Jul 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
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...
Jul 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
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...
Jul 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
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...
Jul 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
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...
Jul 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
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....
Jul 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
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...
Jul 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
Marketers should consider weather patterns when executing email marketing campaigns, according to new research. The research, from Pure360 analysed open and click through rates on over 7 million emails, promoting a variety of different products and services to assess...
Jul 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
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...
Jul 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
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...
Jul 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
Time per person for top 10 parent companies, global, May 10.
Jul 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
Global audience reach for top 10 parent companies, May 10.
Jul 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
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...
Jul 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Facebook is to launch an online campaign to celebrate reaching 500 million global users, meaning one in every twelve people in the world now has a Facebook account. The company is expected to officially announce the half-billion milestone next week. According to...
Jul 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
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...
Jul 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
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...
Jul 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
The Old Spice channel became the most viewed on YouTube last week, after the men’s grooming brand recorded more than 5.2 million views for its viral marketing videos in less than three days. The brand’s Twitter followers grew from 3,000 to 48,000 during...
Jul 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
The Times has lost two-thirds of its online audience since the introduction of its paywall earlier this month, beating the paper’s own expectations, according to new data. Data from Experian Hitwise, which monitors Internet traffic, found visits to The Times’s...
Jul 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Facebook is set to launch a virtual currency, called “Facebook Credits” in September, letting users trade virtual and physical goods throught the social network. Facebook Credits will become the default online currency for the company, and will use a...
Jul 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Time per person for top 10 parent companies, US, May 10
Jul 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
US audience reach for top 10 parent companies, May 10.