• Chief Admits Cops Wrong To Address Blogger's Tweets
    Cambridgeshire Police's chief constable has admitted the force was wrong to become involved after a UKIP councillor complained about a blogger's Twitter messages. According to The Guardian, Simon Parr has asked for an internal review into the incident, which was condemned by the tweeter, Michael Abberton, as an attack on his freedom of speech.
  • Norway Says Apple Breaking Law With ICloud
    Norway's Consumer Council has taken issue with Apple's terms and conditions for iCloud storage. Following a review of various providers' terms, the council has referred the firm to the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman - it says Apple's "convoluted and unclear" 8,600-word terms for the service give the company the right to change those terms without notifying customers, and this is unacceptable under consumer rights law.
  • Mobiles Improve In-Person Retail Shopping
    The poll, from Gallup, revealed that 22% of US consumers said thatmobiles had increased their retail store trips, trumping those who said it decreased by 3 percentage points. Similar data from Deloitte highlighted the influence of mobile usage on in-store purchases - complimenting the rising adoption of location-based marketing.
  • Cord-Cutters Use Much More Bandwidth Than Others
    Sandvine, the broadband networking company that provides periodic reports on Web usage, says that the top 15 percent of streaming video users go through 212 gigabytes of data per month. That's more than seven times the average broadband user, who uses 29 gigabytes. What happens as that contingent runs into monthly data usage capsthat broadband providers have installed, or are contemplating installing?
  • Ruling Will Add Costs, Sparks Free Speech Protest
    The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that European citizens have a "right to be forgotten" in a landmark case against Google. The decision by the EU's supreme court means that companies can be forced to remove personal information from websites if such data is deemed "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant".
  • Ex-Havas Exec Named To Head Carat Digital
    Having worked with him for the past year on a consultation basis, Carat has announced Anthony Rhind as its new chief digital officer. The former Havas Digital co-CEO has been hired to develop a "community of digital specialists" within the Carat business and lead the digital strategy on key client accounts.
  • Reddit Redesign Draws Unwanted Attention
    Users and moderators of Reddit's newest default subforums have reacted in varying ways - from fighting back to opting out - after being thrust into the limelight as part of the site's recent redesign. The front page of the news and networking site's biggest community for women, r/TwoXChromosomes, was dominated for much of Friday and Saturday with fairly graphic posts about menstruation and toilet habits.
  • Quartz Launches New Vertical Called Glass
    Quartz, the business-news site from Atlantic Media, is experimenting with a new way of navigating the news that is powered by blog pioneer Dave Winer's outlining software called Fargo, which allows readers to expand and collapse individual points. The business-news site that Atlantic Media launched last year. Quartz has introduced a number of interesting features since it appeared on the scene.
  • Trooclick To Release 'Fact-Checking' App
    French company Trooclick are planning to release a browser plug-in to 'automatically fact check' articles when a reader visits a news site. The app, currently only for Firefox, will flag up any inconsistencies in the story with publicly recorded data that it has stored, showing 'glitches' with an icon next to the headline and providing further information in a pop-out box.
  • Telegraph Runs Multi-platform Effort For Brand USA
    The partnership will see The Telegraph collaborate with Brand USA to generate content covering every aspect of the USA to encourage their audience to discover America. The campaign includes branded online content running across The Telegraph, editorial supplements led by The Telegraph's Head of Travel, Charles Starmer-Smith, iPad advertisements and travel features, as well as a dedicated online USA hub, in addition to other digital activity.
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