Nov 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google has revamped its Translate service with a raft of new features, including a speech tool. The new-look service features a new layout, alongside instant translation, phonetic input and text-to-speech engine. ‘Instant Translation’ allows the user to see a...
Nov 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
YouTube has launched a new channel that gives online news editors video access to footage posted by citizen journalists and even request such video be shot by amateurs seeking attention. ‘YouTube Direct’ works on a purely voluntary basis, with no commission paid to...
Nov 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Swindon is to be become Britain’s first “wi-fi town” with free internet access available to all its 186,000 residents. A £1 million network of 1,400 “access points” similar to the wireless routers installed in millions of homes will be sited at strategic locations...
Nov 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google has hinted it will soon launch Caffeine, its much –anticipated new search engine that is designed to offer faster and more relevant results. The company has provided no specific launch date, but says Caffeine should be fully deployed early in 2010. In a blog...
Nov 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
Social networking site Bebo has been forced to cut jobs and freeze its web TV projects such as KateModern, following cutbacks at its parent company AOL. The move will see Bebo freezing commissions from its web TV production arm, which has been responsible for shows...
Nov 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
Italian audience reach for top 10 parent companies, October 2009
Nov 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
Time per person for top 10 parent companies, Italy, October 2009
Nov 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
Monthly internet use: key indicators for Italian web users, October 2009
Nov 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google is testing skippable ads on YouTube, as the search giant looks to find new ways to monetise the video-sharing site. The concept of the ad unit is that while users are given the tools to skip the ads they don’t want to see, when they do in fact watch them,...
Nov 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Three-quarters of Brits would consider paying for digital content if it only cost 10p or per article, with Jeremy Clarkson the most likely columnist to entice punters to hand over their cash, according to a new survey. The report, by Continental Research, found The...
Nov 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
LinkedIn and Twitter have struck a deal that lets users publish their status updates across both social networks simultaneously. LinkedIn is the largest professional social network, with 50 million members around the world who post information about themselves, such...
Nov 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
Sky has launched a live television iPhone application letting users watch live news and sport, including live premiership matches, TV coverage via their mobiles. The Sky Mobile TV App uses a WiFi internet connection to stream channels including Sky Sports, Sky Sports...
Nov 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google is to buy mobile advertising firm AdMob for $750m (£449m), making the search giant the largest player in the mobile market. AdMob specialises in selling adverts displayed on small screens, a growing market given the popularity of smartphones such as the iPhone...
Nov 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
Play.com has apologised for accidentally giving out customers’ personal details following an email error. The online retailer sent confirmation emails to customers that hadn’t placed any orders, containing names and addresses of other Play.com customers....
Nov 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
The consortium of private investors looking to buy Skype from eBay have agreed to settle litigation with the web phone firm’s founders. The settlement will see Skype’s founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, get a 14-percent stake in the Internet phone service in...
Nov 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
News Corp is likely to remove its content from Google searches entirely, as the media conglomerate looks to encourage people to pay for content online. In an interview with Sky News Australia News Corp founder and CEO Rupert Murdoch claimed that Google and others are...
Nov 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google has launched a search product for online retailers, as the company looks to expand further into the ecommerce arena. Google Commerce Search will s include Google´s spell checker, query stemming and synonym recognition to help retailers . On a blog about the new...
Nov 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google has bowed to user’s privacy concerns by launching an online tool that lets its account holders know how much of their personal data the search giant holds.Google Dashboard provides users with a single view of all the data associated with their Google accounts....
Nov 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google has introduced a new ad format that lets consumers compare text adverts side by side in their search results.Currently only available in the US, ‘AdWords Comparison Ads’ will initially be limited to mortgages and will see a limited rollout over the next week....
Nov 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Orange is to launch its new iPhone range on November 10, priced from £30 a month on a 2 year contract. The iPhone 3G and 3GS will retail in Orange shops, Orange on-line, Orange HMV concessions, Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U from with early opening times from 7am on...
