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Internet video: YouTube Red imminent, Twitch's HTML5 switch

28 September 2015, 11:01

YouTube Red is an ad-free subscription version of YouTube. It will be priced $10pm.

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Chinese president visits USA for talks about trade, cyber warfare

24 September 2015, 14:05

Xi Jinping seen rubbing shoulders with Cook, Nadella, Krzanich, Su, Zuckerberg and others.

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AVG privacy policy update allows it to sell your browsing history

18 September 2015, 11:32

New privacy policy is scheduled to come into effect on 15th October.

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YouTube Gaming site and app to launch later today

26 August 2015, 13:36

But Twitch is confident that it will maintain its market leadership.

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Firefox 40 provides a 'fresh new look' for Windows 10

12 August 2015, 12:09

And Mozilla implements an Add-Ons certification process for safety and security.

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Google restructures, becomes part of Alphabet

11 August 2015, 10:09

Larry Page and Sergey Brin to run Alphabet while Sundar Pichai runs Google.

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Twitch starts to roll out HTML5 video controls

23 July 2015, 13:06

An important step towards releasing a full HTML5 player and leaving Flash behind.

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Google Maps Your Timeline feature rolls out

22 July 2015, 15:06

Your Timeline shows where you've been and can integrate with Google Photos.

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UK gov: should we have 10 year sentences for internet pirates?

20 July 2015, 09:52

To bring sentencing in line with that for physical goods copyright offences.

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Mozilla Firefox browser starts to block Flash by default

14 July 2015, 12:06

But it's easy to enable Flash if you want it, just click the 'allow' button on affected sites.

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Apple Pay arrives in the UK for iPhone 6 and Apple Watch users

14 July 2015, 10:59

More than 250,000 shops across the UK will support the £20 or less payment system.

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Amazon Prime Day will have "more deals than Black Friday"

6 July 2015, 12:06

Event takes place on 15th July. And for the next two days you can join Amazon Prime for £59.

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Facebook to start sharing ad revenue with video creators

2 July 2015, 12:19

And the social network company changed its logo yesterday, did you notice?

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Microsoft makes mapping and display ad deals with Uber, AOL

30 June 2015, 10:06

Microsoft's CEO said the company is focussing upon its strengths.

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Free ad-supported Google Play Music offered to US residents

24 June 2015, 12:31

Is this a pre-emptive strike against the soon-to-launch Apple Music?

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Amazon to pay e-book authors based on number of pages read

23 June 2015, 12:21

Change will apply to payments to Kindle Direct Publishing authors.

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Apple U-turns on musicians' pay in wake of Taylor Swift open letter

22 June 2015, 12:21

Cupertino originally felt that it didn't need to pay artist royalties during free trial.

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YouTube GAMING to launch this summer

14 June 2015, 18:36

App and website launch to offer gaming videos, live streams and community features.

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Steam's Monster Summer Sale has started

12 June 2015, 11:11

This year it includes an online minigame where users can unlock additional sales.

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Some developers hit hard by new Steam Refunds policy

9 June 2015, 14:46

A platform game which can be completed in an hour suffers from 72pc refund rate.

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GameFly game streaming service launches on Amazon Fire TV

3 June 2015, 12:06

Another industry attempt to open the 'Netflix for games' sets sail.

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Valve adds a 14-day 'any reason' Steam refund policy

3 June 2015, 10:01

As long as you've played the game for less than two hours during that period.

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Microsoft weeds the Windows Store before Windows 10 launch

28 May 2015, 11:03

Working on "Eliminating app clutter," to provide a more positive customer experience.

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Microsoft and Duke Uni 'Kahawai' offloads some 3D duties to cloud

26 May 2015, 14:31

The tool saves your bandwidth without sacrificing latency or on-screen quality.

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Dedicated eSports betting site Unikrn comes to the UK

21 May 2015, 14:01

Could betting on a video game be more exciting than the Grand National?

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eBay Plus to roll out late summer, as an answer to Amazon Prime

21 May 2015, 11:00

A free and fast shipping and returns service enhancement for around $20 per annum.

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European Commission: Pirate site shutdowns are ineffective

15 May 2015, 14:01

Such actions have short-lived and relatively limited impacts, according to research.

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Skype Translator Preview open to all Windows 8.1 and 10 users

13 May 2015, 10:51

It supports "near real-time" translation of four spoken and fifty typed languages.

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Verizon agrees to buy AOL for $4.4 billion (£2.8 billion)

12 May 2015, 14:41

Gains 2.1 million dial-up subscribers and sites such as Engadget and TechCrunch.

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Microsoft Edge security improvements detailed

12 May 2015, 10:21

New browser uses safer sandboxing, compiler and memory control techniques.

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Skype name is treading on Sky's toes in Europe, decides court

6 May 2015, 11:07

In 2014 Microsoft had to rebrand its SkyDrive to OneDrive after similar court action.

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Amazon UK free delivery minimum spend doubled to £20

5 May 2015, 11:01

Amazon made a $57m (£36m) loss in its most recently reported quarterly financials.

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Microsoft Edge is the new Windows browser

30 April 2015, 09:31

It will gain many more features including the use of extensions this summer.

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