Google tries to offer deal to end Brussels anti-trust probe
Google has proposed a package of concessions as it seeks to end a long running investigation into its European search business.The suggested changes to its…
New Facebook data privacy fears
Facebook’s new “Home” software for Android phones could “destroy” privacy warn industry watchers and analysts.Unveiled last week, Home is a “wrapper” for Android and puts…
British Library to store every UK website
The British Library and four other “legal deposit libraries’” will have the right to collect and store everything that is published online in the UK.It…
European data watchdogs combine to target Google over privacy policies
Six European data protection agencies are combining a joint legal action over Google’s privacy policies.The threat comes as a four month deadline to change the…
Yahoo spends £15 million buying UK teen’s Summly news app
An news app created by a UK teenager has been bought by Yahoo in a deal worth about £15 million.The 17 year old’s Summly app…
YouTube now has one billion monthly users
YouTube, the video sharing website which is owned by Google has said that it now has one billion regular users.Announcing the milestone on its blog,…
Average UK broadband speed finally crawls over 10 MPS rate
The average speed of home broadband in the UK is now 12Mbps (megabits per second), according to research from the regulator Ofcom.The rate has risen…
Martha Lane Fox to get peerage
My fellow Millennium Product award winner and ecommerce pioneer Martha Lane Fox is to join the House of Lords.The co-founder of travel website lastminute.com –…
Healthcare technology- the benefits and the myths
In theory, the use of technology in healthcare- telehealth can cut the cost of care while at the same time improving its quality of it’s…
Microsoft fined over web browser again by European Commission
Microsoft has been fined £484 million (561m euros) for failing to promote a range of web browsers, rather than just Internet Explorer, to users in…