Thursday 12 December 2013

Online spending up by 16%, according to Ofcom



The amount spent by UK shoppers online increased on average by 16% per person in 2012 compared to 2011, according to the latest data from Ofcom.

Facebook to join S&P 500 index



A little over a year after its stock market debut, Facebook has joined the S&P 500 index of some of the world's largest firms, replacing test equipment maker Teradyne.

Spotify to offer 'free' mobile service to Android and iOS



Spotify is to extend its "free" ad-supported music service to mobile devices. Smartphone users will be able to build playlists of songs and then hear them played back in a random order. Tablet users will have more control, letting them select specific tracks.

Share this page Email Print Yahoo Mail 'being restored' following service problems



Some Yahoo Mail users have not been able to access their email since Monday following a service failure blamed on a hardware problem in one of its data centres.