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Spotify signs up 2.5m paying subscribers ahead of major announcement

Spotify the music streaming channel released the data today, 24 hours after sending out invites to journalists for an event next week, at which Daniel Ek, Spotify’s co-founder and chief, is expected to outline some major changes and say what is next for the business. A story of success, Spotify has added 500,000 paying subscribers [...]

Facebook want changes to ask consent for privacy changes

Privacy campaigners have welcomed a report that Facebook is to ask users to opt into any changes in the way it uses their personal information. The popular social networking site was intending to go ahead with alterations to its members’ settings without asking for fresh consent. However, the website is changing its policy after an [...]

The £300m cable that will save one millisecond in transmission time

With the world of the mobile ‘phone and the high speed internet it is hard to believe that people still communication by a cable joining them together, but it is the case, especially went comes to trading and hedge funds. The first cable across the Atlantic was laid in 1858 from the Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum [...]

Downton Abbey viewers crash ITV Player

If you were one of the many who missed watching Downton Abbey live, then you could have been in for a shock if you tried to catch up online as many of us do, as the ITV player crashed for several hours last night, as thousands of people tried to catch up. This is not [...]

New BBC iPlayer planned

The BBC has released an updated version of the iPlayer designed for televisions in a move that it’s hoped will broaden access to the catch-up service to those viewers who may be a bit less technologically minded. It is available from today on the PlayStation 3 games console, and is being adapted for an array [...]

Google Chrome overtakes Firefox

It seems such a short time ago that Google Chrome was launched, it was in fact only three years ago, but now nearly one in four British internet users now use Chrome as their web browser. It is now the second most popular browser, overtaking Mozilla’s Firefox and quickly gaining ground on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer [...]

Google toolbar no longer available in new Firefox updates

Much to the dismay of its many supporters, the toolbar, which Firefox users could download as an add-on to the service, and contained features such as Google Translate, will no longer be available via the latest versions of Firefox. Google is understood to be keeping all other arrangements with Firefox the same, including its funding [...]