Google is following Netflix’ strategy by introducing a new pop-up bar on YouTube that warns users if their videos fail to stream smoothly- reminding them that they should blame their ISPs rather than the video sharing site.
Adult content filters implemented by the UK’s major internet service providers are blocking one in five websites (19%), with critics claiming the technology is not fit for purpose.
The 2014 World Cup has created a record-breaking 32 terabytes of data and surpassing the 2010 South African event in just 10 days, reveals Brazil’s leading telecom company Oi.
More than 40,000 Iraqis downloaded FireChat last weekend, as growing political turmoil and web censorship in the country has lead to users embracing a ‘private internet’ where they can message each other without fear of the government shutting down access to the web.
The UK Government can legally spy on UK citizens’ YouTube, Faceboook and Twitter activity and even Google searches, according to a new statement.
This week the news was abuzz with a new super computer that could pass the famous Turing Test and convince people that it was a human during a text conversation. But a new interview with John Humphrys left the BBC Radio 4 presenter rather unimpressed by the automaton. Judge for yourself in the audio sample … [Read more…]
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has launched a Facebook and Twitter account, revealing a sense of humour that has caused social media buzz… but not everyone has seen the funny side.
Google received 12,000 takedown forms on the day it published its response to the European Court of Justice “right to be forgotten” ruling according to reports.
Google has launched a service that lets European users to ask for personal information to be deleted from the search engine.
The founder of Russia’s biggest social networking site VKontakte has been fired following an alleged censorship and surveillance row with the Russian government, with claims that allies of President Putin have now taken over his site.