UK websites given extra year to comply with Cookie privacy law
Website operators have an extra year’s ‘grace period’ to change the way they use cookies to comply with new laws, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.
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Rural broadband boost? Everything Everywhere and BT Wholesale test UK’s first 4G broadband
Everything Everywhere and BT Wholesale have joined forces to test next generation 4G ‘LTE’ high speed broadband to customers. If successful, the trial will see mobile and fixed broadband coming together for the first time in the UK, providing a significant boost to rural Britain’s access to high speed internet services.
Brits spent £300bn since 2000- IMRG
Another major milestone has been reached in the growth of online shopping: £300bn has been spent online since the launch of the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index in April 2000.
Toyota ties with Salesforce.com for branded social network
Toyota has partnered with Salesforce.com to build Toyota Friend, a private social network for Toyota customers and their cars.
Roundtable report: Cloud hype giving way to adoption
No business should ignore the opportunities that cloud technology presents the results from those that have dabbled are compelling. This was the warning issued by a panel of business IT experts who gathered at a round table event held by hosting firm UKFast this month.
Brits spent £5.2bn online in April: Travel sector suffers from UK heatwave
The latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index have revealed continuing strong growth for online sales in April, with shoppers in the UK spending a total of £5.2 billion online, a significant 19% more than April 2010 and equivalent to £84 per person.
Hargreaves report: 10 steps to shake up UK copyright laws for digital world
As part of a new Government-backed report, Professor Ian Hargreaves has made 10 major recommendations to free-up restrictive intellectual property and copyright laws that “obstruct innovation and economic growth in the UK”.
Right to reply: Will MyData usher in a new era of money-saving?
Launched by the UK Government last month, Mydata, gives consumers access to the data that businesses have on them, calculating that such access could help people make better-informed choices. Justin Schamotta at Choose.net wonders if businesses really are keen to share their data with others…
IDM revamps as government-approved Institute for digital marketing
The IDM has undergone a major rebrand following government approval, seeing the trade body become the Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing.
World’s biggest online market: China tops 477m web users
The number of Internet users in China has reached 477 million at the end of March 2011, according to government sources.