Facebook loading speeds will slow as the site will use the more secure'HTTPS' url rather than the current 'HTTP'. Facebook's Alex Rice posted on the switch on the official Facebook blog, saying, 'we feel that HTTPS is an essential option to protect the security of Facebook accounts'. HTTPS is currently widespread on websites that process online payments, and other sites that contain user details. Read the story in full here >>...
Reports have shown that subscribers to online streaming services such asNetflix spend less time watching television. In a report by Nielsen, Netflix subscribers watch 11% fewer minutes per day than non-subscribers. Overall television viewing is said to have dropped by 1.9%. Also reported was a 'trend towards the second screen', showing that four in ten smartphone and tablet owners use their devices while watching television. Read the story in full here >> ...
TED talks, a global set of conferences featuring talks from thoughtleaders across an extensive range of topic, has reached one billion views. High-profile speakers have included Al Gore, Richard Dawkins, Bill Gates, Steven Pinker and several Nobel prize winners. To celebrate, TED has posted an interactive timeline of 25 milestones from the past six years, including the first six talks, 1 million facebook fans, and Bill Gates' now infamous stunt in which he released live mosquitoes on his audience. Read in full here >> ...
MTV has become the first company-specific Instagram account to reach onemillion followers, despite only having shared 647 photos since its launch. The account posts images of backstage MTV events, presenters and celebrities. The Facebook-owned photo sharing site celebrated its reaching of 100 million users in April, and has become an increasingly widespread method of real-time mobile photo sharing. The first single user to have reached one million followers was Justin Bieber in March this year. Read the full article here >>...
Jonathan Abrams, founder of social gaming website Friendster, hasacquired $1.7m in funding for Nuzzel, a new social media-based news aggregator. The site has until now been entirely built by Abrams himself, and has been live since September this year. The website acquires data from clicked articles on twitter and other social media sites, as well as those clicked on by users' friends and followers. It includes a 'news you might have missed' feature to broaden topics and subject matter. Abrams' previous venture, Friendster, was launched as a...