Turmoil in the North Africa is spreading. Starting with Tunisia and then flowing into Egypt, citizens have been making progress toward change by protesting their government’s corruption. In retaliation, governments have been cutting off protesters main communication source: the Internet.
Authorities in the Russian province of Belgorod have deemed the lovers’ holiday a threat to “spiritual security” and have subsequently banned the celebration of Valentine’s Day, claiming it encourages promiscuity.
The launch of British internet TV service YouView has been pushed back until early 2012 owing to technical glitches that have plagued the platform from its inception; the set top boxes are not set to hit the shelves until next year.
WH Smith has purchased 22 British Bookshop and Stationers locations in a recent acquisition deal. Plans include eight of the high street stores becoming WH Smith locations over time while the remaining continue under the BBS brand.
LG has announced that they will unveil the LG Optimus Black at the 2011 Mobile World Congress.
Shares in books and music retailer HMV shot up more than 11 percent in early trading on the London Stock Exchange following a report that an investor in the company had appointed an adviser to consider options for the company.
The British scientific and pharmaceutical industry received a major blow this week as Pfizer, a US drugmaker, announced that it will be closing its southern England drug development centre.. The Sandwich center, where Viagra was created, and established in the 1950s.
After months of discussion on an acquisition, Oberthur has stepped away from the deal with De La Rue. Oberthur cites De La Rue’s refusal to participate in talks and their rejections of legitimately increased offers is what led to their withdrawal.
Gail Davis of Orpington, Kent, collected the top prize from Apple after downloading the 10 billionth app from the App Store from her account.
One of Davis’ daughters downloaded the game Paper Glider to claim first prize in the download promotion.
According to CEO and co-founder Rick Skrenta, the web is filling up with spam and low-rent WebPages from content farms like Demand Media, saying the web now has 100 billion urls, most created by bots.
