Sep 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Mobile operator Everything Everywhere has unveiled the UK’s first fourth generation (4G) phone service. The move will see Everything Everywhere launch a new network brand that will represent its 4G LTE coverage, called ‘EE’. The EE network will carry 4G coverage...
Sep 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
US iPhone and Android users are increasily relying on apps, rather than mobile websites, to get their travel information while on the move, according to new research. As the summer travel season comes to a close, Nielsen looked at the usage of travel-related mobile...
Sep 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Apple and Google will dominate the smartphone market in coming years, accounting nearly 80% share of the smartphone market by 2016, according to a new report. The research, from IHS iSuppli Wireless Communications, said that Nokia’s Symbian operating system will...
Sep 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Adobe has launched Adobe Social, an alalytics tool designed to helps users measure and understand the return on investment they get from their social media campaigns. Adobe Social lets marketers monitor mentions for their brand on Facebook and Twitter, find out which...
Sep 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said he will not sell any stock for at least 12 months as Facebook moves to reassure nervous investors. Facebook stock has plummeted to less than half of its value since its inital public offering at $38 in May and investors had...
Sep 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Coca-Cola has marked its 50 millionth Facebook “Like” with a new campaign, drawing upon its social media fan base to identifying simple ways to ‘make the world a happier place’. Coca-Cola will identify individuals developing ideas that enable people to become more...
Sep 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sweden tops the list of most savvy web users in the world, with the US and UK following behind, according to a new survey launched by Internet inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee charity foundation. The study, compiled by Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web...
Sep 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Another video allegedly showing a working model of the forthcoming iPhone5 has surfaced, ahead of its official launch expected next week. The video was posted on YouTube this week by an anonymous user. If proved to be genuine, the hands-on video shows a handset that...
Sep 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
The IDs of around one million iPhone and iPad users has been leaked online by a group on hackers associated with the ‘Anonymous’ movement of online political activists. The data was allegedly stolen from an FBI laptop, which if proved true, could be a major...
Sep 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Samsung lead the way in 2012, with the largest increase (5%) in market share betwee Q2 2011 and Q2 2012. Manufacturers such as Apple and ZTE made significant increases over the measurement period. The previously popular brand Nokia suffered the biggest dip in market...
Sep 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Online retailer Amazon has partnered with Nokia to provide mapping services for its new Kindle Fire, representing a significant snub to Google. Reuters reports that the new tablet device will have an integrated mapping feature and the partnership with Nokia help the...
Sep 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
This chart shows the growth of web based email sites in Europe between 2001 and 2012. Europe’s usage as a whole rose by 3.7% to a 69.5% reach of the total population. The UK has the highest percentage of its population using email sites, growing by 5.2% since...
Aug 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
Facebook is touting the success of a number of fitness apps, including Nike, as social networkers go digital to track and map their work out sessions. The site’s developers blog Wednesday highlighted four applications that have taken advantage of Facebook’s Open Graph...
Aug 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
US President Barack Obama fronted a surprise ‘Ask Me Anything’ chat with the public on Reddit this week, as he gears up for his re-election campaign. The move sparked a flood of traffic that crashed the popular bulletin board site.Within 15 minutes of Obama’s...
Aug 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
How can you ensure your marketing emails reach to top of your customers’ inbox, rather than the spam folder? This video from Hitwise offers top tips on getting the most from your mails… Hitwise recently delivered a deliverability webinar focused on ways to improve 3...
Aug 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Apple’s customer service secrets have been leaked via a Genius handbook that bans employees from saying words that will alarm customers, according to a news report. The handbook, leaked by technology blog Gizmodo, instructs Apple employees on how to act and speak when...
Aug 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Media giant InterActiveCorp (IAC) is to buy online publisher About.com for $300m from the New York Times. Formed in 1997, About.com provided online guides written by freelancers, covering a wide range of topics. The About Group includes About.com, CalorieCount.com and...
Aug 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
Facebook has revamped its iPhone and iPad app from scratch to address complaints that it was slow to use. The program had previously been created in the HTML5 language. A team of engineers has now rewritten it in Objective-C and says it should now respond to commands...
Aug 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Reckitt Benckiser has hired Syncapse to manage the global social media presence of its 20 brands including Clearasil, Durex and Lysol. Under the deal, Syncapse will use its platform to create integrated social-marketing programs across Facebook, Twitter and Google+....
Aug 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
While Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn dominate the global scene, niche social networks have massively increased their market share of visits to social sites with Instagram and Pinterest emerging as the global winners, according to a new study. The study, from Experian,...
