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It looks like lots of people received a brand new smartphone or tablet computer for Christmas, because the last week of December 2011 saw over 1.2 billion mobile apps downloaded in just 7 days.
50% of UK Population Owns a Smartphone
3, Nov 2011The way the population of the UK accesses the internet is changing, with news that over half of us now own an internet-enabled smartphone. Apparently we’re all ditching our old featureless phones so that we can Tweet, Skype and send Facebook messages on the move, and this could mark a change in the way we [...]
Street View Heads Inside
31, Oct 2011Can you hear that? It’s the sound of thousands of Daily Mail readers grinding their teeth at the news that Google’s controversial Street View service is now going to snoop around inside your house, critique your furniture and let burglars see just where you hide the jewellery. It’s a thought so terrifying that you could [...]
ISPs to Block “Adult Content”?
11, Oct 2011Following sustained pressure from the parenting group Mothers’ Union, British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced plans for an ‘opt-in’ system for adult internet content. Under Cameron’s proposed rulings, Internet Service Providers such as BT, Virgin, Talk Talk and Sky will block ‘adult’ content to new subscribers who don’t specifically ask for the naughty pictures [...]
The ICM Registry caused a bit of a stir earlier this year, when it announced the launch of the new adult content-focused .xxx domains. As of today, you can now register your very own .xxx domain – regardless of whether or not you’re peddling smut to the online masses. Brands and companies that don’t want [...]
As they move yet more focus to Google+, Google have announced a ‘spring clean‘ that will see ten lesser-known services completely cut from Google’s offering. But don’t worry. You’re not about to lose indispensable tools like Analytics, Gmail and Docs. The products being dropped are things you’re not likely to have heard of, let alone [...]
Britons to enjoy free WiFi with a pint
22, Aug 2011It’s been widely claimed in the past that the pub is the centre of British social life. But some people are beginning to worry that internet use is supplanting the Great British pub as the hub of all our interactions. So rather than letting Facebook and Twitter overtake The Dog and Duck in the hearts [...]
Companies Looking to Secure .xxx Domains
19, Jul 2011Domains have hit the news a few times this year; with customisable suffixes being announced while whole groups of sites were being unceremoniously dumped from Google’s index. But the biggest domain story of last year was the launch of .xxx domains. And now it looks like even reputable brands want in on the triple X [...]
I Want a Unique Domain Suffix – and Icann Have It!
20, Jun 2011Sick of .com? Bored to tears with .co.uk? Dreaming of the day that you can have a .dave domain name? Well, now you can, thanks to Icann. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has decided that there’s no reason to keep limiting domain names to the current 22 ‘Generic Top-Level Domain [...]