In a recent announcement, USB 3.0 Promoter Group has revealed that the specifications of the next-generation USB cables and connectors have been finalized. The new USB has been dubbed USB Type-C; and it is now ready to hit production.

On the basis of data from cloud services provider Akamai's recently-released annual State of the Internet report, new "infographic" has been presented by Broadview Networks to show 'Internet speeds by State.'

On Friday, Russia tightened its control of the Internet, with a new decree that requires people using public Wi-Fi hotspots to provide their passport details for identification. The move has triggered protests from bloggers, and has also led to confusion among telecom operators on how the new regulation would be implemented.

On Thursday, Time Warner Cable (TWC) announced a new speed-boosting plan, under which the company will offer six-fold faster Internet speeds to its Triangle subscribers at no extra charge next year.

In a move which will have an impact on the privacy of Facebook users, the social network said in an earlier this month announcement that it is changing the way it determines which ads should be shown to the users of its site.

In a recently-released report about broadband speeds in the US, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revealed that leading Internet service providers (ISPs) in the country largely deliver broadband speeds they promise, or even better.

According to a new report from market research firm eMarketer, an increasing number of users of mobile devices are now using apps on their devices to carry out Internet searches; thereby resulting in a notable plunge in ad revenue for bigwig search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing.

In a Sunday report, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) said that plans are apparently underway at Google to spend an amount of more than $1 billion on its new satellite Internet initiative.