Today in tech: iPad and the Oscars and lip-reading mobile tech

Web access is a basic human right

Access to the internet is a fundamental right, rather than a luxury or privilege, according to a BBC World Service survey. IT PRO

The iPad and the Oscars

The first Apple iPad TV ad aired during last night's Oscars ceremony. The 30-second advert is designed to tease users in the run up to the device's 3 April US launch. The Telegraph

O2 finding its voice?

Web reports are gathering pace that O2 is advertising video calls that aren't too costly, as suggestions that the next iPhone will boast a camera front and back continue to do the rounds. Pocket Lint

Read my lips

Lip-reading technology could signal the end of annoying mobile users who feel the need to shout when they're having a phone conversation on the move. BBC

Windows Phone 7 and WinMo not friends?

A Microsoft executive has claimed that the next-generation of Windows for mobile phones won't support older apps. IT PRO

Maggie has been a journalist since 1999, starting her career as an editorial assistant on then-weekly magazine Computing, before working her way up to senior reporter level. In 2006, just weeks before ITPro was launched, Maggie joined Dennis Publishing as a reporter. Having worked her way up to editor of ITPro, she was appointed group editor of CloudPro and ITPro in April 2012. She became the editorial director and took responsibility for ChannelPro, in 2016.

Her areas of particular interest, aside from cloud, include management and C-level issues, the business value of technology, green and environmental issues and careers to name but a few.