News articles for 3G

Google staff knew of wi-fi snooping activities says report
30th April 2012
Investigators have learned that a handful of Google staff members knew that one of their engineer colleagues had written a program which was capable of snooping on wireless data networks.

Lancashire first UK county to get publicly-funded broadband improvements
4th April 2012
Homes and businesses across Lancashire will be the first in the UK to get upgrades to their broadband network funded by the taxpayer.

Self-service platform for Twitter ads launched
30th March 2012
The number of advertisers using Twitter is expected to grow massively, after the micro-blogging site launched its own self-service advertising facility for small businesses.

Smartphone users' thirst for news growing
23rd March 2012
The number of smartphone users who use their devices to keep up with the latest news has jumped by 74 per cent in the past year.

Chancellor announces list of 'super-connected' cities
22nd March 2012
Ten British cities are to share in £50million of government funding aimed at making them 'super-connected', with ultra-fast broadband coverage.

Dual and triple screeners push mobile advertising growth
21st March 2012
A new generation of people dubbed 'dual and triple screeners' is driving forward online advertising spending, as companies strive to reach this digitally switched-on audience.

Google bids to help UK businesses tap into mobile device growth
16th March 2012
Google is to encourage businesses which want to tap into the potential of mobile sales by offering tools allowing them to optimise their websites for mobile devices.

Tech and smartphone giants agree to new privacy disclosures
23rd February 2012
Smartphone users will get more information about what details their phone-makers share about them when they make downloads, under a new state ruling in California.

Twitter and Yandex link up to offer real-time tweet search
21st February 2012
In a move which acknowledges Twitter's growing importance as a source of real-time information, the microblogging site has signed a second deal with a major search engine which will see it instantly index users' tweets.

Twitter to register 500 millionth user this Wednesday
20th February 2012
Twitter looks set to sign up user number 500,000,000 this Wednesday, according to social media trend-watchers.





