Average Brit now ‘downloads 17GB of data a month’
Fixed broadband consumers in the UK now use an average of 17 gigabytes of data a month, the equivalent of streaming 12 hours of BBC iPlayer HD video or 11 movies a month, according to new research.
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December 5th forecast to be biggest online shopping day
Web shoppers in the UK are set to spend the most on 5th December 2011, according to retailer Amazon.
UN wants half the developing world online by 2015
The United Nations has called on world leaders to ensure that at least half the developing world’s population and 40% of households in developing countries are using broadband Internet by 2015.
Illegal file-sharers to be issued ‘3 strikes’ warning letters by 2013
Ofcom expects the first file-sharing notification letters to be sent in late Spring 2013, as the UK communications watchdog looks to crack-down on internet piracy.
Smartphones and tablets ‘drive nearly 7%’ of US web traffic’
iPhones and Tabels use in the US is soaring, with Apples’s iPad and iPhones accounting for the largest share of Non-Computer Traffic according to new research.
World's cheapest tablet: India debuts £40 tablet for students
India has launched what it says is the world’s cheapest touch-screen tablet computer, priced at just 3,000 rupees (approx £40).
World’s cheapest tablet: India debuts £40 tablet for students
India has launched what it says is the world’s cheapest touch-screen tablet computer, priced at just 3,000 rupees (approx £40).
UK advertisers 'now spending more on web than TV'- IAB
UK advertisers spent more on online advertising than on TV in the first half of 2011, with the Web accounting for 27% of the total adspend, compared to TV’s 26.1% share, according to new research.
UK advertisers ‘now spending more on web than TV’- IAB
UK advertisers spent more on online advertising than on TV in the first half of 2011, with the Web accounting for 27% of the total adspend, compared to TV’s 26.1% share, according to new research.
Right to reply: Broadband speeds and the ASA- too little too late?
Guidelines have been published which are supposed to make Internet service providers (ISPs) more honest when making broadband speed claims in their adverts. From April 2012, ISPs are supposed to comply with a “Help Note” issued by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). Neil Hawkins, contributing editor at Choose, asks if the new code is really … [Read more…]