Apr 2, 2013 | Australia and New Zealand, Content marketing, Mobile
Almost half (42 per cent) of 25 to 34 year olds are likely to turn to TV as their primary medium for finding out breaking news, with 66 per cent then turning to the internet to find out more information. Over two-fifths (83%) of table owners are using it alongside...
Mar 28, 2013 | Content marketing
News International is to start charging readers to access the Sun newspaper online later this year, as the firm continues its paid content strategy amid rising competition from digital news outlets. The news follows similar announcements over the past few days from...
Mar 28, 2013 | Content marketing, Mobile
Flipboard has updated its popular digital magazine app for iOS, letting users curate their own personal magazines from selected news feeds. Previously, Flipboard highlighted articles and photos user’s friends were sharing on Facebook and Twitter by turning them...
Mar 27, 2013 | Content marketing
The Daily Telegraph has become the latest UK newspaper to charge for access to its website, as traditional news outlets continue to compete with digital competition from search engines, news aggregators and blogs. Under the new scheme, Telegraph readers wuill need to...
Mar 26, 2013 | Content marketing, Mobile
Yahoo has bought Summly, a news reader app created by UK teenager Nick D’Aloisio, in a deal reportedly worth millions of pounds. Launched back in December 2011, Summly is an iPhone and iPad app that aims to simplify the way consumers get information on their...
Mar 22, 2013 | Content marketing, Social media
Google is planning to unify its various messenger platforms under the single platform ‘Babble’, according to a new report. Technology blog Geek reports that the platform unites Google Talk, Hangout, Voice, Messenger and Chat for Drive. It will mean users will be able...
Mar 20, 2013 | Content marketing, E-commerce and E-retailing, Facebook marketing, Mobile, Online video, Social media
In just one minute, 204 million emails are sent, six million Facebook pages are viewed and 47,000 apps and 1.3 million YouTube clips are downloaded worldwide, according to new research. This new infographic, from Intel, also that Amazon rings up about $83,000 in...
Mar 19, 2013 | Content marketing, Online advertising, Social media, Twitter marketing
Ad technology firm TBG Digital has partnered with Twitter to launch Calendar Live, a new tool that lets advertisers buy promoted tweets and run them during specific television shows as they are broadcast. Calendar Live uses a grid-like, DVR-style listing of shows...
Mar 19, 2013 | Content marketing
As Google Reader winds down, users are flocking to several RSS alternatives- with rival Feedly becoming one of the biggest beneficiaries. Last week, Google announced it would pull the plug on its Reader RSS feed this summer, causing much outcry among its loyal users....
Mar 15, 2013 | Content marketing, Social media
In a surprise move, Google is to shut down its popular RSS tool ‘Google Reader’ in July, sparking outcry from its loyal user base. Launched back in 2005, the tool works as a content aggregator of web feeds, meaning users can go to just one place to view content from...
Mar 13, 2013 | Content marketing, Social media
Britain’s most influential bloggers, who are shaping the nation’s behaviour from what we eat to how we vote, have been revealed. The Bloggers Running Britain Survey of 2013 includes a Geordie football writer with over two million worldwide followers, a debunker of...
Mar 12, 2013 | Content marketing, Online video
In a surprise move, Microsoft has reversed its decision to ditch Flash support for its new Internet Explorer and Windows 8 products. “We believe having more sites ‘just work’ in IE10 improves the experience for consumers, businesses, and...
Mar 8, 2013 | Content marketing, Online advertising, Online video, Regulation
Web and mobile app TVCatchup suffered a setback this week, after the European Court of Justice ruled that broadcasters can block Internet platforms from streaming their output on the web. Following the ruling, TVCatchup insisted that it is “here to stay”...
Mar 7, 2013 | Content marketing, Online video
Google is reportedly planning two music subscriptions services for YouTube and Google Play. According to a report in Fortune, YouTube is planning to launch a streaming music service later this year with ad-supported free access and ad-free subscription options. Citing...
Mar 7, 2013 | Content marketing
Following its deal with Ford last month, Spotify has continued to expand to car radions via a new deal with Volvo. The deal will see the music streaming service made available through Volvo’s Sensus Connected Touch system, making Spotify integrated into its new car...
Mar 5, 2013 | Content marketing, E-commerce and E-retailing
Tesco has expanded its video streaming service Blinkbox with new music and ebook stores, as the UK-based supermarket giant looks to rival web giants such as Amazon, Google and Apple in the lucrative mobile entertainment market. Tesco has hired Gavin Sathianathan,...
Mar 1, 2013 | Content marketing
BSkyB is to buy O2’s home telephony services from Telefonica, becoming the second biggest broadband provider in the UK in the process. The deal will see Sky overtake Virgin Media in user figures and close the gap on the number one provider, BT. The deal does not...
Feb 28, 2013 | Content marketing, Online video
Streaming services such as Spotify and YouTube have given the UK industry its first increase in profits recorded in 15 years, according to new reports. The details emerged in two reports that were released this week. The IFPI Digital Music Report showed a 0.3% rise,...
Feb 28, 2013 | Content marketing
Ford has struck a deal with Spotify that will see the car maker bring streaming music to its dashboard radios. Watch this demo video from Ford here: Announced at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the service will use Ford’s SYNC Applink Platform. The...
Feb 26, 2013 | Content marketing, Mobile, Online video
Mobile users in the US and Europe are more likely to stream user generated videos, while tablet users stream more TV shows, according to new research looking into the media habits of people on the move. The US/European Consumer Mobile Streaming Survey from Rovi...
