SocialMedia

England’s Misery And Luis Suarez’s Bite Boost EE 4G World Cup Traffic

The World Cup breaks a number of traffic records on EE's 4G network

10 years ago

Irish Court Asks EU To Review Facebook NSA Data Sharing

The top European court asked to review the data sharing agreement between Europe and the US

10 years ago

Facebook To Build Its Own ‘Wedge’ Datacentre SDN Switch

One in the eye for Cisco! Facebook will make its own SDN switches using its own Open Compute server hardware

10 years ago

Facebook Launches Slingshot – A One-To-Many Media Messaging App

The new app borrows heavily from Snapchat, but also introduces some original features

10 years ago

PayPal President Leaves To Head Messaging At Facebook

David Marcus will be overseeing the development of Facebook’s messaging products

10 years ago

Turkey Restores YouTube Access Following Two-Month Ban

Turkey's telecommunications regulator said it has complied with a court ruling ordering it to restore access to YouTube

10 years ago

Google To Spend Billions On Satellite Internet Effort

Google reportedly has an initiative underway to launch a fleet of at least 180 satellites to provide Internet access across…

10 years ago

Facebook Reacts To Privacy Fears With Tightened Settings

Noob users of Facebook receive a privacy policy change that will limit their first postings to the audience they want…

10 years ago

Facebook Makes Malware Removal Tools Free For Users

Infected users will be alerted when they're on the network and given the option to remove the malware with F-Secure…

10 years ago

Data Centre Developments Will Focus On The Building

Facebook has got data centres as efficient as it can. Now it's working on the building process, says Peter Judge

11 years ago

Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft Boost Data Request Disclosure Rules

Several major IT companies are reportedly moving to automatically notify users of government data requests

11 years ago

Warning Over Widespread Web Authentication Vulnerabilities

OpenID and OAuth vulnerabilities could allow for abuse of website redirection to get at user data

11 years ago

Facebook Buys Fitness And Location Tracking App Moves

Facebook agrees deal to buy Finnish firm ProtoGeo, creator of popular iPhone and Android app Moves

11 years ago

Facebook Boosts Mobile Advert Sales

Facebook's first-quarter profits tripled, aided by significant growth in its mobile user base and mobile ad sales

11 years ago

Facebook Is About To Enter The Money Services Market

The social network is negotiating with Ireland’s central bank to become a licenced financial services operator

11 years ago

Is Crimea Part Of Russia? Internet Companies Offer Conflicting Answers

Yandex says 'yes', Facebook and VKontakte say 'no', Wikipedia changes its mind

11 years ago

Facebook To Remove Messaging From iPhone And Android Apps

Facebook users will have to use dedicated messaging app for iPhone and Android chats

11 years ago

Greenpeace Sets Its Sights On Amazon Web Services

Environmental pressure group Greenpeace wants to Amazon Web Services to use renewable energy. Peter Judge thinks it has a fight…

11 years ago

Report: US Agency Created ‘Cuban Twitter’ To Foster Dissent

USAID has admitted secretly creating a Twitter-like social network in Cuba, but denies the project was specifically aimed at helping…

11 years ago

Adobe Highlights Digital Marketing ‘Roadblock’

Digital marketers face challenges where it comes to embracing mobile and social technologies, an Adobe study has found

11 years ago

Facebook Mulls Drones And Satellites For Web Push

Facebook buys a small British firm as it investigates drone, satellite and laser technology for its Internet.org push

11 years ago

Facebook Shows Off Epic ThreatData Security Platform

Facebook super proud of its threat detection and remediationis

11 years ago

Facebook Acquires VR Headset Maker Oculus

Facebook surprises with the £1.1bn purchase of virtual-reality headset maker Oculus VR

11 years ago

NSA Lawyer: Tech Titans Knew Of Surveillance Data Collection

NSA brief contradicts tech giants' vociferous claims they knew nothing about surveillance

11 years ago

WhatsApp Founder Denies Facebook Acquisition Will Alter Privacy Policies

Jan Koum defends WhatsApp users' right to privacy following $19bn acquisition by Facebook earlier this month

11 years ago

IBM CIO Study Finds Strong Focus On Customer

Technology executives are increasingly focused primarily on customer satisfaction, according to the study

11 years ago

Facebook And Ikea Fans Make Flatpack Data Centres

Ikea inspired Facebook's next data centre in Sweden, but Peter Judge says these are not the first flatpack racks

11 years ago

Microsoft HereHere Social Platform Aims To Improve Community Engagement

Microsoft's HereHere uses social media and big data analytics to help users engage with events in their local area

11 years ago