UK music downloads pass one billion mark
One billion songs have now been downloaded in the UK- according to the Official Charts Company.The milestone was reached on Monday, almost 10 years after…
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…
Mobile phones celebrate 40th anniversary
The first mobile phone call was made 40 years ago- on 3 April 1973.Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, called a rival colleague at…
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…
Google fined $7 million for Street View data collections
Google has agreed to pay a $7 million (£4.6 million) fine for collecting people’s personal data without authorisation as part of its Street View service.In…
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…