Oct 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
Microsoft has unveiled its new software for mobile phones, promising more than 30 new devices would be on the market in more than 20 countries by the end of the year. Phones using Microsoft’s new Windows Mobile 6.5 software, which can play music and open Word...
Oct 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
Ask has launched a new service that scours the internet for online coupons, as the IAC-owned search engine looks to capitallise on the growing trend for online discounts. Currently only available in the US, Ask Deals offers a database of more than 1 million savings...
Oct 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
Napster has launched a new subscription service that gives users 5 downloads of their choice and letting them stream the music stores catalogue of eight million songs via PCs and preview tracks on ‘just about any web-enabled mobile phone’. The five downloaded MP3s...
Oct 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
Amazon has reportedly cancelled its contract for heavier parcels with Royal Mail after continued strike action threatens the online retailer’s pre-Christmas deliveries. The Guardian reports that Amazon has cancelled its long-term contract for parcels over 500 grams...
Oct 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
Time per person for top 10 parent companies, UK Aug 09
Oct 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
Monthly internet use: key indicators for UK web users, Aug 09
Oct 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
US online video service Hulu has won several million dollars in ad spend from media buying agency MediaVest. The deal will see the Publicis Groupe agency run ads on Hulu from at least six of its high-profile clients, targeted to demographic clusters. Hulu determines...
Oct 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google is launching a new local ad listings service, letting businesses target nearby customers through Google Search and Maps. Google’s Local Listing Ads is being tested in San Francisco and San Diego and the search giant did not disclose plans to expand the service...
Oct 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
Tesco has seen its online sales up by 11% to £1bn during the first half of the year, as the supermarket giant plans to launch a new online clothing range.Profits at Tesco’s online retail business, which includes grocery sales and Tesco Direct, rose 21% to £58m....
Oct 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
Adobe is to make its popular Flash video software available for most smartphones by 2010, with the significant exception of the iPhone. Flash is the most commonly used video technology on the web, delivering around 75% of all online videos. It is the key technology...
Oct 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
Manchester agency Creative Lynx scooped the top three gongs at the first ever UK pharma digital media awards ceremony, held this month. The agency was behind the campaign for Janssen-Cilag’s Concerta XL brand, which won two Premier Awards, one for an e-detail...
Oct 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
Media agency Carat expects the global ad industry to not recover until 2011 and has cut its forecasts for global ad spend in 2009. Carat, which is part of Aegis, now expects worldwide ad spend to fall 9.8% this year, down from its previous prediction of 5.8% in March....
Oct 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
More than 20,000 email passwords, the majority from Microsoft’s Hotmail, have been hacked and posted online, according to a report. Technology blog neowin.net claimed an anonymous user had posted Windows Live Hotmail account details on pastebin.com pastebin.com, a...
Oct 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
Sponsored links from pharmaceutical brands have fallen by more then 50% in the US, following new industry regulations on misleading claims by drug companies in search ads. The findings, from comScore, indicate that sponsored link exposures dropped 59 percent from 10.5...
Oct 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google has added new features to its Search Options, including the ability to search for results posted in the last hour, and focus on shopping sites. The move builds upon Google’s Search Option’s tool, a new feature luanched in May this year that enables users to...
Oct 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
This weekend’s England football international will be broadcast exclusively live over the internet for the first time. Media group Perform is to stream Saturday’s away clash against Ukraine on a pay-per-view basis, charging viewers from £4.99 to watch the...
Oct 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
The London Evening Standard, which is owned by the Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev is to become a free newspaper from October 12. The decision, which makes the London evening title one of the first big papers in Europe to drop its cover price and rely entirely...
Oct 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Music streaming service Spotify is to allow its Premium subscribers to download music to their PCs for the first time. The new service will only be available to premium subscribers, who pay £10 per month for their music. The application allows users to store up to...
Oct 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Brits are clocking up an astonishing 30 hours a week online, with the popularity of social media fueling the growth, according to new research. The study, from uSwitch, found that on a typical working day the average person now spends 5 hours online – 2 hours...
Oct 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Spanish audience reach for top 10 parent companies, Aug 09
