Category: Internet
Samsung to shut Music Hub streamng service
Samsung is to close its Music Hub streaming service on July 1, less than three years after setting it up. CNET reports that Samsung has advised its Music Hub users to "take the time to download all purchased content and…
German government blocks contracts for firms involved in the NSA scandal
It has emerged that it isn't just the Chinese government that is wary of American companies following the NSA revelations – the German government has also made similar moves to block companies linked to the NSA from German government IT…
Here's more evidence that automatic content filters are an absolutely terrible idea
Poor Alec Muffett. All he wanted to do was get EE to disable the ludicrous and draconian content filter – and it was a process that was convoluted, time consuming, and frustration. He posted a Storify telling the story of…
ASA orders EE to drop 'most reliable broadband' claim
Mobile operator EE must remove the claim that it offers "Britain's most reliable broadband" from its marketing, after the Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint from rival BT that the slogan was misleading. The Inquirer tells us that BT filed…
Ofcom: "BT need to do better". Everyone else: "Like, Duh"
The telecoms regulator Ofcom is moving towards imposing stricter quality of service requirements on BT's broadband services. Which will come as no surprise to BT Broadband customers. According to ISP Review, BT could be obliged to get their shit together….
Shaun the Sheep wants to get kids coding
Aardman Animations – the creator of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep – and Nominet Trust have launched a national competition aimed at teaching programming skills to children. Shaun's Game Academy encourages young people to build online games based…
Mozilla to trial ads in Firefox browser
As Twitter continues to drive many users mad with paid-for "promoted" tweets, Mozilla is looking to join the commercial world with ads in its Firefox browser. Sky News is reporting that Mozilla plans to introduce advertisements on the pages that…
Help locate the missing Malaysia Airlines plane using the wisdom of crowds
With the mystery over what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 still raising questions for the world's air crash investigators, one company are hoping that the power of crowds might be able to help solve the most basic of problems:…
Meaningless poll uses Christmas as a hook to get us to mention Virgin Media
The PR company One Poll are fairly notorious for putting out terrible surveys. Essentially, if you see some statistics or the result of a poll in the news then the chances are the numbers have been, umm, compiled, by a…
10 YouTube channels to inform, educate and entertain
When the BBC was founded, Lord Reith, the first Director-General gave it the instructions to inform, educate and entertain. A near century on and whilst the BBC is still great, it's no longer has a monopoly on the airwaves. In…
