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BBC: Move more precise than Kinect

Tech correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones voices concerns about Microsoft’s Kinect

No points for ITV's response to World Cup glitches

After reportedly paying £40m for the rights to cover the World Cup, ITV has been hit with a barrage of bad press following a series of blunders online

MediaCityUK: (What’s the Story) Crowning Glory?

With a year to go before BBC North arrives, MediaCityUK is coming along nicely. But the industry is still asking tough questions of the £500m project, writes Will Strauss

Five million UK adults will watch World Cup online

More than 5m UK adults plan to watch the World Cup online, according to research by Starcom Mediavest Group

Survey points to low Natal/Move interest

OTX report claims that well under 10 per cent of current Xbox 360 and PS3 owners intend to buy motion controls

Sony in discussions over ITV Player

Commercial broadcaster wants its IPTV offering to join BBC’s iPlayer on PS3

New UK age ratings legal by October

Trade body ELSPA expects long journey to conclude before busy Q4 season

iPad suffers data breach

114,000 email addresses of AT&T subscribers obtained

Spotify launches on TVs in Sweden and Finland

Music streaming service Spotify has launched a TV service in Sweden and Finland with TeliaSonera, and plans to expand to other European regions

The ranks of silver surfers are growing, but they aren't mobilising

Almost 5m people aged over 55 regularly use the web, and the numbers are growing

Web video monetisation is still a challenge

says Doug Conely, director of strategy and analytics, Tribal Fusion

Brands spend more on web analytics budget staff than technology

Companies spend 53% of their web analytics budget on analysts and staff and just 30% on technology, according to research by Econsultancy and Lynchpin

Social marketing won't grow unless brands release results

Although social media has firmly established its place in most brands’ media mix, many are still finding it difficult to judge what level of investment they should commit to

Social networks overtake search engines in UK – should Google be worried?

Social networks accounted for 11.88% of UK website visits, with search engines at 11.33% during May

Blinkbox offers free movie streaming to tackle web piracy

Blinkbox has kicked off an anti-piracy campaign called Full Stream Ahead enabling people to stream movies for free for one week

Yahoo links users with Facebook

Yahoo has agreed a partnership with Facebook to allow users of both to link their accounts

Handheld piracy worth £29bn

CESA investigation puts a number on the cost of global handheld video games piracy

Vision+Media wins £1m for digital skills scheme in North West

Vision+Media has received £1m in funding from the North West Regional Development Agency to boost the region’s digital and creative skills levels for the arrival of MediaCity UK and the relocation of five BBC divisions.

Apple set to unveil latest iPhone model

Apple is expected to unveil an updated iPhone at its Worldwide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco.

3DS "close" to 360 and PS3 quality

Pre E3 reports suggest that the visual power of the new Nintendo handheld outstrips the Wii

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