Just over half (51%) of all website traffic originates from automated software programs, rather than humans, according to a new study.

London Mayor Boris Johnson has hired Virgin Media to provide free Wi-Fi access on the London Underground this summer, with plans to charge for the service when the event is over.

Eight million brands have switched to Facebook’s new Timeline profile just 10 days after its launch, according to the social network.

Trinity Mirror is expanding into the online daily deals sector, putting the publisher in competition with Groupon.

Antitrust regulators investigating Google have asked Apple how it incorporates Google search on its iPad and iPhone, according to a news report.

Recently departed Google employee James Whittaker has criticised his former company, claiming the firm has sacrificed its focus on innovation to morph into an “advertising company with a single corporate-mandated focus”, and that focus is Google+.

Ofcom has provisionally given the greenlight to T-Mobile and Orange’s joint company Everything Everywhere, to use its existing 1800MHz radio spectrum in order to rollout 4G mobile broadband based on either LTE or WiMAX.

By 2014, personal online cloud services will take over from the personal computer as consumers download and use services on cloud-based systems on a variety of products, including smartphones and tablets, according to a new report.

The UK’s top ten retailers are falling short when it comes to providing usable mobile websites, with Argos, Amazon and Tesco performing the best, according to a new study.

This clever publicity stunt from Mercedes has earned the car maker many plaudits this week. See why it’s been named our viral of the week here…