Jun 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
YouView is set for launch in the UK next month after much delay, but the web TV service might still be hampered by a lack of availability of set top boxes, according to a news report. YouView chairman Lord Sugar and CEO Richard Halton are to officially launch the IPTV...
Jun 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Google has launched Nexus Q, a social streaming device that lets users play content from their Google Play account from the cloud direct to their home stereo and TV systems. The ball-shaped device has a built in 25w amp so it can pair with speakers. It can also be...
Jun 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
News Corp is to separate its publishing and media and entertainment businesses into two publicly traded companies, with the proposal receiving support at a board meeting this week. News Corp’s media business is doing well, with its UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB...
Jun 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
Google has begun selling a prototype of its augmented reality glasses, testing under the name of ‘Project Glass’, to developers for $1,500. The glasses feature a tiny camera, display screen and processor that fit over the upper corner, display information...
Jun 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
Yahoo and Spotify have struck a global content distribution and promotion agreement, a deal which eliminates Rhapsody as Yahoo’s on-demand music partner. The deal will mean that visitors to the Yahoo Music site can use Spotify’s music streaming service while remaining...
Jun 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
StumbleUpon has launched its content discovery engine to the UK market, with a new website and mobile apps. Formed in Canada in 2001, StumbleUpon aims to ‘reinvent browsing’ letting users share and browse recommended sites. Key Stumbles can be shared via email,...
Jun 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
UK retailers are still failing to take full advantage of the opportunity that social commerce offers for growth, according to new research. nToklo, the social commerce and recommendations experts, has released its latest whitepaper on the future of social commerce...
Jun 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Microsoft has bought Yammer, a cloud-based social collaboration tool Yammer, for $1.2bn. The deal will boost the enterprise social networking capabilities in Office, SharePoint and other Microsoft collaboration products. Founded in 2008, Yammer has five million users...
Jun 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Google has partnered with Sony to take its web TV service outside of the US for the first time. The set-top box allows users to browse the internet through their television, as well as access a range of specially designed applications. The device, which will cost...
Jun 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Are you a ‘spark’ or an ‘onlooker’? This infographic from loyalty management firm Aimia looks at the 6 most common US social networkers by catergory type. Aimia’s segmentation model analysed the behavioural drivers of trust and control to identify six distinct social...
Jun 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
The founders of YouTube, Skype, Lastminute and even the world wide web face their toughest grilling yet in this humourous video from Code Club, a new UK initiative to try to get more kids learning to code. See why it’s our video viral of the week below. Code Club, the...
Jun 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is considering splitting its business in two, separating its struggling handset manufacturing division from its messaging network, according to a new report. The Sunday Times reported that RIM, which last month hired JP Morgan and...
Jun 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Google has launched Maps Coordinate, a paid-for mobile app designed to help companies track and manage workers on the move. The location-based tool combines Google’s mapping technology and Android smartphones to deploy offsite staff effectively depending on their...
Jun 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
In 2011, worldwide ad spending totaled $488 billion, $72 billion of which was spent on U.S. television alone. Over the next decade, estimated global consumer spending will exceed $450 trillion. With so much at stake—and many markets continuing to face tough economic...
Jun 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Mobile is accounting for 7.85% of all online sales in the UK, according to new research. The study, from Affiliate Window’s second annual m-commerce white paper, looks at mobile growth trends. On average across all mobile platforms, mobile raffic is converting at...
Jun 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
The increase in worldwide spam volumes has lead to more legitimate email marketing messages being consigned to the ‘junk’ bin, according to new research. Email certification firm Return Path has announced the findings from its 2012 Sender Reputation Benchmark Report:...
Jun 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
UK internet advertising spend is forecast to grow 10.3% this year, accounting for more than a third of all UK ad spend, according to a new report. Media buying network ZenithOptimedia raised its full-year forecast for internet growth from 9.3% to 10.3%, marking a rise...
Jun 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Advertising giant WPP has bought independent digital agency AKQA for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2001, AKQA provides digital communications campaigns, spanning social media, mobile, interactive experiences, gaming and content creation. Clients include Delta,...
Jun 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Online shoppers in the UK are most likely to browse and buy on Monday evenings, but also enjoy boozy late night browsing on Fridays and take less than a minute to make a decision on clothes and books purchases according to new research. The study, from Rakuten’s...
Jun 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Twitter looks set to follow Google in creating value from content collation. The value Twitter is trying to unlock is in context rather than content itself, by collating material together around popular hashtags. Twitter is hiring editorial staff to curate ‘hashtag...
