Google images attracts over 1bn page views per day

Google’s image search is now receiving over 1bn page views each day. The search engine now has over 10bn pictures in its archive, which first launched in 2001 with only 250m. 23/07/2010 Google revealed the numbers as it announced a new redesign for the image...

Microsoft profits leap 48% with help from Windows 7

Microsoft has reported profits of $4.52bn (£2.96bn) for the last quarter, a 48% year-on-year increase. According to the firm, profits were boosted by sales of its latest Windows 7 operating system. Microsoft has now sold 175m Windows 7 licences since its launch last...

Facebook breaks 1/2bn user barrier; MySpace tumbles

New data from ComScore shows that MySpace’s UK audience fell 49% during the last year. Unique user numbers were down from 6.5m in May 2009 to only 3.3m in May of this year. The decline of the social networking giant has been rapid despite the launch of MySpace...

PayPal helps eBay to strong revenues

PayPal saw its revenues rise 22% from last year. Profits at eBay were up 26% to reach $412.2m, from $327m in 2010. Almost 60% of eBay’s Marketplace revenues came from outside the US. 22/07/2010 PayPal revenues reached $817m (from $669m) as the site added 1m new...

BBC iPlayer receives 7m mobile requests during June

The number of mobile requests for the BBC’s iPlayer service grew by 1m in June, reaching a new high of 7m monthly requests. Mobile traffic was boosted by iPlayer access on the Apple iPad, which already accounts for 10% of all requests from portable devices....

Apple profits beat expectations to rise 78%

Apple has posted higher than expected third quarter figures, reporting a 78% increase in revenues to $3.25bn (£2.1bn) from $1.83bn in 2009. Revenues also grew significantly, rising 61% to reach a new high of $15.7bn (£10.28bn) during the quarter. 22/07/2010 Apple sold...

Entrepreneurs back Business Link’s demise

Two thirds of small business owners support the coalition government’s decision to scrap the regional elements of advisory service Business Link, a poll of over 500 people by BusinessZone.co.uk reveals. According to the survey of 516 entrepreneurs, 61% said the...

Mobile app downloads ‘to reach 25bn by 2015’

As network operators and vendors increasingly deploy their own dedicated app stores, a new Juniper Research report has found that the annual number of consumer-oriented handset downloads is expected to rise from less than 2.6 billion in 2009 to more than 25 billion in...

Foursquare ‘in talks with top search engines’

Location-based social network Foursquare is reportedly in talks with major companies in the search space, including giants such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. In an interview with the Telegraph, Foursquare’s co-founder Dennis Crowley said the talks could lets...

Search ads boost Google’s profit by 24%

Internet giant Google posted a 24 per cent rise in its second quarter profit to $1.84 billion, on the back of an overall recovery in demand for online advertising. The company had registered a profit of $1.48 billion in the second quarter of 2009. Google also saw its...

Universal broadband delayed until 2015

Providing universal access to broadband speeds of a minimum of 2Mbps will take until 2015, three years longer than Labour had predicted, the government said last week. Cabinet Office minister Jeremy Hunt said the previous government had not provided enough money to...