Sony has confirmed that hackers are to blame for its PlayStation Network being taken offline over the Easter weekend, an attack that could have put the details of 73 million gamers worldwide at risk.

YouTube is reportedly set to launch launch a movie-on-demand service charging users to stream mainstream Hollywood movies.

Last week saw the IGDA send an open letter to Amazon about unfair pricing practices on Amazon App store. Patrick Mork, CMO of GetJar, responds to the growing debate surrounding the relationship between app stores and developers.

Online and mobile app-based sales at Argos, alongside orders through customers’ TVs, have hit nearly half of the company’s total revenue, delivering £1.9 billion in the last year.

During last week, online media – including news sites, blogs, forums, Twitter and Facebook, saw an accelerated flurry of ‘noise’ around the Royal Wedding, with the majority of mentions being positive, according to new data.

Hacker is a term used to mean a variety of things over the years, and as a catch all name for ‘bad guys’ perpetrating cybercrimes it’s pretty well accepted. Most people are unaware that different meanings exist when we say hacker, and it would be reasonable to ask why should you care? However, in understanding … [Read more…]

Boys are outstripping girls in the domain name stakes, with many parents snapping up web addresses of their children before they become valuable, according to new data.

The global mobile broadband market will hit revenues of $223 billion in 2015, driven by continued strong demand for Internet access on small-screen devices such as smartphones, predicts Ovum.

The Digital Economy Act, a controversial new law to tackle online piracy in the UK, has been backed by the High Court, despite complaints from ISPs.

Consumers in mature markets (including the UK) are less receptive to online advertising than those in emerging markets, while all users prefer integrated ad formats, according to a new global study.