Internet

Tales In Tech History: Email

Email was invented before the Internet arrived, with early versions being used more than fifty years ago

7 years ago

Amazon Could Include Broadband In Prime Subscriptions

Amazon could package broadband connections with its Prime video steaming service to take on Netflix and ISPs alike

8 years ago

Councils Support Draft Broadband Comparison Rules

The proposed regulations would force Internet providers to make house-by-house speed estimates available to the public for the first time

8 years ago

Google Hits Back At ‘Intrusive’ Pop-Up Ads

New algorithm will demote mobile websites using interstitial adverts from January 2017

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: 25 Years Of The World Wide Web

Dialup doldrums...the public was given access to the Internet on 23 August 1991 thanks to Sir Tim Berners-Lee's invention

8 years ago

BT Trials Long Reach VDSL Broadband In Outer Hebrides

Scottish island plays host to Openreach long reach broadband trials

8 years ago

Microsoft Ditches Ethernet At Its Campuses

If you plan to visit Microsoft in the future, it may be near-impossible to find an Ethernet port to plug…

8 years ago

BT Rolls Out FTTP In London’s West End

Follow the money! Around 3,000 homes and businesses connected to 'micro cable' FTTP broadband in Mayfair

8 years ago

Superfast Broadband And 4G Adoption Rises As 15m Brits Take ‘Digital Detox’

Superfast broadband and 4G takeup grows, but millions undertake “digital detox” after spending a day a week online

8 years ago

Verizon Acquires Yahoo’s Core Business For £3.86 Billion

Yahoo's core assets finally sold off as Mayer claims: 'Yahoo is a company that has changed the world'

8 years ago

Chinese Consortium’s £900m Opera Takeover Fails

Chinese internet consortium's takeover bid fails to meet regulatory approval, instead picks up parts of Opera's business for £450m

8 years ago

Telia Carrier Is Blamed For CloudFlare Outage

CloudFlare CEO says company is "deprioritising" Telia until issues are fixed

8 years ago

Twitter Rolls Out Free WiFi At London’s St Pancras Train Station

Travellers at London’s St Pancras International can access free WiFi through their Twitter accounts

8 years ago

Yahoo Bidders Offering Above £3.5bn – Report

Sources claim Yahoo has recieved multiple bids at or above $5bn (£3.5bn) for its core Internet business

8 years ago

Can Mayer, Yahoo Pull A U-Turn? Doesn’t Look Likely

Yahoo CEO says she wants three more years to straighten out Yahoo. Nothing's impossible, but this is close to it

8 years ago

Will Budget Cuts Drive IoT And Create The Smart Cities Of Tomorrow?

Nick McNamara, VP Sales EU at Eseye, believes the public sector can defy budget cuts by embracing Smart City technology

8 years ago

9 Simple Ways To Keep Children Safe Online

O2's chief executive, Ronan Dunne, explains how parents can protect their children as they surf the Internet

8 years ago

Malware Museum Curator Asks For Digital Library Donations

The popularity of a museum for old computer viruses has taken its creator by surprise. Now he hopes to raise…

8 years ago

How To Survive The End Of The World Wide Web

Companies must place user experience at the heart of digital innovation as the traditional web model dies, says Richard Knights,…

8 years ago

Yahoo ‘Rejects’ Offers For Internet Business

Sources claim Yahoo will reveal its next strategic moves on 2 February, the day of its quarterly earnings call

8 years ago

Mozilla Discontinues Persona Password Security Service

Two years after giving it up to be a community project, Mozilla is now shutting its Persona Web authentication operations…

8 years ago

Facebook Free Internet Hits Indian Regulator Buffers

Net neutrality halts Facebook's attempts to provide India with free Internet service

8 years ago

Government Wants Schools To Monitor Pupil Web Use

Education secretary proposes new reforms introduces new scheme to prevent ‘radicalisation’ online

8 years ago

Is Facebook Hijackijng Net Neutrality In India?

Facebook rallies Indian users to lobby the country's Internet authority on ‘Free Basics’

8 years ago

Yahoo Ditches Alibaba Spin Off, Creates New Company For Asset Transparency

After a week of deliberations, Yahoo's board of directors has shelved plans to spin off company's stake in Alibaba

8 years ago

Yahoo Board Members Considering Sale Of Core Internet Business

Meetings are also being held at Yahoo to discuss potential spin off of $30bn stake in Alibaba

8 years ago

9 Tips To Ensure A Painless, Profitable Black Friday

Director at NuData Security, Ryan Wilk, reveals how retailers can ensure a problem-free and profitable Black Friday

8 years ago

NME Readers Got A Taste Of Microsoft’s Sponsored Content And They Hated It

Blog: But Microsoft isn't the real nme here, online advertising is surely necessary to survive?

8 years ago

Boosting Online Performance In The Digital Service Era

Joram Cano, solutions consultant for EMEA at Keynote (now part of Dynatrace), discusses the importance of having a website that…

9 years ago

How To Explain Cookies To A Five-year-old

The definitive definition of cookies from the experts for the kids (and grown ups, too)

9 years ago