The best way to ensure that teens stay safe online is to enable them to cope with the risks rather than stopping them from using the internet, a new study has revealed….
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Study: 92% US teens go online daily; 24% constantly glued to the Internet
A new Pew research has found by that a whopping 92 per cent of US teens go online daily and nearly a quarter of them are constantly glued to the Internet. According…
Canadian smartphone market: Apple pegged as leader by comScore
comScore’s annual 2015 Canada Digital Future in Focus report reveals that Canadians prefer mobile devices to desktops while browsing the web and viewing online videos indicating that the use of smartphones and…
Facebook successfully completes trials of solar-powered drones in UK
Facebook on Thursday confirmed its solar-powered “Aquila” drone has successfully completed its first test flight over the UK. The test flights are part of Facebook’s Internet.org initiative which aims to bring online…
Canadians spending 36.3 hours on the web monthly; top browsing charts globally
A new study by analytics firm comScore has revealed that Canadians spend far more time per month browsing the world wide web than any other in the world – an average of…
World’s first dot-com domain is 30 years old now
The world’s oldest dot-com address has finally turned 30 on Sunday. The first, and oldest, registered domain name, Symbolics.com, was registered by technology company Symbolics on 15 March 1985. The company designed…
uSwitch names best and worst broadband streets in the UK
New research shows Brits in some parts of the UK are struggling with 135 times slower broadband speeds than others. According to uSwitch, Williamson Road, in Romney Marsh, Kent, has the slowest…
ICANN wants India to take lead in governance of the web
India Head Samiran Gupta has called on India to take leadership role in governance of the web for being the largest democracy in the world and its heritage of “frugal” innovation and…
Edinburg to get gigabit fibre network courtesy CityFibre and Commsworld
Infrastructure provider CityFibre has inked a deal with leading Scottish network service provider, Commsworld, to deploy a pure fibre optic network in Edinburgh. The project will see 150km of fibre optic cable…
China shutters 65 dating and match-making websites for spreading obscene content
China’s internet regulator has banned 65 dating and other match-making websites for spreading obscene content and allowing registration with false names, the country’s Xinhua state news agency reported on Tuesday. According to…
China to enforce new internet usage rules
China on Wednesday announced it will ban internet accounts that impersonate people or organizations starting March 1 and will enforce new regulations that will require people to use real names when registering…
TalkTalk to turn on adult content filter by default
After UK broadband provider Sky, it’s now TalkTalk to have begun filtering adult content by default. TalkTalk has announced that it will turn on web filters by default for all undecided customers….
Sky to turn on adult content filter by default soon
UK Broadband provider Sky has announced its Broadband Shield content filter will be turned on by default, unless customers choose to turn it off. This means that Sky Broadband will block all…
Virgin Group, Qualcomm announce investment in satellite internet startup OneWeb
Virgin Group and Qualcomm on Thursday announced they are investing in OneWeb Ltd, a satellite internet company founded by Greg Wyler. OneWeb, previously called WorldVu Satellites Ltd., aims to roll out fast…
Overusing internet? You might be suffering from ‘netbrain’
According to a new research, as many as 5.7 million people in the UK – about 11 per cent of UK’s total population – suffer from a disorder dubbed ‘netbrain’, which is…