May 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
Research firm The Nielsen Company has bought GlanceGuide, a US-based video analytics and technology company. The purchase will see the research firm add a new ‘audience attentiveness’ metric for measure the impact of online video ads. GlanceGuide’s analytics...
May 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google has invested in Recorded Future, a startup company that claims to be able to predict the future. Google Ventures, the company’s investment arm, and put forward an undisclosed sum to own a part of the Massachusetts-based startup. Recorded Future claims it...
May 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
Chinese search engine Baidu has posted first quarter profits of 480.5 million yuan (£46m), representing a rise of 165 percent year-over-year. The company’s increase in market share in the region follows Google’s withdrawl from operations in mainland China....
May 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
Italian audience reach for top 10 parent companies, Apr 10
May 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
Time per person for top 10 parent companies, Italy, Apr 10
May 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
Monthly internet use: key indicators for Italian web users, Apr 10
May 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Computer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard has become a new player in the smartphone market, buying phone maker Palm for $1.2 billion (£787 million). Palm has been struggling to compete with rivals Apple and RIM, with its most recent model, the Pre, failing to make sales...
May 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Tibboh, a new internet service provider, has launched in the UK with film-style age ratings to protect youngsters from inappropriate content. ISP Tibboh has worked with the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) to categorise some three billion web addresses....
Apr 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
More than 220,000 people logged in to Facebook last Thursday to watch the second leaders’ debate. Both Sky.com and ITV.com used Facebook Live Stream to allow viewers to comment on what they saw on screen, the first time worldwide that two broadcast networks have used...
Apr 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Vodafone UK has become the first European operator to sell Nexus One, Google’s first smartphone handset, with contract prices starting from £25 a month. Customers who pre-order online will be the first to get a Nexus One for free on a £35 monthly price plan (24...
Apr 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Last week’s debate saw the reputation of Gordon Brown rise significantly, while David Cameron remained static, according to analysis by social media firm Yomego. Yomego has been analysing the reputations of each leader through the first two leaders debates, and the...
Apr 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Mobile ad spend beat expectations last year, with entertainment & media and telecoms brands being the biggest mobile advertisers, according to new research. Despite a contraction in the advertising sector in 2009, total spend on mobile phone advertising in 2009...
Apr 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
Amazon has signaled a recovery in online consumer spending with an excellent quarter that saw profits rise 68 per cent. The retailer made a quarterly profit of $299m (£194m), and reported overall revenues up 46 per cent to $7.13bn (£4.63bn). US sales rose slightly...
Apr 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
This month’s relaunch of Reuters.co.uk marks a clear shift into mainstream consumer-facing publishing and the promotion of a consumer facing brand. For the news network that supports tens of thousands of media titles, this clear expansion signals a broadening...
Apr 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Nick Clegg has been voted the winner of last night’s leadership debate, according to an online poll of Facebook users. An exit poll launched within minutes of the debate ending showed that the Liberal Democrat leader was the most successful candidate, polling 48% of...
Apr 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
The Conservative party gained the most homepage visits after the second leadership debate last night, according to new research. The research, from Hitwise, indicates that the Conservative’s homepage getting 36.42 per cent of the share, the Liberal Democrats...
Apr 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Yahoo! has acquired the Me.Me domain name to enhance the brand of its social networking site, meme.yahoo.com, which allows users to connect and share their common interests. Online domain marketplace Sedo, brokered the sale of Me.Me to Yahoo!. Sedo secured the domain...
Apr 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Yahoo has reaped the benefits of Microsoft web search deal, posting its best quarterly performance since hiring Carol Bartz as chief executive to engineer a turnaround. The first-quarter results released marked the internet company’s first revenue growth in 18...
Apr 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
Social network Facebook has shut down its Lite site after running for just seven months. Facebook posted a note on its own fan page thanking those who used Lite, which had been aimed at users with slow or poor Internet connections, and stated that it had...
Apr 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google is changing the name of its Local Business Center to Google Places adding new tools to help connect consumers with local shops, including photos of the interiors of buildings. The search giant is letting businesses in some cities buy Tags to make their listings...
