Feb 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Nokia has reported a big jump in quarterly profits after the mobile phone maker grew its share in the increasingly important smartphone sector. Net profits came in at 882m euros ($1.2bn; £760m) for the last three months of 2009, a 53% increase on the 576m euros...
Feb 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Apple has unveiled its much anticipated new tablet device the iPad, with a likely UK launch this summer.Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive unveiled the touchscreen device at an event in San Francisco, describing the tablet, which will cost between $499 and $829...
Feb 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Yahoo posted its best results since hiring Carol Bartz as chief executive a year ago, as the online media giant plans a huge marketing blitz during 2010 to make up lost ground on market leader Google. Revenue remained in a funk during the latest quarter, slipping 4%...
Jan 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Time per person for top 10 parent companies, UK, December 2010
Jan 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
UK audience reach for top 10 parent companies, December 2009
Jan 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Monthly internet use: key indicators for UK web users, December 2009
Jan 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
UK shoppers spent £5.46 billion online in December – an equivalent of £88.93 per person, 17% up on December 2008, according to new research from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index. Sales rose by 3.8% compared to November 2009, demonstrating typical growth for the...
Jan 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
Mobile ad network AdMob has released its December 2009 AdMob Mobile Metrics Report, looking at regional changes in manufacturer and smartphone Operating System (OS) share. The report found that Apple and the iPhone OS leads in Western Europe, North America, Latin...
Jan 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google has stressed it wants to continue to have a strong presence in the Chinese market, following its threats last week to pull out of the country altogether, amid security concerns and a sweeping cyber attack. CEO Eric Schmidt spoke to analysts after the Q4 results...
Jan 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
The government is today launching data.gov.uk, a website it hopes will enable developers to create new applications by offering free access to data collected by public bodies. The site will offer reams of public sector data, ranging from traffic statistics to crime...
Jan 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Apple is reportedly planning a subscription style music streaming service for iTunes, offering a rival to Spotify’s business model. The Wall Street Journal reports that the rumoured move would follow Apple’s $85m acquisition of music streaming site LaLa in December....
Jan 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
Apple is reportedly in talks with Microsoft to turn Bing into the default search engine on the iPhone, as the company’s rivalry with Google deepens. Google is currently the default search engine on the iPhone. A deal between Apple and Microsoft may mean iPhone owners...
Jan 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
YouTube is launching a video rental service, initially featuring five movies shown at this year’s Sundance Festival, with plans to expand later in the year. The first five films for rent are “The Cove,” “Bass Ackwards,” “One Too...
Jan 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Amazon is to stop paying commission to UK affiliates using paid and natural search techniques to drive customers to the retailer’s website. The move follows similar action taken on the retail giants US affiliates several months ago. Amazon has sent an email to their...
Jan 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Microsoft is to shorten the time it stores users’ addresses from its Bing search queries from 18 months to six months, following a request from a European Union data privacy panel. It said the change would make its Bing search a better choice for...
Jan 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
YouTube is to begin streaming live cricket from India’s premier league, seeking sponsors in the process.The move marks the video sharing’s site first foray into live sport streaming, and is the result of a partnership between Google and Cricket’s IPL (India Premier...
Jan 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Yahoo has claimed to become another victim of cyber–attacks in China, losing support from its own affiliate network Alibaba in the process. Last week Google issued a surprise challenge to the government in Beijing, threatening to pull out of China, after it suffered...
Jan 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google plans to submit a formal request to the Chinese government “in the coming days” for information about the hacking attacks launched from the country. The world’s most popular search engine said last week it was thinking of pulling out of China after a...
Jan 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
The huge success of comparethemarket.com’s ad campaign featuring meerkat character Aleksandr Orlov has given a boost to the TV ad sector, according to a news report. Speaking to the Guardian this weekend, Ian Millner, co-founder of ad agency Iris, said price...
Jan 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
The former founder of file-sharing site OiNK was last week found not guilty of “conspiracy to defraud” by the Teesside Crown Court. Alan Ellis, aged 26, was the defendant in the UK’s first file sharing trial. He set up Oink 2004 as a BitTorrent (P2P) file...
