Cyberlocker service Filesonic has disabled all file-sharing functions on its site, and shut down its affiliate rewards program, following the Megaupload shutdown and arrests last week.

Toy-maker Lego has launched a new social network called ReBrick, aimed at fans looking to showcase their work and swap ideas.

China is closing in on the 1 billion mobile connections mark, which it will likely surpass before the end of March, according to new research.

Online sales in the UK are predicted to increase 14% and continue to hit high streets, according to new research.

The much-criticised Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act have both been officially postponed, following high-profile protests from a number of websites including Wikipedia and Google.

Of the 379.4m Europeans who went online in November 2011, nearly half (47.8%) visited at least one newspaper site,, with a considerable number visiting the top 5 newspaper sites preceded by a visit to Facebook, according to new research.

Twitter has bought social news application Summify, for an undisclosed sum.

As digital marketing grows at a rapid pace, how is affiliate marketing changing, and what does the current data tell us? In the first of a two-part series, Owen Hewitson, Client Strategist, Affiliate Window & buy.at, takes a closer look at three recent industry surveys, to see where affiliate marketing is heading.

Apple is tapping into the lucrative textbook industry with the new iBooks 2 application, with which users can download interactive textbooks to their iPad.

Google increased turnover by 27% in the final quarter of 2011 to $10.6bn and net profits lifted by 6.4% to $2.7bn, but this was not enough to its share price tumbling 10% as the results fell short of investor expectations.