Daily news round up

Technology

Apple releases white iPhone 4 after 10-month wait
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8478287/Apple-releases-white-i
Phone-4-after-10-month-wait.html

Computers, too, can give away location
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703778104576287401134790790.
html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Sony confirms credit card information was encrypted
http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2011/04/28/sony-confirms-credit-card-info
rmation-was-encrypted/

Media

BSkyB growth raises News Corp stakes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/28/bskyb-growth-raises-news-corp-
stakes

YouTube founders acquire nearly all of Delicious, except blog password
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2011/apr/27/youtube-founders-buy
-delicious

Zynga expands into UK
http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2011/04/28/zynga-expands-into-u-k/?mod=WS
JBlog&mod=

Telecoms
Visa invests in Square
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2011/tc20110427_640203.h
tm

France Telecom employee sets himself on fire
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8479249/France-Tel
ecom-employee-sets-himself-on-fire.html

Nokia slashes 7,000 jobs in major strategy shift
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110427/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_finland_nokia_layoffs

Daily news round up

Technology

Millions of internet users hit by massive Sony PlayStation data theft
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8475728/Millions-of-internet-us
ers-hit-by-massive-Sony-PlayStation-data-theft.html

Iwata confirms Nintendo 3DS sales woes
http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/iwata-confirms-3ds-sales-woes-948174

Amazon profits fall as company spends on expansion
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/27/amazon-profits-fall-expan
sion

Media

BBC blames salary cuts as it struggles to fill senior roles
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/27/bbc-salary-cuts

US music video site Vevo launches in the UK
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/36225/US-music-video-site-Vevo-launches-in-
the-UK?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pcretail
mag%2FhZYN+%28PC+Retail+News+with+Pcr-online.biz%29

Celebrities would lose super-injunctions in Bill of Rights plan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8475553/Celebrities-w
ould-lose-super-injunctions-in-Bill-of-Rights-plan.html

Telecoms

Europe telecom groups target Google
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/867742dc-7036-11e0-bea7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1K
i377WzZ

Ericsson surges after profit, sales top views
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110427-703868.html

Price rise means BT customers are now paying 41 per more than at start of
the year
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1380997/Latest-BT-price-rise-means
-customers-pay-41-start-year.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

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Technology

Sony takes on Apple as it unveils its first tablet PC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/13191269

Google, a giant in mobile search, seeks new ways to make it pay
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/technology/25mobile.html?_r=1&ref=techno
logy

PlayStation Network still down, no end in sight
http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/playstation-network-still-d
own-no-end-in-sight-947628

Media

ITV ad revenue 'to fall from May'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/26/itv-ad-revenue-fall

Yahoo! finds perfect TV companion in IntoNow
http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/2011042611736/yahoo-finds-perfect-tv-
companion-in-intonow.html

Have trade magazines got a shelf life?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/25/trade-magazines-online-only

Telecoms

Instant messaging forecast to hit texting
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9ea460a2-6ea0-11e0-a13b-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1K
cAw1N8R

Google acquires TalkBin, a feedback platform for businesses that's only
five months old
http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/25/google-acquires-talkbin-a-feedback-platfo
rm-for-businesses-thats-only-five-months-old/

Wi-Fi security flaw for smartphones puts your credit cards at risk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/25/wifi-security-flaw-smartp
hones-risk

Daily news round up

Technology

Amazon's Kindle will offer e-books from libraries
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704570704576274802584356140.
html?mod=WSJ_Tech_Europe_LeftTopNews

Apple iPhone tracks users' location in hidden file
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8464122/Apple-iPhone-tracks-us
ers-location-in-hidden-file.html

Picking out a laptop in the brave, new world of tablets
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704570704576274923342859068.
html

Media

Tesco moves into video-on-demand with Blinkbox deal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/20/tesco-vod-blinkbox-stake

Facebook may 'block content' claim as speculation grows over entry into
China
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/20/facebook-considers-censor
ship-claim-china

Filesharing: BT and TalkTalk fail in challenge to Digital Economy Act
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/20/filesharing-bt-talktalk-d
igital-economy-act

Telecoms

Apple profit surges 95% on record iPhone sales
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110420-716233.html

Virgin to test 1.5Gb service
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/virgin-to-test-15gb-servic
e-2270656.html

Nokia Siemens gets China nod for Motorola unit buy
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/04/21/nokiasiemens-motorola-idUKHEL0101
1420110421?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=governmentFilingsNews

Daily news round up

Technology

Tablets like Apple iPad 'must drop to £250 to go mainstream'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8461785/Tablets-like-Apple-iPa
d-must-drop-to-250-to-go-mainstream.html

In Silicon Valley, investors are jockeying like it's 1999
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576233050434554110.
html?mod=WSJ_Tech_Europe_INTL_LSMODULE

Nokia launches 3D map service
http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2011/04/20/nokia-launches-3d-map-service/

Media

BBC pension chairman takes hardline on £1.1bn deficit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/20/bbc-pension-chairman-deficit

UK TV leaders warn government not to weaken IP laws
http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/2011042011653/uk-tv-leaders-warn-gove
rnment-not-to-weaken-ip-laws.html

Alexander Lebedev to launch Saturday i
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/20/alexander-lebedev-saturday-i

Telecoms

Virgin Media operating profit climbs 7.6% on new fast broadband clients
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-20/virgin-media-operating-profit-cli
mbs-7-6-on-new-fast-broadband-clients.html

European Union to investigate net-neutrality concerns
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13134494

iPhone and smartphone usage soars in UK with biggest rise in Birmingham
http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/861333-iphone-and-smartphone-usage-soars-in-uk

Daily news round up

Technology

Twitter rumoured to be buying Tweetdeck for $50m
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/18/twitter-buying-tweetdeck-
50m-ian-dodsworth

Apple sues Samsung over patents for iPad
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8128db78-6a10-11e0-86e4-00144feab49a.html#axzz1J
xABEVuE

Microsoft Office 365 public beta begins
http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2011/04/19/microsoft-office-365-public-beta-beg
ins/

Media

Philips hives off struggling TV division
http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/sectors/consumer-goods/philips-hives-off-st
ruggling-tv-division/3025601.article

Big Issue sellers to be given smartphones
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/8459367/Big-Issue-sell
ers-to-be-given-smartphones.html

Global 3D TV shipments to grow sharply
http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/2011041811620/global-3d-tv-shipments-
to-grow-sharply.html

Telecoms

Quake hits Sony Ericsson profit
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703789104576272190711869356.
html

Mobiles ring in the end of the wallet
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/mobiles-r
ing-in-the-end-of-the-wallet-2269718.html

Cellular South launches Blackberry Playbook
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/cellular-south-launches-blackberry-playbo
ok

Daily news round up

Technology
Google's Chrome OS Windows rival to launch in May?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/8458004/Googles-Chrome-OS-Win
dows-rival-to-launch-in-May.html

New Nintendo, Sony Gadgets buck slump in videogames
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704495004576264840677078146.
html

Cyber criminals target owners of smartphones
http://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/cyber-criminals-target-owner
s-of-smartphones-2268877.html

Media

UK marketing budgets cut for second consecutive quarter
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/18/bellwether-survey-uk-marketing
-budgets

eBooks overtake US paperbacks
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8454702/eBooks-overtake-US-pape
rbacks.html

Discovery blames Virgin for UKTV talks faltering
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/18/virgin-uktv-discovery-networks
Telecoms
Huawei discloses directors
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703702004576268822147303878.
html

Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom- Orange to form procurement joint
venture
http://www.mobileeurope.co.uk/news/press-wire/8722-deutsche-telekom-and-fr
ance-telecom-orange-to-form-procurement-joint-venture

Monaco Telecom starts LTE trials
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48769.php

Daily news round up

Technology

Google shares fall as first-quarter profits fail to meet expectations
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/15/google-profits-rise-disap
pointing

The business market plays cloud computing catch-up
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/business/15cloud.html?_r=1&ref=technolog
y

PC sales 'have passed peak'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/14/pc-market-has-passed-its-
peak

Media

YouTube adds yet more professional video content
http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/2011041411573/youtube-adds-yet-more-p
rofessional-video-content.html

TV advertising worries re-surface
http://www.advanced-television.com/index.php/2011/04/14/tv-advertising-wor
ries-re-surface/

Canal Plus plays a cool hand with free digital channel
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bcdb635e-66b7-11e0-8d88-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=50
df1d0c-9e54-11df-a5a4-00144feab49a.html#axzz1JZkvDbId

Telecoms

Telefónica plans big Spanish job cuts
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fd18fa5a-66ba-11e0-8d88-00144feab49a.html#axzz1J
ZkvDbId

Vodafone Australia kicks off planned LTE upgrades
http://www.telecoms.com/26583/vodafone-australia-kicks-off-planned-lte-upg
rades/

FCC launches AT&T-Mobile review
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/15/fcc_begins_att_t_mobile_review/

Daily news round up

Technology

Fujitsu offers UK fast rural broadband network
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13060548

Demand for tablets hits PC shipments
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c9691fdc-6624-11e0-9d40-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp
=rss#axzz1JU1estmY

Sony considers two-week shutdown due to power shortages
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/13075977

Media

Spotify to cut back free music in Europe
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/13/us-spotify-idUSTRE73C8GE20110413

Publishers fight 'damaging' new fees for online video
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=46976&c=1

British lawmakers oppose BBC World Service cuts
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/13/industry-us-media-bbcworld-idUST
RE73C8J620110413

Telecoms

HTC flyer to launch on 9th May
http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/April2011/htc-flyer-to-launch-on-9th-may.html

Microsoft shows new version of Windows Phone OS
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/microsoft-shows-new-version-of-windows-ph
one-os

Huawei declares truce with Motorola
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b6813068-65f6-11e0-9d40-00144feab49a.html#axzz1J
U1estmY

Daily news round up

Technology

Cisco to close Flip camera unit as smartphones swallow its market
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/12/cisco-flip-camera-smartph
ones

Flemish govt uses HP application transformation
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/flemish-govt-uses-hp-application-transfor
mation

Apple announces Final Cut Pro X
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/apple-announces-final-cut-pro-x-942
682

Media

BBC World Service cuts must be reversed, say MPs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/13/bbc-world-service-cuts-mps

Spotify crowned winner of Start -Up 100 Awards
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/technology-startup100/8446409/Spotif
y-crowned-winner-of-Start-Up-100-Awards.html

Online video rushes into the mainstream
http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/2011041211518/online-video-rushes-int
o-the-mainstream.html

Telecoms

FCC head says mergers can't solve spectrum crunch
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/04/12/us-fcc-spectrum-merger-idUKTRE73B
7D020110412?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=americasDealsNews&rpc=401

HTC sensation accidentally unveiled by Vodafone
http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/April2011/htc-sensation-accidenly-unveiled-by-vodaf
one.html

Israel to get two new 3G providers
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=1&ID=464015

Daily news round up

Technology

Tablet sales poised for spectacular growth, claims Gartner
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/11/tablet-ipad-sales-growth-
gartner

Intel launches Oak Trail tablet processor
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13038481

Amazon.com to sell Kindle Digital Reader with ads for $114
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-11/amazon-com-to-sell-version-of-kin
dle-e-book-reader-for-114-featuring-ads.html

Media

Actors in smaller studios, making pictures for the smaller screen
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110411/ZNYT05/104113016/-1/opinion0
9?Title=Actors-in-Smaller-Studios-Making-Pictures-for-the-Smaller-Screen

CPS under attack over BT and Phorm's covert online monitoring
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/11/cps-bt-phorm-appeal

Global ad spend 'hit by Japanese earthquake and Middle East'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/11/global-ad-spend-egypt-middle-e
ast

Telecoms

ZTE sues Ericsson in China, escalating clash
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704662604576256440263520456.
html

Connecting the fiber glut
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704529204576256541491117496.
html

Research in motion eyes a rebound
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110411/ZNYT05/104113011/-1/NEWS03?T
itle=Research-In-Motion-Eyes-a-Rebound

Daily news round up

Technology

Survey shows tablets used mainly for gaming
http://www.itproportal.com/2011/04/10/survey-shows-tablets-used-mainly-gam
ing/

Amazon Kindle boss: our users don't think of it as a gadget
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/amazon/8439048/Amazon-Kindle-boss-ou
r-users-dont-think-of-it-as-a-gadget.html

Google gets clearance for ITA takeover
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/google-gets-clearance-for-ita-takeover

Media

Boo.com founder fears net bubble
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1c27d85a-63e9-11e0-bd7f-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=9a
36c1aa-3016-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html

YouTube goes live with online video
http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/2011041111463/youtube-goes-live-with-
online-video.html

Viacom goes into battle over live streaming on the iPad
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/11/viacom-live-streaming-ipad-tim
e-warner

Telecoms

Mobile phone users 'overpaying by £200' per year
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12996175

E.U. telecommunications operators seek to rush through price rises
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/technology/11iht-telecom11.html

Ofcom cuts mobile transfer to one day
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ofcom-cuts-mobile-transfer
-to-one-day-2266198.html

Daily news round up

Technology

Facebook 'open sources' custom server and data center designs
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/07/facebook_data_center_unveiled/

Sony PSP outsells Nintendo 3DS in Japan
http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/sony-psp-outsells-nintendo-3ds-in-jap
an-941429

BT rolls out super-fast broadband in North
http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2011/04/08/
bt-rolls-out-super-fast-broadband-in-north-51140-28483311/

Media

Richard Desmond's papers to almost double profits in two years
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/07/richard-desmond-papers-profits

Grupo Televisa in mobile alliance
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0ca88844-6145-11e0-ab25-00144feab49a.html#axzz1I
v141jZr

Viacom takes on Time Warner in iPad app legal battle
http://www.techradar.com/news/television/viacom-takes-on-time-warner-in-ip
ad-app-legal-battle-941459

Telecoms

Nokia confirms that Symbian is closed source
http://www.techeye.net/mobile/nokia-confirms-that-symbian-is-closed-source

Booming smartphone sales to hit 1 billion
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/8436166/Booming-smartp
hone-sales-to-hit-1bn.html

HTC beats Nokia in market value, showing power of Android
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/04/07/htc-beats-nokia-in-market-value-sho
wing-rise-of-android/?KEYWORDS=google

Daily news round up

Technology

Ebooks open a new chapter
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8433607/Ebooks-open-a-new-chapt
er.html

Inauspicious start for Motorola Xoom
http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2011/04/07/inauspicious-start-for-motorol
a-xoom/?mod=WSJBlog&mod

Microsoft and Toyota to build car interface
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e69905f8-60a3-11e0-a182-00144feab49a.html#axzz1I
p6hFsiW

Media

Dish Network wins auction for Blockbuster
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/dish-network-wins-auction-
for-blockbuster-2264252.html

Bauer out of running for BBC Magazines
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/06/bauer-bbc-magazines-worldwide

YouTube recasts for new viewers
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704013604576247060940913104.
html

Telecoms

Apple wins $625m Mirror Worlds patents appeal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12991401

MVS, Alestra, Intel, Clearwire set up LTE consortium
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/mvs-alestra-intel-clearwire-set-up-lte-co
nsortium

Android to command nearly half of Smartphone OS market by end 2012
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48641.php

Daily news round up

Technology

Nintendo denies claim of 'thousands' made ill by 3DS
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8429787/Nintendo-denies-
claim-of-thousands-made-ill-by-3DS.html

Twitter predicts future of stocks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12976254

M&S customers hit by Epsilon e-mail hack
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12983177

Media

Elisabeth Murdoch lands £153m from Shine buyout
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/05/elisabeth-murdoch-shine-buyout

Phone hacking: Two News of the World journalists arrested
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/05/phone-hacking-journalists-arreste
d

Hulu heading for 1m paying subscribers
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/hulu-heading-for-1m-paying-subscrib
ers-940751

Telecoms

Siemens business surges in Iran
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704530204576237500233141550.
html?mod=WSJ_Tech_Europe_LeftTopNews

Cisco CEO pledges changes
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/cisco-ceo-pledges-changes

Vivendi denies telecoms focus
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/64733076-5fae-11e0-a718-00144feab49a.html#axzz1I
jHhVEn5

Daily news round up

Technology

Google bids $900 million for Nortel patent assets
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/05/technology/05google.html?src=busln

Llano APU chips are shipping, AMD announces
http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/llano-apu-chips-are-shipping-amd-a
nnounces-940402

Sony unveils latest Blu-ray offerings
http://www.techradar.com/news/home-cinema/sony-unveils-latest-blu-ray-offe
rings-940408

Media

Censorship fears over police lobbying to close websites
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8427656/Censorship-fears-over-p
olice-lobbying-to-close-websites.html

Richard Desmond's Express and Star tease
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2011/apr/04/richard-desmond-d
ailyexpress

Televisa buys into Cablemás
http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/2011040511354/televisa-buys-into-cabl
emas.html

Telecoms

BT announces 20 mbps copper broadband upgrade
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/broadband/8428116/BT-announces-20-mb
ps-copper-broadband-upgrade.html

Mobile-app makers face US privacy investigation
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576242923804770968.
html

Vodafone exits France and pushes for bumper US dividend in big shake-up
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms
/telecoms/8427611/Vodafone-exits-France-and-pushes-for-bumper-US-dividend-
in-big-shake-up.html

Daily news round up

Technology

Google defends profile in China
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20110404/ttc-google-defends-profile-in-china-e
1d36ba.html

Twitter's datacenter plans "spiral out of control"
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/366496/twitters-datacenter-plans-spiral-out-of
-control

The internet should be seen as a basic human right
http://www.techeye.net/internet/the-internet-should-be-seen-as-a-basic-hum
an-right

Media

Daily Mail and Daily Express 'held talks over merger'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms
/8425377/Daily-Mail-and-Daily-Express-held-talks-over-merger.html

Daily Sport and Sunday Sport cease publication after parent company folds
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/01/daily-sport-ceases-publication

BBC warns Radio 4 stars after Naughtie business in 'love hotel'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8423738/BBC-warns-Radio-4-st
ars-after-Naughtie-business-in-love-hotel.html

Telecoms

Vodafone sells SFR stake to Vivendi for £6.8bn
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms
/8425498/Vodafone-sells-SFR-stake-to-Vivendi-for-6.8bn.html

HTC buys patent portfolio
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48579.php

Ericsson files patent infringement suit against ZTE
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/ericsson-files-patent-infringement-suit-a
gainst-zte

Daily news round up

Technology

Sony Ericsson: Xperia Play delays down to 'supply chain issues'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/sony/8420457/Sony-Ericsson-Xperia-Pl
ay-delays-down-to-supply-chain-issues.html

Acer chief executive Gianfranco Lanci resigns
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12920574

IBM launches Institute for Advanced Security in Europe
http://security.cbronline.com/news/ibm-starts-new-institute-for-advanced-s
ecurity-in-europe-010411

Media

Bill Turnbull and Susanna Reid to join BBC Breakfast's Salford move
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/31/almost-half-bbc-breakfast-team
-agree-to-salford-move

UK radio pushes online listening
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12909733

Big Brother: Channel 5 poised to sign £200m deal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/31/big-brother-channel-5-to-sign-
deal

Telecoms

Android will seize 45% of Smartphone market by 2016
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48561.php

ISPs discuss central blacklisting body for piracy sites
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/8419812/ISPs-discuss-centra
l-blacklisting-body-for-piracy-sites.html

Telefonica launches Distrito corporate NFC trial
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/telefonica-launches-distrito-corporate-nf
c-trial