Google’s recent move to label websites according to how mobile friendly they are is “a game changer for digital publishers”, a mobile marketing expert has claimed.

When Facebook rolled out its new privacy policy at the end of January, it must have known that it would cause some outrage in Europe. And, sure enough, it has: EU data protection officials have responded by setting up a taskforce to deal with those parts of the policy which it believes are almost certain to break EU privacy laws.

It’s no secret that Apple’s reputation for manufacturing top-drawer hardware and software that “just works” has taken a bit of a battering over the years, thanks largely to its penchant for rapid iOS releases (is it really possible to create glitch-free iOS updates at such a frenetic pace?). But a recent post on industry pillar 9to5Mac strongly suggests that its reputation could be about to be redeemed when iOS 9 debuts.

London-based open-source computer software developer Canonical has given itself what appears to be a mammoth task with the immanent launch in Europe of its first Ubuntu-based smartphone.

If anyone is in any doubt about the global stampede toward accessing digital content on mobile devices, they need only look at a recent development in China: ecommerce giant Alibaba has just invested $590m in the little-known Chinese smartphone developer Meizu.

Suppliers of digital content have at last been issued with guidance on the EU Consumer Rights Directive of last year.

Picture this: you’re about take a much needed break in the Gran Canarian sun. How would you feel if a huge amount of your personal data, including your bank account details, all forms of payment information, your contact telephone numbers, frequent flyer information, your meal preferences, “general remarks”, whether you’ve purchased a one-way ticket, and “received from” information, were all automatically collected and stored on the Passenger Name Record (PNR)?

Bloomberg has reported that a significant partnership has been struck between Google and Twitter that will see real-time tweets from the latter reinstated in Google’s search results.

Just ahead of last month’s Windows 10 event, we expressed concerns that the new OS would struggle in the new age of device and screen fragmentation. But as more details emerge, we’re beginning to change our minds: this upgrade looks like it really has got the legs that its predecessor lacked.

With last week’s news that Apple achieved the biggest quarterly profit that any company anywhere in the world has ever made – a staggering $18bn (£11.9bn) – it’s worth pondering how they did it.