UK digital sales break £1 billion barrier
More than £1 billion was spent on downloaded films, music and games in the UK in 2012- the highest annual total.Sales increased by 11.4% from…
Wikipedia reveals most searched articles of 2012
Wikipedia has revealled striking differences in what proved the most popular across the different language versions of the online encyclopaedia in 2012.Facebook topped the English…
Facebook to profit from your photos
Facebook has announced that it was start to seel your photos to advertisers- and that they will trouser the profits.Facebook has announced there would be…
UK 4G moves closer with Ofcom auction
The universal roll out of 4G in the UK has progressed as seven bidders for the auction of bandwidths have been named by Ofcom.The telecoms…
Internet porn- snopper charter bill U turn
Ministers have done a U turn on plans to automatically block internet access to pornography on all computers.A public consultation found only 35% of parents…
UK spends more on Internet shopping than any other major country- official figures show.
Internet shopping is more popular in the UK than in any other major country- a survey from regulator Ofcom shows.Consumers in the UK spend an…
Facebook data policies questioned by students in Irish court
Facebook’s handling of personal data is to be scrutinised in an Irish court by a student group.The group calling itself Europe v Facebook is unhappy…
Price comparison websites lack trust according to customers
Consumers’ lack of trust in some price comparison websites means that they miss out on potential savings- a watchdog was warned.A previous study by the…
Small firms targetted by hackers and cyber thieves
Small firms- even those employing a few people or less – are increasingly being targeted by hackers and cyber thieves.You may not think you have…
Cyber Monday sales- record ecommerce shopping day
The US is projected to have had a record ecommerce shopping day- according to analysts.Research firm Comscore said consumers would have spent $1.5 billion (nearly…