MTV targets millennials with mobile app launches across Europe

Feb 25, 2015 | Mobile

Viacom is bolstering its mobile content strategy for MTV with the launch of branded content apps and partnerships with mobile network operators. The move will see MTV give mobile network operators on-demand access to its extensive international content library and its...

App spend up 24% in a year- now worth £4bn to British brands

Feb 25, 2015 | Mobile

The average Brit is now spending at least £89 a year through apps made available by consumer brands – a year-on-year increase of 24%, according to new research. This figure (of £89) combined with data on the level of smart device ownership suggests that the app...

Top digital countries: Singapore and Sweden lead the way

Feb 24, 2015 | Mobile

As digital technology becomes more accessible worldwide, which countries are most advanced and which are growing the fastest? This new chart from the Harvard Business Review takes an empirical look at the countries to watch (and which ones are losing out) in the new...

Video: The evolution of the laptop, mouse and digital storage

Feb 24, 2015 | Mobile

Since the advent of personal computing in the 70’s, the technology we’ve used to create and consume digital media has changed dramatically. These three images chart 40 years of changes in less than a minute for your viewing pleasure. The gifs, created by...

YouTube to launch kids’ app

Feb 24, 2015 | Mobile, Online video

YouTube has launched a new app for children this week in a bid to make using the service safer. YouTube Kids comes with parental controls and restrictions on who can upload content. The app will run separately to the main YouTube service and it will initially be...

Apple planning electric car?

Feb 19, 2015 | Mobile

Apple is moving into the automotive industry by designing an electric car, according to reports. A team of 1,000 has been assembled by the company to build the vehicle, which the Wall Street Journal says “resembles a minivan”. The newspaper reports it...

Snapchat could be worth $19bn after funding round

Feb 19, 2015 | Mobile

A funding round could value Snapchat at $19bn, making it the third-most valuable tech firm which does not trade shares publicly. The self-destructing messaging app Snapchat is looking to raise up to $500m (£325m) in a new funding round, according to a company source...

Android faces probe in Russia after Yandex protest

Feb 19, 2015 | Mobile, Regulation, Russia

Russia’s most popular search engine Yandex has asked the state anti-monopoly watchdog to investigate Google for possibly violating Russian antitrust law. Yandex alleges that its rival has an unfair advantage because it insists device-makers set Google as the default...

Sony smart glasses up for pre order

Feb 18, 2015 | Mobile

Sony is to start selling a test edition of its augmented reality eyewear, just weeks after Google announced it was postponing a similar project. View a demo of the eyewear in action below: Pre-orders for the SmartEyeglass, costing $840 (£620), are now being taken in...

Xiaomi opens US store… but not for smartphones

Feb 16, 2015 | China, Mobile

Xiaomi has announced that it will open an online store for US customers, but the popular Chinese smartphone maker said it won’t be selling its mobile devices. Instead, the site will sell lesser-known products such as headphones. Xiaomi cited logistical issues like...

Hailo makes new ‘reliability pledge’

Feb 12, 2015 | Mobile

Taxi app Hailo has started a new ‘reliability’ campaign, promising its clients to “get them a cab, come rain or shine and if we can’t we’ll give them their next journey free.” The pledge comes after the leading taxi app launched it’s ‘We’ll be there’...

1 in 4 online SMEs going mobile in 2015

Feb 11, 2015 | Mobile

Small businesses are finally waking up the importance of a mobile strategy, according to a new study by eBay. Of the 307 eBay and other online business that partners YouGov spoke to, almost 1 in 4 (23%) small businesses are planning on introducing a mobile optimised...

Will ‘smart clothes’ power our mobiles in the future?

Feb 11, 2015 | Mobile

“Wearable devices will soon transform our entire bodies into power sources”, a former Google boss will tell an annual digital media conference at Birmingham City University next month. Former Google director Frank Golding will join BBC Future Media director Ralph...