackout on Wednesday

There’s a word that’s been floating around for the last few months that strikes fear into the hearts of internet users everywhere. SOPA. It stands for the Stop Online Piracy Act, and it threatens to disrupt the entire internet as we know it. Essentially, it gives copyright holders the ability to make entire websites disappear from the internet for hosting infringing material. What’s more is that even if the infringing material comes from a user who uploaded it to the…


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Show your opposition to SOPA/PIPA by participating in Internet Blackout on Wednesday
announcement December 9, 2011 posted by

Red’s Holiday Giveaway Week 4

Have you been enjoying our Holiday Giveaways so far? Well buckle yourselves in, because we’re going out with a bang. We’ve got two more prize packs to give away, and each is valued at over $300! Just like before, you’ll enter via Twitter or Facebook, depending on which you’d like to win. Don’t forget that you’ll also need to follow or like us to win!


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Red’s Holiday Giveaway Week 4
announcement December 2, 2011 posted by

Red’s Holiday Giveaway – Week 3

Did you like last week’s Holiday Giveaway? While it was good, I thought that we could make things a little more interesting. After all, if you haven’t done your shopping by now, you must be getting a little worried. December is upon us, after all. Well don’t worry, the Christmas Ferret is here, and he’s got a bag full of goodies. Just like before, we’ll have two prize packs. One for Twitter and one for Facebook. Check out the goodies…


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Red’s Holiday Giveaway – Week 3
announcement December 2, 2011 posted by

Announcing the winner of Red’s Holiday Giveaway Week 2!

I’ve consulted our official Red Ferret Magic 8 Ball*, and it has guided me to the winners of Red’s Holiday Giveaway Week 2. For the Twitter package, containing an iZON Remote Room Monitor and a Toddy Smart Cloth, we have SF_Steph. The winner from our Facebook pack, which features a Warpia StreamHD Value Edition and Pogo Sketch, we have Anita Guedry Lloyd. Congratulations to both of you! You can either give these prizes out as gifts, or keep them all…


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Announcing the winner of Red’s Holiday Giveaway Week 2!
announcement November 23, 2011 posted by

Red’s Holiday Giveaway Reminder!

Just a quick Holiday Giveaway reminder! We’re giving away your choice of PowerSkin smartphone cases to one lucky Twitter follower. All you need to do is follow @theredferret and tweet at us, letting us know which phone you have. These Power Skin cases not only keep your phone looking good, but they will keep it powered up, too! The contest ends first thing on Friday, so good luck, and happy holidays!


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Red’s Holiday Giveaway Reminder!
announcement November 22, 2011 posted by

Save The Internet

There’s a bunch of pig ignorant vested interests trying to clamp down on the Internet right now in yet another unwarranted attack via the US legislature. Regular readers will know my views from the past on these attacks, so if you want to help stop this stuff from happening here’s some actions you can take. In the USRead Matt Cutts’ great post on the subject, and take action using the links he gives on the page. Outside the USSign this petition. This constant barrage of attacks…


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announcement November 8, 2011 posted by

Announcing The Red Ferret Google+ Page

Yep, we’re a sucker for a new launch, so we’ve gone and set up a Google+ Page of our very own. Took a mere 5 minutes (including uploading the image) and off we went. Nice! You can find us at https://plus.google.com/103925240319608422257 (I assume eventually we’ll get vanity Page names, eh?) and don’t forget to add us to your circle if you’re already a Google+ user. If you’re not, why not? I’ve been playing around with it for a few weeks now, and…


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announcement March 29, 2011 posted by

New Red Ferret Mobile Version – elegance at your fingertips

Just a quick announcement to say we’ve now installed the latest greatest mobile tech for the Red Ferret which gives you an option to view the site in an easy to read mobile format instead of the conventional web page view. Of course we’re still offering our special iPhone version (see sidebar), but for those of you with other phones running Android etc, there’s now a cool alternative. The best thing is you can switch between the two formats at will. Just scroll down to…


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announcement March 15, 2011 posted by

AT&T and Verizon waiving charges for calls to Japan

The earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan were more than devastating, killing countless people and tearing up the homes of many. There are a lot of us that have family and friends over there, and to make a call to make sure they�re alright can be a detrimental amount. AT&T and Verizon have decided to be nice and give free calls to Japan through April for those of us who are worried sick about friends and family on the other…


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AT&T and Verizon waiving charges for calls to Japan