According to data released by the NPD Group, internet-connected televisions are becoming more and more popular, leading to website developers in Birmingham having to consider them when working out cross-browser functionality. The increased popularity could improve multichannel marketing initiatives that use both TV and online elements....
Continue ReadingA web developer from Sunderland has claimed to have launched the world's very first 3D website. However potential browsers will need a 3D TV, glasses and a browser that you can run through your TV screen. The site can be found at http://www.stereoscopic-3d.co.uk. Stereografix founder Saif Chaudhry told the...
Continue ReadingA recent poll conducted by Zogby has discovered that 28% of those asked consider broadband internet to be the sole technology that they can't live without, backing its claims to be the single technology that has had the highest impact on people in the last...
Continue ReadingVenezuela's political top brass have imposed new broadcast regulations on the internet, preventing some types of online messages in a move that is being seen by some as a threat to freedom of speech. The National Assembly approved revisions to the Social Responsibility Law, extending previously...
Continue ReadingThe United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is on course to approve a set of controversial new protocols that will govern how internet users gain access to content provided on sites such as YouTube and Skype. The new rules would essentially create two levels of internet...
Continue ReadingEstimates are indicating that around 4.8 million people will purchase something online on Christmas day. The figures compare to an estimated 4.5 million who will attend an Anglican, Catholic, Methodist, Baptist or Pentecostal church service on Christmas Day. The number is a 9% increase...
Continue ReadingThe Commerce Department in the US has issued a report urging internet based companies, such as Google and Facebook, to work with consumer groups in an effort to develop new pribvacy policies for web users. If they don't the companies may end up facing...
Continue ReadingYellow Pages publisher Yell have been caught out boosting the content of their new social media website Trusted Places by having staff enter reviews onto the website to bolster its position and importance amongst review websites. Staff at Yell's Reading HQ were offered bonuses, including an...
Continue ReadingA group of computer hackers have attacked a Swedish governmental website, forcing it to go offline for several hours due to the denial of service attack. The attack appears to be from the same group that have been showing support for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and...
Continue ReadingA number of websites belonging to Dutch computer crime police forces and a group of prosecutors have all been attacked a day after the arrest of a 16 year old boy in relation to denial of service attacks carried out in support of WikiLeaks. A spokesperson...
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