European authorities are now individually investigating Google’s privacy practices after a four-month deadline set by a joint body expired with no response from Google.
Vine has added sound and motion to the popular microblogging website, Twitter. Learn how to bring your information to life in our Vine webcast on Wednesday, June 19 from 4-5 pm ET. In this one-hour webcast, Gemma Craven (left), EVP, New York group director at Social@Ogilvy will discuss best practices for using the visual social platform and share some of her team's successful vine videos. Register here. 
Thanks to a new deal between Google and UK satellite television operator Freesat, UK television viewers will be able to tune into a dedicated YouTube television channel by the end of next month.
OMG! The expression OMG as an abbreviation for “Oh my God” first occurred in 1917 letter Lord Fisher, the admiral of the British navy, wrote to Winston Churchill, then a member of parliament, during World War I, the Anorak has uncovered.
Kickstarter today announced two new workshops to teach artists, writers, and other creative people in London how to raise money for their projects in the cloud. The New York-based company opened its crowdfunding platform in the UK two weeks ago. Already the creators are hard at work making “the rather bland luxury underwear market interesting” and other must-see projects.
Britons will become the first non-Americans to gain access to funding through the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter on October 31, the company said Wednesday. UK users can begin submitting their fundraising proposals now.
Despite a rather difficult few months in which they lost 800,000 U.S. subscribers, Netflix is still one of the top dogs in the world of American film and television show streaming. They played a big part in the downfall of Blockbuster and have stepped on the toes of other major players like HBO as well. Now it looks like they’re headed across the Atlantic, to try their luck against UK players like Amazon-owned on-demand service Lovefilm.
Film lovers in the UK can now get their fill of their favorite flicks on YouTube. That’s right—today YouTube announced that they’ve taken their movie rental service to the UK.
Two men in the United Kingdom have been given four year sentences for using social media to incite the recent London riots; some wonder if the punishment fits the crime.
I share photos of my daughter with her grandmother, who loves seeing the latest news of my daughter’s activities. My daughter is not old enough to be on Facebook. But if she was, she most certainly would be sharing all her activities with her grandmother. Twitter is a less personal than Facebook, so my daughter doesn’t use it even though there is no age limit.
O2 UK, one of the top mobile carrier in UK, will be launching mobile wallet service by July 2011. The wallet will have a host of contactless mobile payment options and will use NFC (near field communication) technology.
