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This Week in Digital – 27th August 2012
What’s happened this week:
- Everything Everywhere, 4G available this year in the UK, sneak peak new Logo.
- Google changes its signature white background and runs a first animated ad on the homepage.
- Samsung pay out $1bn to Apple for patent infringements whilst share prices tumble.
- The mobile wallet becomes more of a reality with recent Orange and MasterCard joint partnership.
- And on a lighter note Prince Harry deletes his Facebook account after Vegas photo scandal!
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This Week in Digital – 20th August 2012
What’s happened this week:
- Twitter is clamping down on third party access to its API, in an attempt to create a ‘less fragmented ecosystem’.
- Facebook (finally) lets users (really) delete photos from their profiles, and introduces new privacy settings for old profile pics.
- Even faster food – hopefully. McDonald’s have announced a trial to allow users to pay for their meals via PayPal in an attempt to reduce waiting times.
- Ebay grows disenchanted with online witchcraft, allegedly banning sales of spells, genies, potions from 30th August.
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Olympic Impact on TV
The London 2012 Olympic Games came to a climatic conclusion on Sunday night with 26 million people tuning into BBC1 for the handing over of the flag to Rio de Janeiro. The closing ceremony was viewed live by 45% of the UK population, just 2.7 million less than Danny Boyle’s much lauded opener.
