Sep 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
24/7 Real Media is the fastest growing ad network in the UK, while Google remains top in terms of visitors, according to new data. The research, from comScore, reported the top 10 ad networks based on their reach among UK internet users in July 2010. The ranking...
Sep 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
Facebook has launched social metrics, a new tool that helps marketers understand the benefits of adverts that include social context from people’s friends on Facebook. There is now a new column called “Social %” in the Ads Manager, which shows the percentage of ad...
Sep 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
US web users are spending more socialising on Facebook than searching with Google, according to new data from comScore. In August, people spent a total of 41.1 million minutes on Facebook, comScore said, about 9.9 percent of their Web-surfing minutes for the month....
Sep 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google has launched ‘Instant’ search results, a new service that starts predicting results as soon as users begin typing. As internet users begin a word, Google’s homepage will move instantly to a page of results that is updated as each letter is typed....
Sep 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Apple announced last week that more than one million users signed up for Ping in the service’s first 48 hours of availability. Ping is the music-focused social network built into iTunes 10, which the company released just last week. According to Eddy Cue,...
Sep 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
The Internet Advertising Bureau – the trade association for digital advertising – has joined forces with Unruly Media to launch a new UK viral chart, showcasing the most popular branded video content in the UK each month. Recognising the increased...
Sep 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google is set to launch its much-anticipated TV service in the US over the next few weeks, while UK viewers will have to wait until next year. The service will let viewers in the US search and view content from TV providers, the Internet, mobile apps and their own...
Sep 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
Blinkx has partnered with VideoJug and Howdini, to bring 50,000 direct play How-to video’s to its video search platform. These professionally produced videos will help viewers master a wide range of skills, from throwing the perfect curve ball to puppy-proofing the...
Sep 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
BBC has revamped its iPlayer online video platfor, with a number of new features, including the ability to let users download shows before they are aired on TV, and then watched them straight after broadcast. Previously, users had to wait for the show to finish and be...
Sep 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
A survey of over 1000 US and UK users found the Kindle scored strongly over the iPad as an e-reader. The survey also found demand remains for the trusty paperback, although many consumers are now going digital for their holiday reads. The survey, from ebook store...
Sep 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
Yahoo is set to launch an online TV service in Europe, through a partnership with TV maker Vestel. The deal will see Vestel deliver Yahoo’s ‘Connected TV’ service to more than 40 countries in the region beginning in 2011. Content will include TV...
Sep 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
If you ever complained about broadband access prices here in the UK then spare a thought for those who would have to pay 40 times their month’s salary to get online. New research from the UN throws up some unlikely findings for both the most expensive and...
Sep 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
Another internet milestone is reached this month as the two-billionth person comes online, with 85% of those having shopped online, according to new research. This means that almost 30% of the world’s population (of 6.8 billion) are now “internautes”, as the French...
Sep 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Samsung has unveiled its rival to the iPad with the Samsung Galaxy Tab, a new tablet PC using Google’s Android operating system. The tablet features a 7-inch LCD display and will run the latest Google Android 2.2 operating system, Froyo, at launch. It will be able to...
Sep 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google is reportedly in negotiations with music labels on starting a music-download service that would allow mobile users to listen to songs wherever they go in an effort compete with Apple iTunes online music and video store. A report in Reuters cites ‘people...
Sep 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Columbia Pictures has launched a new official website for their new movie “The Social Network”, a ‘warts-and-all’ biopic based around the lives of the Facebook founders. The movie, tells the story of Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg, the founders of...
Sep 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
Apple made its first foray into social networking on Wednesday with the introduction of Ping, a ‘social music discovery’ service with that runs alongside the latest version of iTunes. The service was unveiled by chief executive Steve Jobs, who touted the...
Sep 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
comScore has acquired Nedstat, a provider of web analytics and innovative video measurement solutions for approximately $36.7 million. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Nedstat offers technology that helps organizations optimize customer experiences and...
Sep 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
More than 9 million UK adults have never used the Internet, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. This compares with just over 38 million UK adults who were Internet users, and of those, just over 30 million accessed the Internet every day or...
Sep 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google has added a new tool called “Priority Inbox” to its Gmail service, designed to help people wade through their overflowing e-mail inboxes. The feature uses formulas developed by Google engineers to automatically figure out and highlight which...
