Sunday, February 5th, 2012 3:22 pm

Wikipedia: Site goes dark over anti-piracy bill

San Francisco (ip-192.com): Wikipedia plans to black out its English language website for 24 hours on Wednesday, January 18, in protest over proposed anti-piracy legislation under consideration in the U.S. Congress. “Today Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their opposition to this destructive legislation," said Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. "This is an [...]

Facebook asks for articles of incorporation to verify sites

Palo Alto (ip-192.com): Facebook is now asking some users and corporations to submit articles of incorporation, business tax filings, business licenses, or copies of utility bills to confirm a page. The social networking service that has more than 800 million active users does not say how it will use and protect such sensitive information, who [...]

U.K. offers highly developed cross-channel shopping experience

Stamford (ip-192.com): Customers expect their cross-channel shopping experience to be seamless, contiguous and consistent, but retailers are struggling to make multichannel retailing “business as usual,” information technology research and advisory firm Gartner says. “The success of the e-commerce channel will be enhanced by a multichannel approach, where retailers leverage the store to make the e-commerce [...]

Comcast: New $7 equipment fee for business Internet customers

Philadelphia (ip-192.com): Staying connected has just become more expensive – at least for Comcast Business Class Internet customers. The largest cable operator in the U.S. has quietly added an equipment fee to its high-speed Business Class Internet service. The additional $7 fee (plus taxes) was implemented in December 2011 and will appear on new invoices [...]