Fashion retailer Missguided looks to iPhone app to boost online sales

Online fashion retailer Missguided has launched its own iPhone app in a bid to expand its online retail offering. The business, which specialises in “catwalk looks and celebrity inspired women’s fashion”, hopes to use the application to strengthen ties with customers … Continue reading

Adobe works hard to fix ‘critical’ software security glitch

Adobe has said it is working to fix a “critical” security flaw in its Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player software. It warned that the vulnerability potentially enables hackers to take control of affected computer systems, and that users running Windows, … Continue reading

Apple’s Jobs says people must be persuaded of merits of paying for online content

Apple top man Steve Jobs fears that the internet will be reduced “into a nation of bloggers” unless a sustainable way of persuading people to pay for online content is devised. Speaking at the Wall Street Journal-organised D8 conference near … Continue reading

Facebook boss speaks out over privacy concerns, taking business public

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has defended changes to the service which have led to privacy concerns, and said that he has no date in mind for a public floatation of the company. Zuckerberg used an address to the All … Continue reading

Newspaper under Twitter assault for ‘gay minister’ poll question

The Sun newspaper in the UK was the target of a torrent of anger from Twitter users when it asked its readers to vote on whether gay people should be ministers in the cabinet of the UK Government. The paper, … Continue reading

World Cup fans warned over costly roaming charges

Football fans heading to South Africa for the World Cup have been warned by a watchdog group to keep an eye on the cost of their mobile internet use while there. Consumer Focus says that mobile operators levy huge charges … Continue reading