Most consumers who sign up for an online service, subscribe to a website or even buy something on the internet will have been asked to confirm that they have read the company’s “Terms and Conditions”. Pages and pages of boring, incomprehensible legal language are usually disregarded in favour of ticking the “yes” box and quickly moving . . . → Read More: Google sets out easier to understand terms and conditions
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Last week, the file sharing service Megaupload was shut down and several arrests were made of its key people. Since the take down, another company offering a similar service, FileSonic has also stopped users from file sharing. The website Reddit reported that the company had shut down its file sharing capabilities and deleted a large number of . . . → Read More: Megaupload and other file sharing services shut down The social networking site Facebook has broken the news that they will be putting adverts in the home news feeds of its users. These adverts will be quite surreptitious, as other than the two little words ‘featured content’ at the bottom of the post, they will look identical to regular posts on the feed. So in addition . . . → Read More: Facebook will have adverts that look like posts Google TV is to get annual upgrades, with the latest version due at the end of this year. This yearly refresh will include recommendations for better access to more content, and the word is that is could also include voice search capabilities. Google have announced that they are to upgrade their TV software by the end . . . → Read More: Google TV will have continuing upgrades As the search engine giant Google has expanded into new areas of business, critics of theUSfirm have started to accuse it of unfairly promoting its own services over those provided by rivals. Those complaints are only likely to increase with the announcement that Google is launching a new function which seems to be promoting Google+ pages ahead . . . → Read More: Google questioned over self promotion A Twitter account that was supposedly set up by the wife of Rupert Murdoch, Wendi Deng, was recently confirmed by the social network as being genuine but shortly afterwards it was revealed to be a fake and the social network removed its approval. There has been no comment by Twitter about why they verified the account, . . . → Read More: Wendi Deng fake Twitter account questions authenticity system Increased fears around the future of internet censorship have led to a hacker group announcing that they want to launch their own series of satellites to create a truly free Internet. The group, which is based in Berlin, have said that they want to create a satellite communication network that can be utilised in case legislation . . . → Read More: Increased fears around the future of internet censorship Faster phone banking and internet payment systems are set to become the standard from January 1 2012, enabling many to pay both their credit card and tax bills for the first time on a same day basis. The new maximum timescale for all electronic payments, known as D+1, means that all payments across the EU must reach . . . → Read More: January 1 brings faster payment systems Google Buzz is disappearing Google has already had to accept the fact that they were still unable to beat Twitter despite their best efforts and with the announcement that Google Buzz is disappearing it seems they have. However, instead of giving up completely on social networking the company decided to focus on Google+, but it seems . . . → Read More: Google Buzz is disappearing A new report from Ofcom says that more consumers are now online in the UK using the internet for purchases than in the other major developing countries. In addition, UK citizens are also more likely too be found using their mobiles to play games online or to simply watch TV when compared to other countries. Of course, . . . → Read More: UK may be worlds most tech consuming country in the world |
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