Hungarians protest world’s first internet tax
Demonstrators in Budapest yesterday protested against a plan to introduce a tax on Internet use, staging the first mass rally since Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban won three elections this year.
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Google links Asia and US with giant underwater cable
Google has teamed up with five Asian telecom firms to build a $300mn underwater cable across the Pacific Ocean to cater for rising internet use in both the US and across Asia.
Philippines leads Asia Pacific for internet use
Filipino Internet users spent 6.2 hours per day on the Internet through laptop or desktop computers and 2.8 hours through mobile devices, according to new research.
Mobile ‘now accounts for 1 in five retail sales’
Mobile accounted for 20.2% of UK e-retail sales in the first quarter of 2013, up from 15.4% in the previous quarter, according to new data from the IMRG.
Third of Brits ‘expect to be victims of online ID fraud in future’
Over a third (36%) of Britons believe that online identity fraud or information theft is unavoidable in the future, according to a new study.
Three quarters of US teens accessing mobile web
Nearly three-quarters of teenagers say they access the Internet on cell phones, tablets, and other mobile devices at least occasionally, according to new research.
Regulation of personal data – sweeping new UK powers
The location of your mobile phone is added to the list of sweeping new police powers in the regulation of personal data and Deputy PM Clegg leads the attack on his own government.
16% of UK adults ‘have never used the internet’- ONS
Nearly 1 in 5 (16%) UK adults have never used the internet, amounting to 7.82 million people, according to new research.
Internet use in Chile: 90% of internet users in Chile watched online video in May
A new study from comScore has found that Chile ranked as the most engaged online video market in Latin America with viewers watching an average of 176 videos per viewer during May 2012, an increase of 60% from the previous year. “Online video consumption in Chile has grown immensely in the past year, fuelled by … [Read more…]
China mobile internet use – Tipping point as internet use shifts to mobile
China has crossed a tipping point in technology as China’s mobile internet use has overtaken traditional PC internet access. With over 530m people connected by mobile, this is a reminder that the mobile web experience will be the first internet experience for many consumers in the world’s largest internet market.