Barclays Pingit Sees 20,000 Downloads in 2 Days
After launching its revolutionary mobile number money transfer smartphone app Pingit last week, UK bank Barclays saw more than 20,000 downloads in the first two days, leaving its rivals scrambling…
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More Than Half the UK Population Owns a Smartphone
It has been a long time coming, but it seems the UK’s mobile phone industry has finally reached tipping point, with more than half the population now owning a smartphone,…
Evrythng Will Give Physical Objects Lives Online
The Internet of Things has received plenty of hype over the past few years but we’re yet to see any solid evidence of it making its way into real life….
ICT Services Provider Six Degrees Acquires Ultraspeed
After raising £60 million in funding last year and securing a further £25 million through a credit facility earlier this month, data services provider Six Degrees Group this morning announced…
Sky Go Lands on Android
BSkyB’s online TV service, Sky Go, has finally arrived on Android, three weeks after we first reported that it would be made available some time this month. The UK satellite…
UK Bookshops are Still Closing, but Don't Blame the Web
‘Digital’ gets blamed for just about everything these days. The state of the music industry? Blame Spotify. Movies? Why not point that bony finger at The Pirate Bay. High-Street retailers?…
British Facebook Hacker Jailed for Eight Months
Many hackers will tell you that they aren’t trying to cause any issues when they’re sniffing around areas of a site that are off-limits. Some do it for the thrill,…
CloudOn Brings Microsoft Office to Your iPad
Whether you think Microsoft Office is a heap of junk or the best thing since sliced bread, there’s no escaping it. Word, Excel, PowerPoint…and all the rest…are simply a way…
BBC Worldwide Arrives on Hulu in Japan
The BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, has become the first British distributor to license content to online TV service Hulu in Japan. The multi-year agreement will see around 600 hours…
Typosquatting Sites Fined $300,000
Two so-called ‘typosquatting’ websites that directed unsuspecting Internet users to sites pretending to be Wikipedia and Twitter have been forced offline, with the respective owners fined £100,000 ($156,000) each. The…
Twitter, Censorship and the Law
“The last 12 months have shown us just how truly transformative the Internet can be: the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, WikiLeaks and the continued aggregation of private data into…
Deutsche Telekom Reportedly Mulls Selling UK Stake
Following the collapse of its proposed deal to sell T-Mobile USA to AT&T, it seems Deutsche Telekom could sell off its UK interests. According to a report from Bloomberg Business…
Barclays Launches Pingit: New Mobile Number Payments
From today, any customer banking with UK bank Barclays will be able to utilise the company’s new mobile money transfer service, Pingit, which allows money to be sent and received…
BBC Confirms its 3D plans for London Olympics
Almost two-and-a-half years ago, the BBC’s Director for the London 2012 Olympic Games, Rogery Mosey, outlined the broadcaster’s vision for the sporting extravaganza, noting its plans to broadcast “every single…
Social Bizzle: 'Facebook for Business'...on a Bus
Lee Fuller is co-founder of Social Media My Business, or ‘Social Bizzle’, an online Facebook-training platform for enterprises. Nothing particularly noteworthy about that in itself, but the guys behind it…
