http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/youtube-helps-media-find-citizen-journalists-1822746.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/youtube-helps-media-find-citizen-journalists-1822746.html ]]> <p> YouTube is trying to help shrinking newsrooms expand their video coverage without increasing their payrolls. </p> News Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:44:43 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/goodbye-vietnam--facebook-faces-blackout-1822740.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/goodbye-vietnam--facebook-faces-blackout-1822740.html ]]> <p> Vietnam's growing legions of Facebook users fear that the country's communist government might be blocking the popular social networking website, which has become difficult to access over the past few weeks. </p> News Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:41:26 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/ian-burrell-pcc-to-regulate-uk-bloggers-1821562.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/ian-burrell-pcc-to-regulate-uk-bloggers-1821562.html <p> Baroness Buscombe, the new chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, has ambitions for her organisation that go beyond the traditional newspaper companies. </p> Online Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:35:41 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/sky-provokes-backlash-after-iphone-viewing-offer-1818907.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/sky-provokes-backlash-after-iphone-viewing-offer-1818907.html ]]> <p>BSkyB said last night it was not worried that its new Sky Mobile TV service for iPhones, where all Sky's sport content is now available for an all-time low price of £6 per month, will cannabilise sales of its core product – pay-TV sport – and damage its business model.</p> News & Comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/james-hong-whether-it-was-viral-or-word-of-mouth-it-was-always-based-on-the-content-1817994.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/james-hong-whether-it-was-viral-or-word-of-mouth-it-was-always-based-on-the-content-1817994.html ]]> <p> <i>Adam L Penenberg's book </i>Viral Loop <i>examines the spread of "virals" - ads, films and emails that get forwarded by so many poeple that they become global phenomenoms - and how they have become the business model for some of today's most celebrated companies. </i></p> <p> <i>Here, Adam intervews James Hong, a co-founder of 'HotOrNot', one of the first viral phenomenoms.</i> </p> Features Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:21 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/turing-play-stays-on-website-indefinitely-1817724.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/turing-play-stays-on-website-indefinitely-1817724.html <p>The pioneering internet audio drama about the death of the Enigma code-breaker Alan Turing, is to remain available indefinitely on The Independent website. </p> Online Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/google-to-buy-mobile-ad-network-for-750-million-1817670.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/google-to-buy-mobile-ad-network-for-750-million-1817670.html <p> Google is stepping up its push to sell advertising on cell phones, announcing a deal Monday to buy a mobile ad network, AdMob, for $750 million (£449 million) in stock. </p> Online Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:10:48 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/at-last-the-web-goes-truly-worldwide-1812140.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/at-last-the-web-goes-truly-worldwide-1812140.html ]]> <p> Considering it is known as the "World Wide Web", the internet's reliance on the English language has long been maligned as a hangover from the web's beginnings as a communications tool for the US military. </p> News Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:06:26 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ondemand-tv-helps-virgin-beat-expectations-1811638.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ondemand-tv-helps-virgin-beat-expectations-1811638.html <p>More viewers than ever watching movies and TV shows on Virgin Media's catch-up service helped the group beat revenue expectations in the three months to the end of September.</p> Business News Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/angry-facebook-users-revolting-over-changes-1810144.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/angry-facebook-users-revolting-over-changes-1810144.html ]]> <p> Facebook users have joined in protest against yet another set of changes to its homepage. </p> News Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:29:44 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/hackers-breach-security-on-guardian-website-1809425.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/hackers-breach-security-on-guardian-website-1809425.html ]]> <p>A "sophisticated and deliberate hack" into the Guardian's UK jobs website has put the personal details of some users at risk, the newspaper revealed yesterday.</p> Online Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/independent-launches-new-video-channel-1807195.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/independent-launches-new-video-channel-1807195.html Online Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:47:11 +0100