Dec 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Sony’s chief executive, Howard Stringer, has unveiled the technology giant’s plans for an all-in-one online network that pipes Sony’s films, music, games and other content to its TVs, Walkmans and PlayStation game machines. In an interview with reporters this week,...
Dec 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
MySpace has launched a UK version of MySpace Music in a bid to compete directly with streaming sites like Spotify and Last Fm. The service, already available in the US, Australia and New Zealand, claims it has “the most comprehensive catalogue” on the...
Dec 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Internet giants Google, Facebook, eBay UK and Yahoo have joined forces to fight one of the measures in the Government’s proposed Digital Economy Bill. In a joint letter to business secretary Lord Mandelson, Google, Yahoo!, Facebook and eBay have expressed...
Dec 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yahoo will let users of its email, photo-sharing and other online products link their content and activities directly into Facebook. Yahoo’s support of the Facebook Connect service, which it said it expects to begin in the first half of 2010, represents an...
Dec 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Two-thrids of all searches by searches by Americans are carried out using out using Google, Oct 09.
Dec 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google is to limit the number of news articles users can read for free via its search engine. The search engine is changing its ‘First Click Free’ programme so that readers would not be able to look at more than five pages in one day. The programme lets readers get...
Dec 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Johnston Press has become one of the first regional UK publishers to start charging for its online content. Johnston Press owns more than 300 local newspapers including the Yorkshire Post and ‘The Scotsman’. The move will see the publisher put content from...
Dec 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Time per person for top 10 parent companies, US, Oct 09
Dec 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
US internet audience reach for top 10 parent companies, Oct 09.
Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
The BBC Trust has said that the corporation’s online operation could be scaled back in the future following recent criticism from industry stakeholders. The BBC was also ordered by its internal regulator to rein in the activities of BBC Worldwide, its commercial...
Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Online advertising network Adconion Media Group has acquired certain assets from the online video service Joost, for an undisclosed sum. In June, Joost announced a change in its business strategy to focus on providing white-label video platforms, and Adconion plans to...
Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google has teamed up with TiVo in the US, in a bid to capitalise on TV ads. TiVo will provide Google TV Ads with second-by-second viewing patterns of time-shifted programs in order to “enhance the measurement and accountability of ad impressions,” the...
Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google has bought ad targeting software firm Teracent for an undisclosed sum.The move will give the search giant software that will help its display ads better target web users. Teracent’s software selects elements of ads, such as images and colors, that can be...
Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Twitter has confirmed it will be rolling out paid-for business accounts next year, as the micro-blogging service looks for new ways to monetise its service. The paid-for commercial accounts would offer extra services to help companies tweeting to understand how the...
Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Vodafone is testing a new system that lets business customers pay a premium for priority access to the network during peak times. The technology, which was launched in Spain last week, means that business customers can choose to pay a data tariff of €49 (£44) a month...
Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google has revealed the UK’s top search trends in 2009, with Swine Flu, the death of Jade Goody and the popularity of Susan Boyle topping the list.Google’s annual “zeitgeist”, which analyses the firm’s search trends, revealedf that top website...
Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google is planning to release its first mobile device next year, according to a new report. Times Online reports that an analyst is predicting in 2010, Google will launch their own smartphone, running a new version of Android. The report says the device will feature a...
Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Newspaper Society has launched Locally Connected, which it claims to be the UK’s first integrated print and online audience currency. In the first research released using the new metric, the trade body has revealed that local media websites increase the...
Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
The new ‘broadband tax’ will be applied to each phone line rather than per person, leaving nearly two million households paying up three times the £6 announced by the government, according to a new report. A document, leaked to the Conservatives and reported in The...
Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Tesco Mobile is to start selling iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS in Tesco Phone Shops and online through Tesco Direct in the UK. The move is made possible through its joint venture partnership with O2. The company sells exclusively Tesco Mobile branded services in Tesco...
