Of 2,000 Britons questioned, more than two thirds said they thought social media such as Facebook and Twitter were responsible for acts of revenge becoming more common. More than half said they were contemplating revenge and 38% of respondents confessed to actually having targeted someone. One in five people said revenge was an acceptable aspect of modern Britain. More than a quarter of those aged 18 to 35 confessed they had taken revenge against someone just for posting an embarrassing photograph of them on a social network.

German wireless carriers are in an uproar over what they said is a delay by the German telecom regulator BNA in approving their applications to deploy LTE network technology in key German cities. According to the Financial Times Deutschland, BNA is sitting on over 8,000 applications made by Vodafone, Telefnica, E-Plus and Telekom Deutschland for LTE deployments, thus resulting in significant delays in building LTE in urban German areas.

With ebooks like Kindle and Nook enabling discreet downloading and reading, erotic novels for women are swiftly gaining in popularity. British author E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy has been parked atop the New York Times digital bestseller list for weeks, but it's not alone in the genre. "Sales have always been good," said Tina Haveman, founder of eXtasy books, "but the increase has happened over the last few years because of the new ebook readers that have become available."

The publisher has added Respond's contextual call to action ads to its national portfolio of digital sites, following a successful trial on the Manchester Evening News. Respond's ads display a contextual call to action button in the white space above and below content, so visitors have a better way to discover and engage with relevant advertisers. For example, someone reading an article about a weekend in New York might see a button that says "Book flights from London", above and below the content around where the Facebook Like button is displayed. Trinity Mirror's portfolio includes the Daily Record, Birmingham Mail, …

The European Commission is giving Google a "matter of weeks" to settle an ongoing antitrust case by changing several of its business practices which some say have given the company an unfair monopolistic advantage on the web. If Google refuses to comply, the Commission could slap Google with antitrust charges and, eventually, fines. "Today I'm giving Google an opportunity to offer remedies to address concerns that we have identified," said European Commission Vice President for Competition Policy Joaquin Almunia in a statement issued Monday.

A research project led by the University of Central Lancashire is creating what it believes to be the first internet-enabled newspaper. The project, called Interactive Newsprint, plans to create a printed publication using a type of "smart" paper that responds to the human touch. The new type of publication is being designed to carry community news, according to a post on the BBC College of Journalism website. According to the Interactive Newsprint website, the "smart" paper will see images or text printed on it change, or play a sound once a certain area on the surface is pressed.

Mobile network O2 has teamed up with GB Mag, a multi-media lifestyle channel aimed at overseas students in the UK, as it looks to promote its O2 international Pay & Go SIM. The campaign, which will run for the next 12 months, has launched in China, through the Chinese edition of GB Magwhich is handed out to students that have secured a place at a university in the UK. Further elements will include a mix of print, digital and social media. GB Mag's multi-media offering comprises a magazine with a Chinese edition, website, e-newsletter and a welcome pack given to …

The UK tabloid is raising the issue of the search giant's influence on UK government after it found that Conservative Party ministers have held meetings with Google an average of once a month since the General Election two years ago. There have been 23 meetings between Tory ministers and Google since June 2010, with Prime Minister David Cameron meeting Google three times and George Osborne - who as Chancellor of the Exchequer is supposed to meet with business leaders - four times in two years.

The publisher of Marketing Week, The Lawyer and Money Marketing has reported a gain in digital, which now represents 31% of the B2B publisher's total revenues. Print revenues, however, suffered a 3% drop, while underlying digital revenues rose 7%, and the events part of the business gained 6%. In April the group confirmed up to 10 editorial jobs were at risk, the same month as a paywall was introduced for digital-only title New Media Age.

Facebook may have just scored a potential victory in Russia. The country's most popular social network, vKontakte, has lost its court appeal against an earlier ruling that itsfeature integrating with file-sharing software breaches copyright. The case was brought by subsidiaries of EMI, which complained that vKontakte users were sharing their music without authorisation.