Online has overtaken print media for the consumption of sports content, according to a new report. The most notable growth for online sports has been in western Europe. Mobile consumption of sport in Italy is now 50%, compared to 37% in 2013.

Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe's AdEx Benchmark research shows that online video advertising increased by 45.5%, to nearly EUR1.19bn, in 2013. However, as with any evolving industry, its success also makes it very attractive to illegal operators.

The benefits and risks to young children of using the internet can be easily found by listening to the experiences of pre-teen pupils. Two older boys who returned to their old classroom found out just that when they taught an online safety program to 9- and 10-year-olds at St Joseph's National School near Cork's city centre.

A poster advertising singer Rihanna's perfume should be restricted to areas where children are unlikely to see it, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled. The UK's independent regulator of advertising across all media found the image of the singer was "sexually suggestive."

Microsoft Canada Co. is making a big push into cloud-based computing for small and mid-sized companies as lower prices make data storage and other online services affordable to even the tiniest of startups.

New figures released by the National Readership Survey (NRS) show Guardian.com to be the most read newspaper website in the UK among web-only readers, with 8.69 million visitors in March, just over a million more than the Daily Mail.

Serbia Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic is demanding an apology from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) over allegations that the government was censoring media and the internet. "From ... the OSCE, after all the untruths you brought up regarding Serbia, I expect a simple apology," Vucic said, addressing OSCE representative on freedom of the media, Dunja Mijatovic.

Google has taken steps toward complying with the European Court of Justice's ruling that people have a right to have links removed from search results. But debate around the "right to be forgotten" online is not going away. Some have praised the ECJ for empowering individuals to have more control over their information. Others have berated the court for allowing further censorship of the web, with the rich and powerful able to remove information about themselves.

Europe's new one-stop patent system is winning over companies despite initial criticism from lawyers and some multinationals of the scheme, which is expected to come into effect in 2016. Telecoms, media and technology companies were particularly positive, with many surveyed saying they expected to see benefits.

Facebook is facing a class-action lawsuit from a Vancouver woman over an advertising product. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Susan Griffin said in a ruling posted online that enough evidence exists to support allegations made by Louise Douez that the Facebook product titled Sponsored Stories used the names and images of members without their consent.