Legal issues don't stop net forerunners from making tracks

As we run full pelt into spring, our favourite online innovators keep going at a good clip despite upcoming legal obstructions. As online advertising, digital copyright and anti-trust investigations threaten to trip up giants from YouTube to Microsoft, the bigmouthmedia newsletter sprints alongside to grab the hottest internet news stories to relay to you.

The last week saw the rise of suspicions that the Digital Economy Bill from the House of Lords could possibly have drastic consequences for video sharing sites such as YouTube, and you can be sure parent company Google will be keeping a close eye on the ruling.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is in trouble over Windows' web browser offerings again, as smaller browsers have complained that the software goliath's ballot screen is biased. Microsoft took the news in its stride however, and in the last seven days has launched its first application for Android phones as well as a UK TV advertising campaign for Bing.

Google hoped to boost its world-spanning appeal this week, as the search seraph continues to try and break down language barriers with Google Translate. A small town in Kansas also put into practice a scheme to grab some of the Mountain View company's attention - by renaming itself Google.

In other news, additional online ad content could come under the remit of the Committee of Advertising Practice following growing pressure for companies to be held accountable for ads in non-paid for web space.

As the release of the new iPad nears, Apple visionary Steve Jobs denies the device will allow an iPhone-to-iPad tether, although whether it's a decision to be made by individual carriers is likely to be a frequently raised question. Make sure you don't have far to look for the questions and answers that are filling the online racetrack, keep abreast of the digital news with the fit-as-a-fiddle bigmouthmedia newsletter.