Budget gives extra funds for UK digital research
UK research into digital cash could get a £10 million boost from government according to a statement in the budget yesterday. The plan to invest…
Ethics of blocking ads debated
Is it ethical to block adverts online- or are the ads intrusive? According to one count, 84% of the top 100 websites in the world…
How to use Twitter to complain
A new way of complaining about bad service using Twitter has just been created. A disgruntled customer has found a new way to use social…
Amazon forced to alter pricing policy for traders
Amazon has been forced to alter its pricing policy for third party traders aftermid investigations in the UK and Germany.It will drop a clause banning…
Google’s tax avoidance damages it’s brand image
Google’s brand image has been damaged by the criticism of it’s tax avoidance of taxes, a major survey of consumer attitudes has found.The search engine…
Online terms and conditions- are they so big they are unenforceable?
As many online companies’ terms and conditions are now being bigger than Shakespeare’s Hamlet- could it be that “unfair” clauses in agreements are unenforecable? The…
Blind Federation criticises website security tests
The National Federation for the Blind says its members are unable to sign an e-petition calling for printed material to be more accessible to the…
“Free” computers are creating a very expensive society
While people are created equal, computers are not. When people share information freely, those who own the best computers benefit in ways that impoverish everyone…
Yahoo to buy Tumblr for £723 million
Yahoo has agreed a deal to buy the blogging service Tumblr for £723 million ($1.1 billion). Yahoo’s chief executive Marissa Mayer said that as part…
3D printing- is it overhyped?
Since 3D printing hit the world and machines have made it affordable for ordinary people, there has been no end of hype about what is…