Dec 13, 2007 | Uncategorized
Bebo has launched its open application platform allowing developers to create applications and widgets which also work on Facebook, writes Brand Republic. Bebo has signed up over 40 different digital partners for the launch, including Flixster, Gaia Online,...
Dec 13, 2007 | Uncategorized
The New York Times has stopped charging users for content on its NYTimes.com website, writes Netimperative. The paper launched its paid service two years ago and charged $7.95/month (£4) or $49.95/year (£20) for access to its news and columns online. Senior...
Dec 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
UK online shoppers broke records on December 10th when they clocked up more than £750,000 in a single minute, according to new data according to payment processing giant Retail Decisions. At 1.09pm on 10 December 2007, shoppers an average of 128 people every second...
Dec 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
A new report from Ofcom shows that British internet users spend more time on social networking websites than other Europeans, writes Brand Republic. One in four British adults claim to use such sites, and users spend on average 5.3 hours/month using them over 23...
Dec 11, 2007 | Uncategorized
Another small moment in the conversion to the digital networked society as data from the US federal government reveals 14% of US households do not have a landline. This is more than a statistic about mobile use; it reflects a much wider change in the way digital...
Dec 2, 2007 | Uncategorized
The online shopping frenzy reached new heights with the first weekend of December the biggest days for online retail in Western Europe. Around 20m UK users were online that weekend looking for Christmas presents. Ecommerce sites nicknamed the first Monday ‘Mega...
Nov 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
According to Informa Telecoms there are now 3.3bn mobile phone subscriptions around the world, writes Telecoms.com. The figure represents 50% of the world’s population though it does not take into account users with multiple mobile phone subscriptions. Informa...
Nov 27, 2007 | Uncategorized
BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 have come together to form a new commercial joint venture which will contain on-demand TV content from all three broadcasters, writes Brand Republic. The service (dubbed “Kangaroo”) will feature over 10,000 hours of content...
Nov 25, 2007 | Uncategorized
Country director for advertiser sales, Google UKNovember 2007 It’s been another amazing month or two for the folks at Google as it emerged in the UK they had topped ITV1 in revenues, as well as plucking the prize for world’s most recognised brand, and now one of the...
Nov 22, 2007 | Uncategorized
New data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) shows that nearly 90% of all UK web users now use broadband services, writes New Media Age. 88.4% of all UK connections were via broadband in September, from 86.2% in June. Connections were up 8.1% year-on-year...
Nov 15, 2007 | Uncategorized
November 2007 Talking about the changes in the advertising industry, Matthew Mayes is clear that this “calls for a different form of advertising to populate this new space. People choosing to spend lots more time in this landscape.” On the changes in channels Mays may...
Nov 8, 2007 | Uncategorized
Following approval from the BBC Trust the BBC has begun the placement of ads on its BBC.com website, writes Brand Republic. The adverts can only be seen by users outside the UK and are expected to bring in £70m/year in advertising revenues. DoubleClick has been chosen...
Nov 8, 2007 | Uncategorized
Over half of Londoners are now using social networks, according to new research by YouGov, writes Brand Republic. The study, commissioned by Garlik, also found that over 4m British internet users also now go online to write or contribute to blogs. With 51% London was...
Nov 7, 2007 | Uncategorized
Amazon UK has followed its US and Japanese equivalents with the launch of its Prime service, writes New Media Age. The service costs £49 per year and provides unlimited free one-day delivery with no minimum order. In addition customers in London and Birmingham can get...
Nov 7, 2007 | Uncategorized
Time Warner-owned AOL is to buy Israeli online advertising firm Quigo for $340m, writes Brand Republic. Quigo specialises in contextual ads and sponsored links and has about 10% of the contextual ad market. Clients using its AdSonar platform include Time Inc, ESPN.com...
Nov 7, 2007 | Uncategorized
Facebook have launched their new ad system, allowing firms to set up branded profile pages, writes Brand Republic. The site had 100,000 such pages 24 hours after launching the new system including Coca Cola, the New York Times and British Airways. The system also lets...
Nov 2, 2007 | Uncategorized
Social network sites MySpace and Bebo have joined LinkedIn, Plaxo, Friendster, Xing and Google’s own Orkut in signing up to Google’s OpenSocial project, writes Brand Republic. OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for web developers allowing plug-in...
Nov 1, 2007 | Uncategorized
Microsoft has launched its beta for Project Gatineau its free web analytics service, writes New Media Age. The trial has currently gone live in the US. Unlike other free offerings the service provides demographic data in addition to age and gender segmentation based...
Oct 31, 2007 | Uncategorized
New data from Juniper Research predicts that over 50m people worldwide will shop using their mobile phone by 2011, writes ENN. The mobile payments market is expected to be worth $11.5bn in the same year. The market is expected to grow as Near Field Technology and...
Oct 24, 2007 | Uncategorized
New data from Forrester Research predicts that the British will spend up to 40% more this Christmas than in 2006, with total spend expected to reach £13.6bn, writes Revolution. Total European online spend is expected to grow 38.5%, The British spend more online than...
