May 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
In August 2011, the UK Internet population spent 3.4 billion hours online. If we distilled all usage into a single hour, it would look like this… View larger image below:
May 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
LinkedIn has bought online presentation tool SlideShare for £74m as the business-based social network looks to improve engagement and features on its site. SlideShare lets users upload presentations publicly or privately, which can be embedded on blogs, websites,...
May 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
The age of the ‘lurker’ is over, according to a new BBC report which debunks the widely accepted ‘1% rule’ of the Internet, which asserts that just 1% of users create content and 10% engage with them, while the rest of the world sits back and watches. The broadcaster...
May 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
A new London School offering pupils as young as 14 with digital qualifications alongside standard GCSEs is due to open this September. Hackney Universal Technical College has been developed to prepare students for the digital economy. Located near Old Street’s...
May 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
ITV and FremantleMedia have launched two new ways for viewers to vote for their favourite Britain’s Got Talent contestants via their mobile phone. Viewers will be able to vote via their iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch directly from the Britain’s Got Talent app, which has...
May 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
O2 has partnered with Costa coffee shops to offer free wi-fi to its customers, as the mobile network operator looks to expand its broadband services. The news follows a similar deal between the mobile operator and McDonalds last month. Gavin Franks, managing director...
May 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Smartphones will outperform the overall market for mobile phones, growing by 24.9% to reach 1.7 billion units by 2017, according to Ovum. Predictions show Android as the dominant operating system over the next five years as handset vendors rush to make it their...
May 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Spotify rival Rdio has launched its popular online music streaming service in the UK and France. According to reports, Skype, the owners of Rdio, made no official announcement of the music service being available in the UK, instead a buzz of interest appeared on...
May 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Apple is the biggest company trading on the US stock market, with its 2011 sales generating $128bn (higher than 160 different nations’ gross domestic products), according to this new infographic. This Best Computer Science Degrees infographic compares Apple’s massive...
May 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Cloud service Present.me has launched this month, offering an online presentation platform that combines synchronised content and video, viewable on-demand. Present.me enables individuals and organisations to create and share presentations online, so that the viewer...
May 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
AdInsight has received £1.6M investment ($2.6M) in its first round of venture capital funding, to boost its call tracking and call analytics solutions. The prominent technology investment company, Eden Ventures, has made the initial Series A investment. AdInsight,...
May 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Samsung leads the way as the top smartphone seller in the world, followed by Apple, according to new research. The data, from research firm IDC, indicates that Samsung sold 42.2 million smartphones worldwide during the first quarter of 2012, earning it a 29.1% market...
May 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Most people in Britain with a connected TV actually lead a very disconnected TV existence, with web access not being a ‘key driver’ for consumer purchases, according to new research. Kantar Media’s futurePROOF study of consumer looked at take up and usage of digital...
May 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Customer relationship management firm Salesforce.com has bought real-time online collaboration platform company Stypi for an undisclosed sum. Stypi is described as a real-time editor that allows multiple users to make changes to a single document at the same time, by...
May 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
miiCard has won a further £1.6m in funding to boost its ‘digital passport’ online identity verification service. The firm, founded just half a year ago, has finished a second seed funding round, securing £1.6 million angel and venture capital from a mix of investment...
May 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Spotify has finally launched its highly anticipated iPad app, featuring HD graphics and AirPlay support to use on compatible devices. The free app allows premium Spotify subscribers to access the company’s huge portfolio of music, stream tracks and playlists, and...
May 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Social media newcomers Pinterest and Instagram joined internet stalwarts such as Facebook and the BBC in being honoured at the 16th annual Webby Awards this week, frequently dubbed the ‘Internet Oscars’. Hailed as the “one of the most prestigious awards in the...
May 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Asia-Pacific region is the best place for broadband, with the US and Europe training behind, according to new research. According to Akamai’s State of the internet report, 69 of the top 100 cities were placed in the Asia-Pacific region, followed by 24 cities...
May 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Analytics technology provider Teradata has bought Cloud digital marketing firm eCircle for an undisclosed sum. The move will see the firm integrate eCircle’s digital messaging tools with its Aprimo Integrated Marketing Management offering. Teradata said the move will...
May 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
Samsung is selling the most smartphones worldwide, but Apple is making the most money, according to new research. The study, from Juniper Research, indicates that almost 60% of the 139 million smartphones shipped worldwide in the first quarter of this year were either...
