Two Cheshire men have been jailed for four years using Facebook to to incite others to commit violence. While there have been several past conviction and court cases for what people have said on the Internet and social media this is the biggest sentence we have seen so far.

Full story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-14551582

See an earlier blog post Twitter, privacy and what can and can’t say on the Internet.

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A national advertising campaign and speedy performance has resulted in FireFox being deposed by Google’s Chrome as the UK’s second most popular browser.

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer continues to be the market leader as it is pre-installed on all Windows computers but its market share has been falling steadily and now stands at 45%. The latest version 9 has quickly acquired a poor reputation for speed and reliability despite version 8 being a significant improvement on past efforts.

Apple’s browser Safari remains at around 9%.

The implications for website owners and web designers are more late nights ensuring that websites display and work properly in all the major browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and Opera.

More details here: http://gs.statcounter.com/press/chrome-overtakes-firefox-for-uk-number-two-browser-spot-in-july