Mozilla, the non-profit group that created the Firefox web browser, has said it plans to allow its 450 million users to block the internet tracking that allows third parties to monitor their movements online. When the plans were first mooted in February, one advertising executive reportedly described them as “a nuclear first strike” against the advertising industry. Tracking allows firms to follow a user's tastes and target them with appropriate online ads.

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Instagram and Polaroid's Socialmatic camera

Polaroid meets Instagram as new camera looks set to dominate 2014

The ailing Polaroid brand looks set to earn a second wind, thanks to the very force that nearly killed it off in the first place: the Internet.

Google's Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS to be rolled out to non-Google tablet for the first time

Owners of the Asus Transformer Pad should receive the update automatically

The Week Ahead: Intertek a winner in horse-meat stakes

Have you backed one of the winners following the horse-meat scandal? Beneficiaries include local butchers and vegetarian brand Quorn. But if you have shares in a certain safety inspector you are onto a good thing too. Intertek has been able to boast about its "state-of –the-art lab facilities" that are staffed by "world-class experts". Checking for equine DNA makes a change from tests on children's pyjamas or fire doors. Food testing is only 2 per cent of the business, but WH Ireland's analysts reckon the "horse-meat scandal is an example of the intense public concern about product integrity" which is helping Intertek perform so well. Today Intertek updates shareholders on its full-year results. Analysts at Berenberg Bank reckon it will report strong, organic growth with earnings of £335m – up 19 per cent on the previous year. They also predict an upbeat view about the "state of the industry and the structural drivers powering its growth".

Elena Ambrosiadou and Martin Coward back in court

The one-time glamour couple of the hedge-fund industry, Elena Ambrosiadou and Martin Coward, renew court hostilities on Tuesday in a bitter row over intellectual property.

William Hill's online punt

William Hill's chief executive Ralph Topping said the bookmaker could swell to a £5bn business within five years as it spent £424m yesterday to take full control of its booming online operation.

Screen shot from from the iPad app Zombie vs Ninja on which 5 year old Danny Kitchen ran up a huge £1,700 bill

Parents whose son spent £1,700 of their money on 'free' iPad game gets full refund from Apple

The parents of a five-year-old boy who spent £1,700 of their money on iTunes have received a full refund from Apple.

May wee? Test your urine using your smartphone

New app for testing your urine launches (and it doesn't involve dropping your smartphone down the loo)

Hypochondriacs rejoice. A new app that can analyse urine and check for medical conditions will be available to download from March.

Overly bulky tablet/fiddly laptop: the Sony Vaio Duo

A Week With: Sony Vaio Duo 11 - a hybrid identity crisis

It's either an overly bulky tablet or a fiddly laptop. Neither is ideal

Apple offers cash to angry parents

Apple has proposed to pay compensation to parents whose children made “in-app purchases” without their permission, following claims that it failed to publicise the feature of children-targeted games.

Apple could pay out $100m to compensate parents whose children made inadvertent app purchases

Apple could potentially pay out $100 million to customers who were charged when their children inadvertently made in-app purchases from iTunes, court papers have revealed.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 - a new tablet with 8in display - is poised to take on the Apple iPad mini.

Brave new world: First look at the Mobile World Congress' new venue

David Phelan explores the biggest mobile phone trade show in the world and checks out Samsung's latest offerings

Dell's 31 per cent profits dip highlights need to go private

Dell has posted a 31 per cent drop in quarterly profits, with the declines in its consumer business underlining the reasons behind Michael Dell's $24bn (£15.5bn) bid to take the company into private trading.

Editorial: Only $7bn to keep the wolf from the door

Even the most cynical will surely struggle to criticise the latest clutch of the super-rich who have committed to give away at least half of their fortunes. The Giving Pledge – which was set up by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett three years ago – already has 93 members from the US. Now 12 multi-billionaires from elsewhere in the world have joined the ranks of the über-philanthropists. Well done to them.

BT boss aims to score with football

Ian Livingston has his eye on ESPN's live rights as he pushes the telecoms giant into the world of pay-TV and takes on arch-rival Sky, reports Gideon Spanier
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