According to this BBC article, Facebook users have voted to back changes which give them control over data and content they post on the site.
Early results suggest 75% of those who voted support the proposals.
The vote was triggered by changes Facebook made to its terms and conditions in February.
The move drew fire because [...]

YouTube is blocking all premium music videos to UK users after failing to reach a new licensing agreement with the Performing Right Society (PRS).
Thousands of videos became unavailable to YouTube users from late yesterday.
Patrick Walker, YouTube’s director of video partnerships, stated that the move was “regrettable”. Steve Porter, head of the PRS, said [...]

According to a BBC News article Facebook has revamped it’s site in an effort to take on social media sensation Twitter.
Starting from next week, there will be a new homepage on Facebook that lets users receive continuous updates from their friends instead of every 10 or 15 minutes. Making the application oh so similar [...]

Following on the President Obama theme from my last post - I read with interest this article by Rory Cellan-Jones on the BBC News’s technology blog dot.life entitled ‘Inauguration - were you old or new media?’ The article outlines Rory’s attempts to experience the inauguration in as many ways as possible using both new and [...]

According to Mark Thompson, Director General of the BBC, ‘Auntie’ might be willing to share its iPlayer technology with the likes of ITV and Channel 4.
Apparently it’s all linked to proposals to help the UK’s public service broadcasters after the switch to digital TV.
To find out more, check out this article on the BBC website.