Internet News

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  Google Doodle celebrates Saul Bass, Hitchcock film credit creator

  08 May 2013

  An elaborately animated Google Doodle has appeared today to celebrate the birthday of Saul Bass, the designer of film title credits, posters and corporate logos.

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  Google Maps web overhaul leaked

  08 May 2013

  Google could be set to revamp its Google Maps web service, according to a couple of leaked screenshots.

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  Facebook video adverts to start from summer

  07 May 2013

  Facebook users could see video advertisements on their news feeds from the summer, according to sources.

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  YouTube could launch subscription service this week

  06 May 2013

  YouTube will launch a paid subscription service as early as this week, according to the Financial Times.

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  Spotify buys a music discovery start-up of its own to counter Twitter #Music

  03 May 2013

  Tunigo acquisition suggests Spotify wants to beef up is music discovery tools

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  Google Glass privacy risks discovered by hackers

  02 May 2013

  Google Glass may present huge threats to the privacy of the wearer due to the lack of security features like a PIN code or authorization system.

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  Google and its auditor recalled to parliament over tax investigation

  01 May 2013

  Google executives and the company’s auditor Ernst & Young have been recalled to a British parliament committee to testify on its tax status in Britain.

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  World’s first web page being rebuilt by CERN

  30 April 2013

  The world’s first web page is being rebuilt by a team at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), who aim to preserve the original hardware and software.

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  EE 4G coverage extends to 12 more UK towns

  30 April 2013

  EE has announced that its superfast 4G mobile broadband connection has been extended to 12 more UK towns.

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  SMS texts overtaken by app messaging services, says Informa

  29 April 2013

  Mobile instant messaging services like WhatsApp and iMessage have overtaken traditional SMS texting for the first time.

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  Facebook loses millions of users in UK and US

  29 April 2013

  Independent data suggests that millions of users are abandoning Facebook in search of new social media platforms.

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  Twitter for Mac gets a long overdue update, brings Retina Display support

  25 April 2013

  Twitter finally slows some love for its neglected Mac client with easier photo sharing.

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  EE Q1 2013 reports reveal 318k 4G customers

  23 April 2013

  EE has announced a 318,000 strong 4G user base within its Q1 013 reports, after just five months of launching its 4GEE network.

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  Google Glass release date still a 'year-ish' away, says Eric Schmidt

  22 April 2013

  Also: Schmidt seeks to justify Google's paltry UK tax contributions.

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  Amazon original pilots launch exclusively on LoveFilm

  22 April 2013

  LoveFilm is now the exclusive host to fourteen pilots for Amazon Studios new TV series.

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  BBC iPlayer tablet audience now greater than on smartphones

  19 April 2013

  More programme requests on tablet devices for the first time during the month of March

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  Sony Pictures Entertainment hacker jailed for a year

  19 April 2013

  A hacker known online as Recursion has been sentenced to a year in jail after he hacked Sony Picture Entertainment in 2011.

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  Microsoft revenues soar, CFO steps down

  19 April 2013

  Microsoft has announced its revenue for this quarter amounts to a 17.2 per cent increase year-on-year, simultaneously announcing CFO Pete Klein would be resigning.

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  Google reports $14 billion revenue for first quarter

  19 April 2013

  First quarter reports have shown Google’s revenue rose by 31 per cent to $14 billion (£9.5 billion) in the past three months, mostly driven by strong mobile advertising gains.

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  John Lewis offers 6 months free broadband with gadget purchases

  18 April 2013

  John Lewis has announced that it will be offering six months free broadband to anyone purchasing an internet-enabled device from its stores.