Jan 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Worldwide active home users Source: Nielsen/NetRatings Nielsen Online: http://www.nielsen-online.com
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
The ongoing financial crisis started to make an impact on the global mobile telecommunications sector during the second half of 2008, according to new research. The study, from Informa Telecoms & Media, forecasts a slowdown in the growth of global mobile...
Jan 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Mobile ad marketplace AdMob has launched its first advertising unit for applications on Google’s Android mobile operating system. The move will let developers monetise their applications, with AccuWeather, Jirbo, and TapJoy among the first to sign up. AdMob’s...
Jan 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
Year-on-year revenues at Google rose 18% during Q4, reaching $5.7bn (£4.2bn), writes Telecoms.com. Revenues were also up 3% on Q3. However Q4 profits fell 68% to $382m as the firm was hit by charges totalling $1.09bn related to its investments in AOL and Clearwire....
Jan 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
New data from comScore shows that the global web audience surpassed 1bn visitors during December 2008. Asia-Pacific represented 41% of web users, followed by Europe (28%), North America (18%), Latin America (7%), and the Middle East and Africa (5%). China came top of...
Jan 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Total unique visitors (000) and % share Age 15+ – Home & Work Locations, December 2008 * Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs Source: comScore comScore:...
Jan 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Industry Leader, YouTubeJanuary 2009 Bruce Daisley really wanted to write sitcoms. Too many hours spent beaming in front of programmes like ‘Cheers’, ‘One Foot in the Grave’, and ‘Blackadder’ gave him a ludicrously happy upbringing....
Jan 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Total unique visitors (000) and % share Age 15+ – Home & Work Locations, December 2008 * Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs Source: comScore comScore:...
Jan 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Total unique visitors (000) and % share Age 15+ – Home & Work Locations, December 2008 * Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs Source: comScore comScore:...
Jan 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
2009 has been billed as a year of doom and gloom, but there are opportunities available for investors, operators and vendors in the global mobile industry, according to a new report. Released this week, the Informa Telecoms & Media Global Mobile Market Outlook...
Jan 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
The latest quarterly Bellwether report from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has recorded its worst ever results in its nine year-history, writes New Media Age. 49% of UK firms reported reduced advertising budgets, against 7% planning to spend more...
Jan 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
British shoppers spent £4.67bn online during December – equivalent to £76.67 for every person in the UK, reports the IMRG. According to the latest IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index the results for December were up 14.2% year-on-year. However, monthly growth...
Jan 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
China’s online population grew almost 42% year-on-year to reach 298m at the end of 2008, writes Netimperative. The figures, from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), confirm the country’s position as the world’s largest internet...
Jan 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
3.8m UK consumers spent £102m online on Christmas Day – a year-on-year increase of 21%, writes Netimperative. According to the IMRG, shoppers spent £26.80 on average (against £19.09 in December 2007). Further research from Secure Trading shows that while traffic...
Jan 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has revealed that Facebook now has over 150m members, with nearly half logging on each day, writes Netimperative. “If Facebook were a country, it would be the eighth most-populated in the world, just ahead of Japan, Russia and...
Jan 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
New research from New Media Age and Lightspeed Research has found that 36% of British shoppers plan to shop more online and less in stores during the coming year. 89% of those polled believe that prices are lower online with 68% of shoppers also thinking that online...
Jan 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
Virgin Media is to provide an “ITV Player” channel offering catch up episodes taken from ITV channels 1, 2, 3 and 4, writes Brand Republic. Episodes will be available for seven days and ITV will feature over 40 hours of programming each week, including...
Jan 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
The BBC’s iPlayer set a new traffic record in December as viewers made 41m requests for programmes, writes Brand Republic. Usage was up nearly 20% on the previous month when the service received 35m requests. In total, the service processed 271m requests during...
Jan 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
Apple is to change its iTunes pricing structure in the UK from April, writes The Guardian. The firm is to introduce a new three-tier structure with songs available from 59p, 79p and 99p compared to the current flat-rate of 79p for every track. The firm has also...
Jan 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
The new Top 30 UK Online Retail Satisfaction Index from Foresee Results has found that British customers has found that Amazon and Play.com offer the most satisfying online shopping experience, writes Netimperative. The study compared the top 30 online retailers in...
