As a result of the several pornographic clips which were posted to Twitter's new Vine social video sharing app, the age rating for the app has now been upped to 17+; in a move which will apparently prevent the use of the app by pre-teen users.

According to the annual Visual Networking Index report released by Cisco Systems on Tuesday, the next five years will continue to witness a notable increase in the worldwide use of mobile Internet; with the rate of increase being nearly 66 percent each year.

According to a top-level deal signed in Paris on Friday, Internet search giant Google will create a `Digital Publishing Innovation Fund' which will chiefly aim at offering help to the French media publishers in the direction of digital innovation, as well as for increasing revenue from advertisements.

According to reports, Twitter's last-week-launched Vine video-sharing app has apparently been hit by the porn issue; having already become a popular venue for sharing sexually explicit content.

With recent Chinese state media reports having revealed that the new Communist Party leadership intends rolling out `real-name registration' regulations for all Chinese Internet users, there are clearly no signs of any relaxation in the online restrictions in the country.

In a move which underscores that the restrictive Chinese government intends tightening its grip on cyberspace, state-run newspapers revealed on Tuesday that a bill being drafted by the members of National People's Congress this week will probably require Internet users to register with their real names.

With Internet search giant Google having recently built a $75 million data center near its European head office in Ireland's capital, Dublin, a Guardian report has pointed out that the country's cold climate is apparently perfect for companies like Google as it has the dual advantage of low running costs and high green credentials.

According to reports, Netflix's Internet streaming service was hit by an outage for the America region subscribers on December 24, apparently because of some technical issues with the Amazon. com hosting services.