Children’s programmes will no longer be shown on BBC One and Two following the digital switchover, the BBC Trust has confirmed.

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AUDIO: Children’s shows leave BBC One

Facebook announced Monday it will acquire the popular mobile photo-sharing firm Instagram, a push by the social networking giant to draw more consumers who rely on smartphones and tablets for their digital needs. Read full article > >

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Facebook acquires Instagram for about $1B

The market for Web sites, night classes and online lectures in computer programming is booming, as demand grows for knowing how the digital pieces of the Internet fit together.

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A Surge in Learning the Language of the Internet

Manwin Licensing, the manager of the Playboy sites, and Digital Playground are suing Icann over the introduction of the .xxx suffix.

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Porn sites sue internet regulator

Ryanair’s announcement about the possibility of in-flight pornography may seem radical, but passengers have already been indulging in racy content on their digital devices.

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Noticed: Pornography on Airplanes, Where You Can’t Look Away

UK consumer protections have not kept up with the digital revolution, leaving people at risk of scams, a report by MPs says.

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Consumers ‘left at risk of scams’

The revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa have toppled one dictator at a time from Ben Ali, Mubarak and just recently, Gaddafi in a remarkably tenacious struggle for democracy and freedom. This grassroots movement has captured the attention of the world with today’s rapid-fire news feed and communication networks. How were ordinary citizens in these countries able to unravel the seams of the authoritarian regimes in such a short time? Who is responsible for instigating the chain of events? ‘ Sandstorm: a leaderless revolution in the digital age ’ by Adeel A. Shah and Sheheryar T. Sardar, attempts to deconstruct the story of this unique youth-powered uprising with the help of modern technology.

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Sandstorm: a Leaderless Revolution in the Digital Age

BT and TalkTalk will launch a fresh challenge against the controversial Digital Economy Act.

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Telcos can challenge piracy law

Steven P. Jobs helped usher in the era of personal computers and led a cultural transformation in music and mobile communications for the digital age.

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Steve Jobs of Apple Dies at 56

Google chairman Eric Schmidt says education in Britain is limiting success in the digital media economy.

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Google boss raps education in UK

Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, has called them the “gang of four.” They are the four titans of tech: Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. And they are impossible to escape, tapping nearly every consumer’s wallet and holding vast power over huge swaths of the economy. The companies are racing one another to be king of the digital age, and each is lacking something that another one has. Put in the missing pieces, and one company has the potential to be all things to all people — a complete system in which consumers spend most of their time watching videos, reading the news, writing e-mail and making purchases. Read full article > >

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Four titans of tech are racing to be king of digital age

“We are going to move the digital hub, the center of your digital life, into the cloud,” said Steven P. Jobs at the opening of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference.

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Apple Unveils ‘Cloud’ Music and Storage Service

Steve Jobs officially launched Apple’s new free iCloud service on Monday, which will replace its $99 a year MobileMe document-sharing plan. “We are going to move the digital hub, the center of your digital life, into the cloud,” Jobs said at Apple’s…

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Steve Jobs Unveils Apple’s iCloud

BT and Talk Talk are to try again in their bid to get the courts to scrutinise the controversial Digital Economy Act.

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New review of Digital Act sought

SAN FRANCISCO — Much like the caller in the Lady Gaga hit song “Telephone,” some visitors to Amazon’s site received a busy signal Monday when they tried to download the digital version of the artist’s latest album, “Born This Way,” which the online retailer was selling for 99 cents on its release date. Spokeswoman Sally Fouts said Amazon experienced a high volume of traffic that caused delays for those downloading the album — echoing a posting on the album’s product page on Amazon.com. Customers who ordered the MP3 version of “Born This Way” on Monday will get it for 99 cents, she said. Read full article > >

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New Lady Gaga album priced at 99 cents leads to download delays at Amazon