The High Court judge who ordered the broadband provider to give personal details of more than 9,000 subscribers to Golden Eye International and porn firm Ben Dover Productions did balk at allowing Golden Eye to demand GBP700 from each of the customers accused of unlawful file sharing. He said such a letter was "capable of causing unnecessary distress because it could be read as an implicit threat of publicity once proceedings have been commenced".

With search's share of paid clicks from mobile up 180% in 2011, the UK leads the Eurozone, whose clicks were up 177%, from 2.1% in January to 5.8% in December. The report found that 15% of clicks in the UK during December came from a mobile device. Advertisers are acknowledging the vast growth in smartphone and tablet adoption with share of budget for mobile up 191%, from 3.2% to 9.3% in 2011. But share of clicks is still higher than spend, at 15.1%

Calling his tweets "racist abuse via a social networking site," a district judge in Swansea has ordered a university student to serve 56 days in jail. Liam Stacey was arrested after comments he posted on Twitter about the on-pitch collapse of Bolton Wanderers footballer Fabrice Muamba were reported to police from across Britain. He admitted incitement to racial hatred. The 21 year old cried throughout the hearing and was led away in handcuffs.

Seen as a benefit for existing media giants, the "one-stop shop" database of copyright information that could be accessed online would also help small and medium-size businesses launch digital services over broadband and mobile networks, creating the next Spotify or Netflix. Richard Hooper, a former deputy chairman of Ofcom, said, "f the media companies are seen to be doing everything possible to enable and encourage new digital services via easier and more streamlined copyright licensing, then that makes it easier for politicians to be even tougher against copyright infringement."

Chris Cairns was awarded GBP90,000 in libel damages over an accusation of match-fixing which he said turned his achievements to "dust". He had sued Lalit Modi, ex-chairman of Twenty20 franchise the Indian Premier League over an "unequivocal allegation" on Twitter in January 2010. The London High Court judge said that Modi had "singularly failed" to provide any reliable evidence that Cairns was involved in match-fixing or spot- fixing, or even that there were strong grounds for suspicion that he was.

Two thirds of UK online publishers are planning to increase the number of digital roles "on the back of product growth expectations", the Association of Online Publishers reported today, compared to 55 per cent which saw growth in 2011, which adds that the new figure is the largest since 2008. Just more than half plan to recruit people to work on apps and almost half on mobile. Publishers say app and mobile are key skills for investment this year.

And they owe it all to Twitter. Earlier this month, as part of its ad campaign Faces For Radio, the company ran a promoted trends and tweets campaign on the social network, #nowplaying, to promote its pledge not to repeat the music it plays during the day. Absolute Radio asked listeners to tweet using the hashtag, @absoluteradio and also the song playing to win a prize. The effort was also tied to outdoor activity that showed real time tweets by listeners on billboards.

The web site, which was the UK's first social network and its largest before Facebook came along, will be a "digital scrapbook," where images to share with friends and family will be collected around "remember when" moments, giving some wider context to pictures created by users. Friends Reunited has deals with image libraries to offer up copyrighted photos as well. Plans are to offer users 10 million "memories" in the form of 6 million photos, 2 million events and 2 million places to tag alongside content. Importantly, privacy will be of the utmost importance, it says.

All of Australia has the option to store, manage and view bank statement and bills and store important documents in a personal digital vault. It may sound like an email account but a spokeswoman says it is more secure and is designed as a personal management system. People may connect with service providers and receive statements and bills, set reminders and make payments online or by mobile. Australia Post said it was an obvious step as more and more Australian move their lives online.

England leads the way in mobile news consumption with 46 of smartphone owners access news websites and apps at least once a month, according to comScore. The European average, including Brits, is 37%. Next up is France, at 37% and then Spain, at 32%, representing a 127% growth rate in the year in Spain. British mobile news services enjoyed annual growth of 63 per cent. The trend in part reflects the rapid growth of the smartphone market. More than half of Britons now use an internet-enabled mobile, according to Ofcom.