Twitter ‘Communities’ is aimed at connecting people with the same interests
Twitter is introducing features to the platform that will impact user experience. While some of them are loved by all, some fail to live up to the expectation. And while...
WhatsApp “end-to-end encrypted” messages aren’t that private after all
Enlarge / The security of Facebook's popular messaging app leaves several rather important devils in its details. Yesterday, independent newsroom ProPublica published a detailed piece examining the popular WhatsApp messaging platform's...
Blackpool illumination for full-fibre broadband
Just as the resort’s famous illuminations display has been extended to provide a boost to its tourism season, Blackpool has flicked the switch on lighting up fibre broadband for...
CityFibre extends network in Sussex, Scotland and announces Medway ISP
In the latest steps in its rapidly growing £4bn Gigabit City investment programme, CityFibre has revealed the beginning of further build-out work in Scotland and Sussex, and has announced...
Estonian government opens its digital heart to tech testers
The Estonian government is giving tech companies access to its public sector technology and experience to enable them to build and test their digital services. In return, it wants...
PSA: Telstra customers on NBN 100/40 will lose their fast upload speeds
Yesterday brought bad news for what Telstra is calling a ‘small number’ of its NBN customers – as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, the telco is discontinuing its NBN...
Twitter pivoting to be a more visual-friendly platform?
Twitter has said that it’s testing edge-to-edge tweets that span the width of the timeline. Now, photos, GIFs, and videos have more space to be presented in their full form.Twitter...
Privacy-focused ProtonMail provided a user’s IP address to authorities
Enlarge / ProtonMail offers end-to-end encryption and a stated focus on privacy for its email service—which offers a user interface quite similar to those of more mainstream services such as...
Virgin Media O2 reaches 10 million homes in gigabit roll-out
Just over a month after announcing its intention to upgrade its entire fixed network to full fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) by 2028, Virgin Media O2 has revealed that its gigabit broadband...
Ukrtelecom and Iskratel launch €12m fibre network expansion in Ukraine
A three-year network expansion programme valued at around €12m has been announced by Ukrainian telecom operator JSC Ukrtelecom and leading European ICT supplier Iskratel, designed to bring better broadband...