Mar 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Amongst other recent Olympic venues, London ranks 4th globally in terms of its digital infrastructure (transport, buildings and IT), according to a new study. The research, commissioned to coincide with Digital London, a new event taking place at ExCeL, found that...
Mar 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Quick Response (QR) codes are growing in popularity, but they are appearing in increasingly bizarre and inappropriate places, as this new blog shows. The Tumblr blog WTF QR Codes has grown in popularity in recent weeks, allowing users to submit bad examples of QR...
Mar 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ad server MediaMind is adding an attribution solutions platform from Encore Media Metrics into its platform, in a bid to reward all aspects of a customer conversion (rather than the last click before a purchase), a key issue in online advertising. The platform aims to...
Mar 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Twitter has launched versions of its site in ‘right-to-left’ languages for the first time, with Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and Urdu. According to Twitter’s engineers, mixing both right-to-left and left-to-right language presented a huge challenge. The move...
Mar 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Google’s browser was hacked within only five minutes as part of an annual security contest, thanks to a team of French hackers and a Russian student. After avoiding being successfully attacked for three years thanks largely to its sandbox, which locks down...
Mar 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Marketing technology agency LBi has created an iPhone application to discourage people from wasting time and money in pointless meetings. Aptly named COMA (Cost of Meeting App) the app calculates the cost of any given meeting and displays a real-time tally (as the...
Mar 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
BT is testing ‘white space technology’ (unused TV signals) in Cornwall in a bid to speed up broadband access in remote parts of the UK. The trial, in association with partners including the BBC and the University of Strathclyde, is also backed by funding from the...
Mar 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Billed as a ‘Halal Facebook’, a new social network for the global Muslim community is being prepared for launch during Ramadan in July. ‘Salamworld’ is being designed as a cleaner and more filtered version of Facebook, and will be available in...
Mar 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Apple has revealed the latest version of its iPad, featuring high speed 4G broadband and a high-definition screen that’s sharper than the average HD TV set, with prices starting from £399. Apple is calling the new tablet device the iPad (rather than the iPad3). This...
Mar 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Google has rebranded its Android Market under the new name of Google Play, bringing together the internet giants various download stores in abid to challenge the likes of Apple and Amazon. Google has launched the service on mobile devices that run its Android...
Mar 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
This witty Old Spice-style video ad from the Dollar Shave Club might just shake-up the shaving industry and give Gillette something to worry about. Click below to see why it’s our video viral of the week… The start-up has attracted high-profile funding...
Mar 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Pinterest, an online pinboard that lets people share images and interests, is starting to attract attention in the UK after soaring in popularity in the US, according to new figures. According to Hitwise data, in January 2012 Pinterest was the 46th most popular social...
Mar 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Non-profit organisation Plan UK has launched a new video poster campaign that recognises if a viewer is male or female using facial recognition technology, and displays different content accordingly. The advert is located on a bus stop in London’s Oxford Street, and...
Mar 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Google has launched a year-long campaign aiming to encourage more Welsh businesses to get online, as figures show around 40% of small firms have no website. The internet giant said 33% of businesses in Wales have access to sell goods and services online compared to...
Mar 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
With the iPad 3 set to be unveiled this week, a new survey of IT managers looks into the key problems of integrating iPads and other consumer-centric devices into the workplace. The study, from computing provider Star, found that one in five IT professionals said that...
Mar 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Online video advertising company Adap.tv has launched its Adap.tv Upfront Marketplace, a media buying platform designed to simplify the process of buying future inventory across multiple screens. The platform lets media buyers specify their audience target...
Mar 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Yahoo is reportedly planning a huge restructuring strategy, including layoffs that are likely to number in the thousands, according to a news report. The report, from technology news site All Things D, comes as the internet giant ushers in a new CEO Scott Thompson and...
Mar 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Tablet and smartphone owners in Germany, Italy and the U.K. are more likely than American device owners to make a purchase online via PC after viewing an ad on their tablet or smartphone, according to a new study looking at mobile advertising effectiveness. The...
Mar 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Embattled camera firm Kodak is close to finalising a deal with photo sharing firm Shutterfly for $23.8m, according to a report. Reuters reports that the decision comes close to a month after Eastman Kodak decided to abandon their digital camera and photo frame...
Mar 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
The popularity of shopping through mobile devices is continuing to grow at remarkable speed, with sales through mobile devices penetrating the 5% barrier of total e-retail sales for the first time, according to new research. The study, from the IMRG, indicates that in...
