Feb 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Twitter has revamped both its iOS and Android apps, with a raft of new features including a ‘Swipe shortcut’ and a ‘Find Friends’ tool. The new features that are common to both the mobile platforms are the on the home timeline. Users can swipe a tweet to either reply...
Feb 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Marks & Spencer has taken its discount store ‘M&S Outlet’ online this week. The store previously traded only from 50 dedicated stores across the UK, but is now selling online as well. The move makes the company’s overstocks and past collection merchandise...
Feb 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
For advertisers, assessing return on investment from revenue generated through affiliate marketing can be a tricky process. Is the affiliate driving new sales, or are they claiming sales that would have happened anyway? This in-depth white paper from Affiliate Window...
Feb 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Microsoft and Google have becoming locked on a war of words, with Google accused of tricking Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser into tracking users via cookies, even if the user has disabled them. In response, Google has claimed Microsoft’s 10-year-old...
Feb 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Pirate Bay and its users are copyright infringers, the High Court has established in a judgment that is likely to lead to the popular file-sharing site being blocked in the UK. Sony’s British unit and eight other record labels won a UK trial on their claims...
Feb 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
National Rail Enquiries has launched a new version of its site optimised for mobile users, providing rail travellers with instant access to up-to-the minute train information. The mobile site boasts a new look and feel aligned with the main NRE website and offers...
Feb 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Google has added a Google+ share button and notification box on its home page and all search results, in a move that could dramatically change the way brands appear on its search results. Pressing on the + Share button reveals the Google+ post update box lets the user...
Feb 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Groupon has bought Hyperpublic, a small company that develops location-based technology that can be integrated into other applications. The deal could see Hyperpublic‘s tools, such as its “Geo Deals & Events” API integrated into Grpoupon’s offering....
Feb 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
US-based local review site Yelp has become the latest Internet company to announce its plans for an initial public offering (IPO), hoping to raise as much as $100 million by selling its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Yelp claims about 66 million unique...
Feb 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
The rise of gadgets is ushering in a new generation of kids who are growing up digital, with many US children using tablet devices for games, education and TV shows, according to new research. According to a Nielsen survey of adults with children under 12 in...
Feb 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Broadcaster Sky has launched its Sky Go app on Android, giving smartphone users access to its web TV service. The Sky Go Android app is currently available for what Sky describes as “the most popular handsets,” such as the HTC Sensation and Samsung Galaxy S2. The app...
Feb 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Twitter has partnered with American Express to offer both customers early access to an online advertising platform for small businesses. Set to launch late March, the first 10,000 eligible businesses that register will receive $100 in free Twitter advertisements when...
Feb 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Luxury hotel chain FourSeasons has unveiled the latest part of its $18m investment to overhaul its web presense and boost online bookings. The firm is planning to launch versions of its new website for Asia and the Arabic region this year to take advantage of...
Feb 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Browser maker Opera Software has acquired Mobile Theory and 4th Screen Advertising in an effort to boost its push into the mobile advertising space. The Norwegian firm is hoping to drive more revenue from mobile traffic, and is reportedly paying a combined $10 million...
Feb 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Barclays has launched an app that lets users transfer money via their mobile phone. The service is available for free to any current account holder in the UK, not just Barclays’ customers. Users can send money between bank accounts, without sharing bank details,...
Feb 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Apple has made further reductions to the costs of advertising on its iAd mobile advertising platform, down to just a tenth of its original asking price, following slow take up. Originally pegged at a million dollar minimum buy in, then discounted to $500,000, Apple...
Feb 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Netherlands and France have the highest penetration of online banking users in Europe, followed by Sweden, the UK and Finland, according to new research. The study, from comScore, looked at internet usage in Europe, showing 381.5 million unique visitors went...
Feb 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Over 1 in 5 US shoppers with a smartphone check for online vouchers while in stroes, according to the latest round of mobile marketing trends from JiWire. JiWire, the leading location-based mobile media company reaching the on-the-go audience, has announced its latest...
Feb 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
100 organisations have registered to get involved in ICANN’s plan to expand net domains beyond the likes of .com and .edu. The expansion concerns generic top-level domains, or GTLDs. ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) spent years putting...
Feb 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Over 8 million adults in the UK have never used the Internet, representing 16.3% of the adult population, according to new data. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports that 42 million adults in the UK had used the Internet by the end of 2011 Q4. This...
