Tag: BBC News
Tech Digest daily roundup: Apple iOS 16.3 offers host of security improvements
BBC launches interactive voice news for Alexa
APP OF THE DAY: BBC News (Android tablets)
The BBC have updated their BBC News app for Android, adding optimisations that make it easier to use on large screen Android tablets. Following on from the app's initial launch back in May 2011, this version of the app is…
Video: BBC News apps launch for iPhone and iPad
The BBC News apps for iPhone and iPad have finally be unleashed onto the App Store, after initially being demoed way back in February. The delays were due to complaints from the BBC's commercial rivals. However, after a full investigation…
Opinion: Government paedophile plans are a confusing web of ideas
Jonathan Weinberg writes…
OK, so let’s do a straw poll. What do you think would stop a sex offender abusing children? I know this is not a comfortable topic but it is an extremely important one in tech and Internet terms. Stiffer sentences maybe? The threat of castration? A life term in jail? Perhaps even death by lethal injection?
We’ve all had those “If I were Home Secretary” moments and this is one of them because the plans today released by the UK’s Home Secretary Jacqui Smith seem the worst kind of limp proposals for such a serious matter…
