Multiple fitness wearables makers are facing a formal complaint from Norway's consumer watchdog for allegedly breaking European privacy laws and exploiting their users' information. Fitbit, Jawbone, Garmin and Mio were slammed by the Consumer Council of Norway for failing to protect their customers' personal information and breaching data protection and consumer laws.

Turkey has mounted a fresh social media crackdown, according to an Internet monitoring group, after it reportedly blocked access to WhatsApp -- extending existing blocks against Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Turkey Blocks said the websites had been disabled using a process known as throttling, which slows access to affected sites, part of a pattern of activity in recent hours.

When AdBlock Plus, the world's largest ad-blocking app, announced in September that it would begin selling ads as part of its Acceptable Ads programme, many users reacted with both anger and confusion. Was this a transparent attempt at making money? Or even a sign that ad blockers were on the way out?

Unilever has promoted Jonathan Hammond to succeed Jeremy Basset as head of Unilever's start-up collaboration program Foundry, after Basset decided to leave the FMCG business next month for a new career opportunity.

"The Telegraph" is dropping its metered paywall and will instead charge for premium online content. Most online stories will be available for free. The title launched the metered paywall in March 2013, but has never revealed how many subscribers it attracted.It allowed readers to access 20 articles per month for free. Now Web site subscription prices start at GBP1.99 a month.

Adidas boss Kasper Rorsted has announced plans to reshape the company's struggling Reebok fitness brand amidst calls from investors to sell it off. Rorsted, who took over as the new chief executive last month, said that reshaping Reebok would cost around EUR30m and will involve 650 staff moving to a new location in Boston as well as cutting 150 jobs and accelerating store closures.

British Airways will offer WiFi Internet access on its short-haul flights from 2017, its owner IAG has announced. IAG-owned Aer Lingus, Iberia and Vueling will also provide WiFi. Many rival airlines already offer Internet access during flights, with some providing it free of charge. IAG said up to 341 of its planes would be fitted with WiFi technology provided by Inmarsat.

Facebook has warned that growth in advertising revenues will slow "meaningfully" in the next few months as it tries to avoid alienating users. The social media giant's chief financial officer David Wehner said there was a limit on the number of ads it could put on people's timelines. Shares fell 7% in after-hours trading.

UK advertisers are set to spend a record GBP5.6bn in the run-up to Christmas, as bumper digital budgets for Google and Facebook more than make up for a tougher festive season for TV and newspapers. The UK ad market in Q4 will see GBP300m more spent than in 2015 and the most ever spent in the Christmas period, according to new figures from the AA and Warc.

UK ad spend is expected to grow 5.6% this year and 4.3% next year, ahead of global rates, according to the latest Consensus Ad Forecast from Warc. Global ad spend will rise by 4.5% this year, and 4.2% next year, according to the report. It said: "With the exception of newspapers and magazines, all major media channels are expected to record ad spend growth this year and next."