A court in the Netherlands has overturned an order that internet service providers in the country must block access to The Pirate Bay. The decision isn’t primarily because of a change in the law or its implementation, but is largely a recognition that the ban simply hasn’t worked. As has happened in several countries, in […]
Two Princeton researchers have forecast that Facebook will lose 80 percent of its users by 2017. Facebook has responded by poking fun at the methodology and making its own forecast that Princeton will disappear by 2021, with the human population lasting only four decades beyond that. John Cannarella and Joshua A Spechler make their forecast […]
World Wrestling Entertainment is to launch a combined online streaming channel and video-on-demand service. From a tech rather than takedown perspective it’s an interesting twist on existing online services, made possible by the company’s unusual business model. The WWE Network, which will cost $9.99 a month (with a minimum six-month commitment), will be available as […]
AT&T has announced a way for Internet content providers to pay for customers to get the content over 4G without it counting towards their data allowance. It’s being promoted as a sponsorship opportunity, though has raised questions over net neutrality. The system will be available to anyone accessing 4G through an AT&T data plan on […]
We’ve all seen it. The Facebook posts we hate. Like, hate. You know where people post things that don’t make any sense. Things that make you want to puke. Things that make you want to slap someone. But we’ve also experienced the Facebook posts we love – like birthday greetings and awesome photos of ourselves, […]
[Source: Sara Zimmerman – Unearthed Comics]
A woman from Taiwan needed a police rescue after being so engrossed in Facebook that she fell off a pier. The unnamed woman was visiting St Kilda’s pier in Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne, Australia. While clutching her cellphone, she fell off the pier at around 11.30 pm at night. The good news is that […]
Nearly one in three visits to a website is from a computer up to no good according to a newly-published study. The figures come from Incapsula, a website security firm. It gathered statistics from 90 days’ worth of visits to 20,000 sites belonging to its clients, with the relevant traffic including visits from every country […]
Facebook has come up with the idea of a “sympathize” button. If adopted, it would replace the “like” feature in appropriate situations. The reasoning behind making the change is that users often feel awkward when they respond to a post bringing bad news such as suffering a bereavement, losing a job or a big event […]
Eight of the biggest online tech firms have formed a campaign group calling for a major overhaul of the way the government uses the Internet for gathering intelligence. The group has urged President Obama and Congress to follow five principles to defend individual freedoms. The “Reform Government Surveillance” group is made up of AOL, Apple, […]