Big money is on the move in China: two of its biggest internet firms are joining forces with real estate conglomerate Delian Wanda to launch an ecommerce venture aimed at dethroning Alibaba from its current reign as king of the country’s burgeoning ecommerce market.

Digital content producers may need to brace themselves for a big disruption after Britain’s most senior judge raised the prospect of a comprehensive overhaul of UK privacy laws.

We’re all familiar with Google’s ever developing ways of searching for and demoting low quality sites – anyone involved in SEO will be aware of the tricks and twists of the Panda, Penguin and Payday algorithms and the effects their updates can have on a site’s position in search results.

We’ve all done it - clicked on a link in our Facebook News feed because the headline seemed ambiguously exciting, only to be led to a page with spammy, low quality content. It’s disappointing and annoying, because it clogs up news feeds and can bury more worthy sites, stories and links further down the feed.

It is alleged that the NSA (US National Security Agency) has created its own search engine. According to The Intercept Investigation site, the ‘Google- like’ search engine is made up of billions of digital records which the NSA can share with federal law enforcement and other government agencies.

Google has claimed victory over a group of German publishers over who has rights to online news articles that are displayed as part of Google’s search results.

The home page is facing extinction as content becomes promiscuous.

The world of Search Engine Optimization could be facing another website-shaking seism as news begins to surface that the search giant’s link purifying algorithm, Penguin, is approaching a long-awaited update.

In the face of rising hostility towards Facebook’s policy of forcing users to install its Messenger app separately if they want to go on accessing their friends’ messages on their smartphones, the app has still managed to break the 500 million download threshold.

Jetpac is known for its ability to supply information as a somewhat different (even quirky) travel guide. Its app covers 6,000+ cities and allows users to delve down deep into information about “where people like you hang out.” Local guides can be found for places frequented by business travellers, students, surfers, lovers of fine wine, music fans, etc., etc.