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Google Street View covers almost all of Britain's roads

12 March 2010, 17:08

Controversial mapping service expanded to encompass more than 95 per cent of the nation's roads.

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Microsoft's Bing sponsors The Simpsons as part of multi-million-pound ad campaign

12 March 2010, 15:46

Microsoft has kicked off a major UK advertising campaign in an attempt to drive users to its Bing search engine.

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Google takes on StumbleUpon with Reader Play

11 March 2010, 16:40

A new experiment offers to make it easy to discover interesting stuff on the web.

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Facebook comments on online safety concerns

11 March 2010, 15:51

Recent high-profile events have raised alarm bells about the safety of users of social networking sites.

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Microsoft launches free video on demand player

11 March 2010, 10:22

MSN Video Player is officially launched, with a wide range of UK TV content available through an ad-funded model.

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Facebook and Twitter ramp-up commercial activity

5 March 2010, 12:04

Facebook should top $1 billion in revenue this year, while Twitter reportedly readies a search ad model.

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The EC welcomes Microsoft browser ballot screen

2 March 2010, 12:36

The new screen for PCs with Internet Explorer as the default browser features a lot of options you might not have heard of.

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Google takes on Flickr with Picnik acquisition

2 March 2010, 10:56

The search giant has acquired an online image editing service that is the default tool for Flickr.

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Demand for BBC iPlayer continues to soar

23 February 2010, 15:49

The BBC's TV and Radio catch up service records another record-breaking month, receiving over 120 million requests.

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PleaseRobMe.com highlights the pitfalls of location-based social networking

18 February 2010, 10:38

Think twice before you tweet: a seemingly light-hearted website exposes the risks associated with geolocational social networking services.

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Facebook Zero to offer text-only mobile social networking

17 February 2010, 16:32

Facebook has announced that it will introduce a text-only version of the popular social networking website exclusively for mobile users.

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SeeSaw VoD service rises from the ashes of Project Kangaroo

17 February 2010, 15:58

UK video-on-demand service launches with over 3,000 hours of programming available from the BBC, Channel 4 and Five.

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Google announces Buzz social networking product

9 February 2010, 19:36

New service integrates Gmail and other Google tools in a Facebooky way, with an emphasis on mobile use.

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Google expected to add social networking to Gmail

9 February 2010, 12:31

The evidence is mounting that Google plans to introduce a Twitter-like status update stream to Gmail.

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Microsoft announces enhanced cooperation with Facebook

8 February 2010, 13:51

It’s looking like Microsoft considers Facebook to be its wild-card in the search battle with Google.

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YouTube considers recent experiments a success

5 February 2010, 11:26

The video site has recently experimented with video rentals and political engagement.

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Facebook is fourth biggest traffic driver to news sites

4 February 2010, 16:09

Hitwise says the social networking site was the number four source of visits to news and media websites last week.

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Microsoft has high hopes for Yahoo deal

3 February 2010, 15:51

A Microsoft exec has revealed that he expects Bing to make a profit once it controls 30 percent of the US search market.

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Amazon “capitulates” to Macmillan

1 February 2010, 10:14

Possible knock-on effect of the iPad launch as Amazon falls out with publisher Macmillan over book pricing.

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Google publishes its privacy principles

28 January 2010, 12:11

In conjunction with Data Privacy Day, Google wants us to know how important our privacy is to it.

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YouTube movie rentals off to a shaky start

28 January 2010, 11:55

Early figures suggest YouTube's movie rental business may not pose a significant threat to the likes of Netflix.

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Bing search engine serves up recipes

22 January 2010, 10:49

Not sure what to eat tonight? Bing and Decide.

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YouTube's HTML5 experiment sheds the need for Adobe's Flash Player

21 January 2010, 12:53

Popular video-sharing website YouTube has launched an experimental version of an HTML5-supported player.

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YouTube to offer movie rentals

21 January 2010, 10:11

Google's video-sharing website YouTube has confirmed that it will begin to rent feature-length movies.

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NY Times latest to start charging for web content

20 January 2010, 18:20

As the mainstream media looks to compensate for declining ad revenues, the trend towards online subscription grows.

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YouTube to broadcast live sporting events

20 January 2010, 16:28

Search giant Google has confirmed that it will broadcast all Indian Premier League cricket matches via YouTube.

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Apple strikes back at Google with Quattro acquisition

5 January 2010, 18:33

The mobile advertising stakes are raised, but this acquisition might end up helping Google.

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Twitter focuses on geolocation

24 December 2009, 12:08

The acquisition of Mixer Labs means future tweets will be tagged with your location.

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BPI losing the battle against filesharing

22 December 2009, 10:01

The latest figures from the UK music industry trade body show little progress has been made against illegal music downloads.

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We didn’t do what they told us

21 December 2009, 09:35

Anti-establishment anthem Killing In The Name confirmed at Christmas number one after public backlash to X Factor.

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INQ names the UK’s most influential Twits

17 December 2009, 16:49

UK phone maker rates the relative influence of British Twitter users, and Stephen Fry is not number one.

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Facebook uses surnames to estimate ethnic breakdown of users

17 December 2009, 12:46

Who needs user surveys? Facebook gets all the information it needs just from your surname.

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Facebook rages against the X Factor

16 December 2009, 10:16

A Facebook group opposed to the X Factor domination of the Christmas charts is gaining momentum.

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