British court clears Facebook man of harassing his ex-girlfriend

A British court has cleared a Facebook man of harassing his ex-girlfriend on the social network site. Michael Hurst was accused of harassing Sophie Sladden back in January, while on Facebook he sent her a friend request, this will then allow a user to view the persons profile.

Ex-girlfriend Sladden thought that Hurst was trying to intimidate her as he had already received a caution from police. Hurst had this to say in court “DJ Chris Moyles had 1.5 million Facebook friends.” He then added “Do you think he knows them all intimately?”

However the court has told Michael Hurst not to try and make contact with Sophie Sladden again.

Source - NZ Herald

Google says mobile web surge is down to them

Google like so many other search engines have seen an increase in internet activity on mobile devices. However Google have said that the increase is down to them, as they have introduced faster web services on a selection of cell phones. With this news it seems as if internet on cell phones becoming more popular.

It seems as if Google services on handsets like the Blackberry and Nokia is another reason why Google have seen an increase. Matt Waddell one of the product managers from Google Mobile said “We have very much hit a watershed moment in terms of mobile internet usage,” he then added “We are seeing that mobile internet use is in fact accelerating.”

Also helping with the increase of internet activity on cell phones is flat-rate data plans becoming available on certain carriers.

Source - NZHerald