January 2012 news

There are 47 articles written in January 2012

Sky expands Anytime+ channel offering

posted on 31 January 2012

Good news is coming to Sky customers, as the giant has announced a whole array of improvements that it has made and is going to make to its Sky Anytime+ product. Sky is planning to expand the number of the programmes it offers on its VoD (video-on-demand) service, as it has underlined that it saw the product grow rapidly. Sky Anyti... [read more]

Samsung reports best quarterly profit yet

posted on 27 January 2012

While Nokia seems to be slapped by competition, Samsung has reported more joyous news. According to recent reports, Samsung has posted its best yet quarter, reporting that its operating profit reached £3bn, all thanks to the sales of its smartphones. While popping champagne bottles, the firm also admitted that it was planning to in... [read more]

Twitter adds geo censorship to avoid legal issues

posted on 27 January 2012

In a bid to avoid a batch of legal charges from some countries, Twitter has decided to add some geographical changes to the way we tweeted. Some of you might remember that Twitter, among other social media platforms, was widely used during the London riots, but equally has been seen as a news source during the Arab Spring as users wer... [read more]

O2 fixes data leak issue

posted on 26 January 2012

Some of you might remember that a certain flaw within O2's system was uncovered a few days ago, but now the mobile operator has confirmed that the error is fixed. As a quick reminder, the mistake meant that websites had access to the numbers of O2 customer's that were visible when users accessed the web. This raised a whole array of... [read more]

Tablet computers – damaging your posture?

posted on 26 January 2012

Health experts have now claimed that tablet computers may well be harming us - causing shoulder pain, for instance. A study conducted by Microsoft, the Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital and a few US ergonomics experts claimed that the main reason why your iPad might be killing you slowly is that you probabl... [read more]

EU to slap web giants with €1m fines over personal data misuse

posted on 25 January 2012

The European Commission is planning to force internet giants such as Google and Facebook to give their users more control over their personal data. The proposal would force websites to get consent from users to collect their data. They would also have to tell users how they intend on using the information and allow data to be complete... [read more]

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