Whilst rumours have been abounding for the last 2 to 3 years over if and when Facebook might launch its own mobile handset range the latest is that Facebook may be gearing up for the launch of its own mobile handsets at some point in 2013.

According to The New York Times, engineers have been sought by recruiters to work on building hardware for a Facebook smartphone. This would be the social network’s third attempt to develop a smartphone, the report said, citing sources close to the matter.

For more information on the launch of Facebook’s Smartphone visit – http://mashable.com/2012/05/27/facebook-smartphone/.

The Financial Times predicts more digital subscribers than it sells print copies by end of year.

By the end of the year, the Financial Times could have more digital subscribers than it sells print copies, FT.com‘s managing director Rob Grimshaw predicted this week during an on-stage interview with NewsCred‘s CEO Shafqat Islam as part of the Internet Week New York.

According to Grimshaw, who has been heading the newspaper’s digital operations for the last four years, the FT currently has a whopping 270,000 online subscribers – almost as high as its 310,000 print copy circulation, which it may soon exceed.

To carry on reading this article follow the following link http://thenextweb.com/media/2012/05/18/the-financial-times-predicts-more-digital-subscribers-than-it-sells-print-copies-by-end-of-year/.

Friday marks the last working day for UK businesses to prepare their websites for a new law governing the use of cookies.

From Sunday, sites must obtain “informed consent” from visitors before saving cookies on a machine.

Cookies are pieces of personal data stored when users browse the web, sometimes to power advertising.

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Whatever you may think of onerous EU directives or the people who issue them, as a website owner you do need to be aware of the impending legislation enforcement of the EU e-privacy directive that comes into effect after 26^th May 2012.

It is difficult for us to give ‘best advice’ as the advice we are getting is at best ambiguous, as summed up in an interview with Dave Evans, Group Manager for business & industry at the ICO (information Commissioner’s Office) http://econsultancy.com/uk/blog/9610-q-a-the-ico-s-dave-evans-on-eu-cookie-law-compliance, the guys responsible for policing this stuff.

“Yes your site’s technically breaking EU Law, but it’s probably OK because they’re not yet entirely sure what constitutes acceptable compliance”.

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