Internet News

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  Twitter allows adverts based on people’s tweets

  18 April 2013

  Twitter has begun to allow targeted advertising on the microblogging site based on the words used in various tweets and messages posted, favourited and retweeted.

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  LG: UK 4G networks ‘unexpectedly sluggish’ to arrive

  18 April 2013

  The UK 4G network rollout has been slower than expected according to one key handset manufacturer, with LG describing the process as ‘sluggish’.

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  Apple involved in Chinese porn app investigation

  17 April 2013

  Apple has been named in an article listing several websites and app stores being investigated in China for providing pornographic content.

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  BitTorrent Surf browser extension launches in beta for Firefox and Chrome

  16 April 2013

  BitTorrent has announced a beta version of its web client BitTorrent Surf available for Chrome and Firefox, four months after the release of the alpha version.

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  Wordpress site attacked by cybercriminals

  15 April 2013

  Blogging site Wordpress has been attacked by a cybercriminal botnet made up of “tens of thousands” of individual computers since last week say server hosts.

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  YouTube adds VHS filter

  15 April 2013

  YouTube has marked the 57th anniversary of the video cassette format by adding a VHS mode to its videos.

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  Bing more malicious than Google

  12 April 2013

  According to a new study, Bing searches deliver five times as many malicious website links than a Google search for the same phrase.

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  Apple iRadio service coming soon say sources

  12 April 2013

  An Apple iRadio service could be imminent, with the iPhone manufacturer reportedly signing its first internet radio licensing agreement within the week.

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  Porn site visitors ‘too embarrassed to report malware attacks’

  12 April 2013

  Users could be too embarrassed to report malware threats discovered on the world’s leading porn sites, experts have suggested.

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  LinkedIn buys popular news aggregation app Pulse for £58 million

  11 April 2013

  Business-themed social network grabs one of the all-time App Store big hitters

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  Google launches Inactive Account Manager page as 'digital will'

  11 April 2013

  Google Account users can now leave instructions for their data if account is inactive for so long

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  Facebook and Twitter addicts actually get withdrawal says study

  11 April 2013

  A study has shown that people addicted to their Facebook and Twitter accounts do feel withdrawal systems if they stop using them.

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  Justin Bieber Twitter account followed by 19m ‘fake’ users

  11 April 2013

  According to a new report, around 50 per cent of Justin Bieber’s Twitter followers are fake accounts, equating to around 19 million of his apparent fans.

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  DIY mapping introduced as Google Map Maker hits UK

  11 April 2013

  Google has expanding its Map Maker edit tools to the UK, enabling users to add their own features to the Google Maps service.

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  Apple bans Saga #12 comic for gay sex images

  10 April 2013

  Apple has banned a comic written by acclaimed writer Brian K. Vaughan for two “postage stamp-sized images of gay sex”, the author announced.

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  Adele takes top honours as UK music scene celebrates 1 billion downloads

  09 April 2013

  UK music downloads have topped the 1 billion songs milestone with Adele taking top honours as the most downloaded artist.

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  EE to double 4G speeds by summer for British cities

  09 April 2013

  EE has confirmed that it will be doubling the speeds of its 4G mobile network by the summer, offering improved superfast broadband speeds to all new and existing customers.

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  O2 customers can access Virgin Media London Underground Wi-Fi from June for free

  08 April 2013

  O2 customers will have free access to the Virgin Media London Underground Wi-Fi service from June, currently offered to EE, Vodafone and Virgin Media users.

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  Facebook to charge up to £10 to send messages to celebrities

  08 April 2013

  Facebook has started charging its users up to £10 to send messages to celebrities and anyone not in their current friendship circle.

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  North Korea has Twitter and Flickr accounts hacked by Anonymous

  04 April 2013

  Official, government-run Twitter and Flickr account in North Korea have been hacked by a team of hackers thought to be Anonymous activists.