GCHQ mass internet surveillance ruled illegal
A tribunal has stated that the sharing of intelligence by UK agency GCHQ was against the law.
Author: Robin Langford
Apple planning own paid web TV service?
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Super Bowl ad stats: Advertising accounted for 28% of TV coverage
Advertising accounted for 28% of Super Bowl viewing this year, as competition and pricing for a Tv commercial at the high profile sports event gets more intense.
Storify adds 30-Day Twitter search for brands
Users now have access to the most powerful historical Twitter search outside of Twitter’s own archive.
Tweets to return to Google search results
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Facebook debuts ‘Place Tips’ with local ads
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China ecommerce trends: Alibaba tests drone deliveries
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BT buys EE for £12.5bn to create communications giant
BT has bought the UK’s largest mobile operator EE for £12.5bn as the telecoms firm expands into the lucrative ‘quad play’ sector to take on Sky.
Twitter promoted tweets to appear on other websites
Twitter will show its paid-for promoted tweets across the internet, on sites that are not part of the micro-blogging service, with Flipboard and Yahoo Japan the first sites to sign up.
Facebook now tracks users off-site to rival Google ads
A new Facebook privacy policy allows the site to track users activity even after the have left it, with all users automatically signed up to it.