Oct 28, 2014 | Regulation, Search engine marketing
Google’s latest effort to penalise copyright infringing websites has seen some sites drop 98% on its search engine, according to new data from Searchmetrics. The Pirate Update is a search filter designed to penalise sites that violate copyright legislation...
Oct 27, 2014 | Regulation
Demonstrators in Budapest yesterday protested against a plan to introduce a tax on Internet use, staging the first mass rally since Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban won three elections this year. View this video from Euronews covering the proposed tax below:...
Oct 15, 2014 | Regulation
Dropbox has denied reports that hackers broke into its computer systems and stole almost seven million usernames and passwords, claiming that the data leaked online is not associated with Dropbox accounts. This week it emerged that over 400 alleged usernames and...
Oct 14, 2014 | Online advertising, Regulation
Google’s DoubleClick, Yahoo and AOL have joined Microsoft Advertising in being awarded seals confirming they meet industry-agreed standards to protect brands’ safety online. Twenty companies have now been issued seals in the UK. Recipients of the seal have had their...
Oct 14, 2014 | Regulation
Glenn Greenwald was one of the first reporters to see — and write about — the Edward Snowden files. In this searing talk he exposes the challenges of privacy in a digital world and attacks the CEOs of Google and Facebook for their stance. He makes a strong case for...
Oct 14, 2014 | Regulation, Social media, Twitter marketing
Twitter has filed a lawsuit to the U.S. government for its right to disclose more detailed information on government surveillance of its users. Today we're taking legal action to provide more #transparency to our users about requests from the US government....
Oct 13, 2014 | Digital marketing skills, Regulation
The new boss of Microsoft has apologised after his comments on women in the workplace sparked a wave of criticism for being sexist, claiming women should not ask for a pay rise and should have “faith in the system” instead. Watch the video from the event, called the...
Oct 13, 2014 | Online advertising, Regulation
Consumers are becoming more aware of the value attached to their personal data, and that value changes depending on the extent to which they trust a particular brand, according to new research. The study, from mobile network Orange, surveyed over 2,000 mobile users...
Oct 10, 2014 | Email marketing, Regulation, UK
In another example of how quicky digtal can spin out of control, a mysterious email reading “bello” was sent to all UCL students in the UK yesterday, causing thousands of spam messages to clog up inboxes The email, which was sent out to all 26,000 students...
Oct 7, 2014 | Facebook marketing, Regulation, Social media
Facebook has stepped up its battle against spammers who promise to deliver “likes” to its members, and warned users on using such scams. The social network said that to date, it has obtained legal judgments of nearly $2 billion against fraudulent...
Oct 6, 2014 | Facebook marketing, Regulation
After the strong backlash Facebook received for its “emotional contagion” study published in June this year, the social networking giant announced changes to its research framework last week. The firm Facebook said the huge psychological experiment it...
Oct 2, 2014 | Facebook marketing, Regulation, Social media
Facebook has apologised for imposing a ban on fake names, a move that particularly affecting performers and drag queens, and has clarified that it will now allow ‘authentic’ names on the social network, even if they are not the user’s real name. Drag queens challenged...
Oct 2, 2014 | China, Mobile, Regulation, Social media
Pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong are using FireChat to keep in touch and bypass an internet and network lockdown in the country. Watch this unedited video showing a protester using Firechat here: The app relies on ‘mesh networking’ to let users send messages to...
Sep 29, 2014 | Regulation
A newly discovered bug, dubbed Shellshock, could pose an even greater hacking threat than the Heartbleed bug earlier this year- but this one does not require users to change their passwords. View this video explanation of the bug below: The security flaw was...
Sep 29, 2014 | Facebook marketing, Regulation, Social media
Facebook has come under increased criticism for ad overload and forcing people (including performers) to use their real names. Now, a new social network called Ello has gained popularity by positioning itself as the anti-Facebook- with no ads and a more open...
Sep 26, 2014 | CPG, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Online advertising, Regulation, Unilever - Research, tips and news for marketers
Top food and beverages firms, including Mondelez, Unilever and McDonald’s, have committed to stop advertising and promotional activities targeted at children below 12 years across platforms as part of a new global pledge to step up responsible marketing. The...
Sep 19, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Regulation
EBay has been compromised so that people who clicked on some of its links were automatically diverted to a fake site created to steal their personal and financial details. The spoof site had been set up to look like the online marketplace’s welcome page. The US...
Sep 19, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Regulation
Amazon has bought the .buy top level domain (TLD) name for $4.6bn, beating rival Google for ownership of the potentially lucrative web destination. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) held an auction for three TLD names on 17 September,...
Sep 16, 2014 | Content marketing, Mobile, Regulation
Apple has launched a tool that lets iPhone users delete a free U2 album from their iTunes library, after an outcry from some users that the songs were unwanted and took up too much storage space on their devices. The band’s first record in five years was made...
Sep 9, 2014 | Regulation
A number of leading websites, including Mozilla, Reddit, KickStarter, FourSquare, Vimeo, and Meetup will become slow to use this Wednesday (10th September) in protest over the US governments net neutrality proposal that could see the formation of a two-tiered...
