According to the Confederation of British Industry, UK workers are spending an average of 90 minutes every week online on tasks not related to work. At an average, employees waste 4.4 per cent of their working time this way. It is almost equal to a loss of 10 days every year costing £939 per employee. […]

Internet shopping is expanding at the fastest rate in six years, effectively shrugging off the gloom being witnessed on the high street. According to Verdict research, online spending on retail purchases went up by 35 per cent to touch £14.7bn last year. Also, the number of web-based shoppers reached an all-time high. In fact, the […]

Efforts and action for migrating Europe to the net’s ‘new addressing system’ has to be done at a faster pace, points out the European Commission. This alarming ‘call to action’ is given in a plan that has been dispatched to the European Parliament with a timely reminder to governments and leading websites in the region […]

A strategy for getting the ‘last third of unconnected Britons’ online is being devised, stated minister for digital inclusion, Paul Murphy. In his first public speech since his appointment, he revealed it (the strategy) could be in place by the summer. About 17 million citizens in the country did not have any access to a […]

The World Wide Web is ‘still in its infancy’, according to Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the web’s inventor. Speaking ahead of the 15th anniversary of the day when the web’s code was put into the public domain, he mentioned the future web will ultimately put ‘all the data in the world’ at every user’s fingertips. Sir […]

Two consumer groups have requested the Federal Trade Commission to create a ‘do not track list’ that would enable Internet users to prevent advertisers from collecting personal information about them. The Consumer Federation of America and the Consumers Union also urged the FTC to block the compilation of health information and other susceptible data by […]

According to the Internet monitor Hitwise, the UK’s traffic to online video websites has roughly tripled in the last year. The organisation observed that UK visits to the top 25 online video sites had increased by 178 percent between February 2007 and February 2008. However, Robin Goad, the analyst who carried out this research, suggested […]

How will the Internet look and evolve in another five years’ time? According to Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the fellow credited with inventing the phenomenon of world wide web, it’ll be rather different to the cyberspace as we know, see and surf today.

The BBC iPlayer system lets Internet users to see BBC shows, such as Doctor Who and Top Gear online and also or to download them onto a desktop. The corporation agreed with production firms to incorporate anti-piracy measures in all programmes. This anti-piracy software, termed digital rights management (DRM), ensures that new shows get […]

The new Internet usage review report has recommended the creation of a UK council overlooking child Internet safety. It would be established by (and reporting to) the Prime Minister. The council is expected to serve as the ‘conscience of the industry’, and would encourage it to take more responsibility for doing away with inappropriate content, […]

Marketers are increasingly aiming to seek, leverage and use personal information, which is gathered by Internet firms about their users for targeting their advertisements more effectively. However, privacy campaigners are acutely concerned about such services, which precisely track users’ behaviour for gathering such piece of data.

Internet users in the Republic of China will get to read English language news items on the BBC web site - for the first time - following years of control by Beijing authorities. The BBC news is one of several sites to have been blocked by the Chinese Government to stop Internet users from availing […]

Federal technology professionals have formed a Web-based community where private consultants, government employees, and even neutral observers can discuss improving, innovating their agencies. Dubbed NextGov, the Washington based Web resource, is largely geared toward federal IT officials as well as program managers. A division of Atlantic Media, Government Executive Media Group launched it as one-stop […]

Skycore LLC, a developer of Cellyspace.com, has launched the new, effective RSS-to-MMS publishing tool for content providers that will them to automatically convert and deliver syndicated RSS feeds - directly to mobile subscribers’ messaging inboxes.

Adobe has just announced the launch of public beta testing for its free Web-based Adobe Photoshop Express photo editing service & community. Photo enthusiasts will now be able to edit their photos online with Adobe. It’s anticipated to be a competitor for similar services, such as Phixr, Splashup and Picnik.

One of the leading news networks BBC is revamping its popular news & sports web sites, in terms of look, design and content. Pete Clifton, head of editorial development for BBC multimedia journalism, stated all the changes being made in the site were focused on showcasing their unbeatable content, underlining their reputation for breaking news, […]

ContextWeb’s ADSDAQ Exchange has entered the UK market, thus providing online marketers in the country a good opportunity of expanding their advertising networks.
ADSDAQ has a reach of around 93 million unique users each month, and already has over 5,000 publishers in the network, in the US.

ESPN.com – among the world’s largest and most visited sports web sites - is seriously mulling over a new ad strategy. It is considering whether to say no to advertising networks, and instead is planning to sell ads directly. According to Mediaweek reports, the site has begun turning down offers from other ad networks, recently […]

Apple has decided to upgrade the mechanism for Windows for distributing the latest versions of its iTunes music store and for the QuickTime video player. Apple has just confirmed that it’s going to distribute the latest version of the Safari Web browser to Windows users through Apple Software Update. This move reflects a more determined […]

Ringside Networks is a well-known application-server company. The company has announced its plan to launch the world’s first open-source social application server next week, at the Open Source Business Conference. This application will enable website owners to build and create social applications, which will operate with existing website content and business applications while smoothly integrating […]