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Twitter and Facebook get on the school timetable in anti-libel lessons
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This article titled "Twitter and Facebook get on the school timetable in anti-libel lessons" was written by Peter Walker, for The Guardian on Wednesday 26th December 2012 21.50 UTC
It's a school topic that seems to belong to an age far distant from home economics, 1066 and jumpers for goalposts. A school in Somerset has begun...
Your Netflix rental data: coming to a Facebook timeline near you soon
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This article titled "Your Netflix rental data: coming to a Facebook timeline near you soon" was written by Katie Rogers, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 27th December 2012 18.22 UTC
Though they can't seem to do anything about the looming financial crisis, Congress has passed a bill that will make it easier for a company like...
2012 Trends: A Virtuous Circle of Technology and Content Adoption
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Surges in tablet, smartphone and ereader adoption have stoked demand for content consumed on these devices, including video, audio, social media, games, news, books and periodicals.
eMarketer estimates that the number of US tablet users will reach 89.5 million in 2014, up from 33.7 million in 2011. Tablet users will make up 35.6% of internet...
Yahoo fires chief executive Carol Bartz
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This article titled "Yahoo fires chief executive Carol Bartz" was written by Dominic Rushe in New York, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 7th September 2011 03.11 UTC
Yahoo's chief executive Carol Bartz has been fired, ending a rocky tenure in which she tried and failed to revitalise the online giant.
In a statement the company...
Google Offers introduces daily deal adverts to searchers
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This article titled "Google Offers introduces daily deal adverts to searchers" was written by Lisa O'Carroll, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 2nd September 2011 11.41 UTC
Google has introduced adverts for daily deals to its famously clutter-free homepage for the first time, in what appears to be a bid to challenge Groupon, the...
Google Plus forces us to discuss identity
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This article titled "Google Plus forces us to discuss identity" was written by Cory Doctorow, for guardian.co.uk on Tuesday 30th August 2011 12.12 UTC
Google Plus's controversial identity policy requires all users to use their "real names". Commentators have pointed to problems with this, including the implausibility...
Digital economy or bust: the story of a new media startup - part 31
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This article titled "Digital economy or bust: the story of a new media startup - part 31" was written by Dan Sabbagh, for The Guardian on Sunday 28th August 2011 20.00 UTC
Sam here. I'm on the train up to the Edinburgh television festival. Our friend's not coming. Not enough money in the Enter4Entertainment expense...
Twitter and Facebook riot restrictions would be a mistake, says Google chief
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This article titled “Twitter and Facebook riot restrictions would be a mistake, says Google chief” was written by James Robinson, for guardian.co.uk on Saturday 27th August 2011 14.15 UTC
Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, has criticised David Cameron’s proposal to limit the use of social media sites during...
Guardian.co.uk records largest monthly rise in daily online readers
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This article titled "Guardian.co.uk records largest monthly rise in daily online readers" was written by Josh Halliday, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 25th August 2011 12.11 UTC
Guardian.co.uk recorded the largest monthly rise in daily online readers among national newspaper websites in July, as the News of the World phone-hacking...
UK riots: the questions social media giants need to answer
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This article titled "UK riots: the questions social media giants need to answer" was written by Dan Sabbagh, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 24th August 2011 12.11 UTC
David Cameron, speaking in the aftermath of this month's riots, said that he wanted to know "whether it would be right" to ban people from using Facebook,...