Jan 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Groupon has bought US-based social shopping company Mertado for an undisclosed sum. The move marks Groupon’s second start-up purchase in the social commerce space over the past month. Mertado helps consumers discover new products though social networks, including...
Jan 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Research in Motion has seen its two co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis step down, as the Blackberry smartphone maker struggles to compete with Apple and Google’s Anrodi in the smartphone market. RIM has named Thorsten Heins as its new CEO following the...
Jan 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Cyberlocker service Filesonic has disabled all file-sharing functions on its site, and shut down its affiliate rewards program, following the Megaupload shutdown and arrests last week. According to an announcement by the site, all file-sharing functionality has now...
Jan 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Toy-maker Lego has launched a new social network called ReBrick, aimed at fans looking to showcase their work and swap ideas. ReBrick is currently in an open Beta and serves as a hub for various existing fan-made Lego sites (such as MOCPages, Brickshelf and Brothers...
Jan 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Online sales in the UK are predicted to increase 14% and continue to hit high streets, according to new research. The study, from shopping search engine Kelkoo, indicates that online shoppers spent nearly £1,500 each on products last year, totaling £50bn in 2011. UK...
Jan 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
The much-criticised Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act have both been officially postponed, following high-profile protests from a number of websites including Wikipedia and Google. The head of the US House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith, says that they...
Jan 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Twitter has bought social news application Summify, for an undisclosed sum. The Summify app manages news stories from different social feeds from the likes of Twitter and Facebook to collate them in one place for the user. Formed in Romania, Summify moved to Vancouver...
Jan 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Apple is tapping into the lucrative textbook industry with the new iBooks 2 application, with which users can download interactive textbooks to their iPad. The iBooks 2 app, the second generation app to Apple’s iBook, which allows users to download electronic...
Jan 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Google increased turnover by 27% in the final quarter of 2011 to $10.6bn and net profits lifted by 6.4% to $2.7bn, but this was not enough to its share price tumbling 10% as the results fell short of investor expectations. Expectations had been higher but the chief...
Jan 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Online retailer Play.com is considering the introduction of a payment-on-delivery offer for its customers, according to a news report. Retail Week reports that the service is commonplace in Japan, and the site’s new Japanese owners Rakuten are keen to make Play.com...
Jan 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Hacker group Anonymous struck down government and industry Web sites this week, in what they claim was their biggest operation yet. The group, known for their high-profile ‘hacktivist’ protests, targeted the US government and copyright organisations following the...
Jan 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Wikipedia’s 24 hour blackout to protest new anti-piracy bill in the US has been hailed a success by its founders. The online encylopedia was joined by a number of other popular websites, including WordPress, Firefox-owner Mozilla, user-generated news site Reddit and...
Jan 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Facebook has reached the top spot in the Brazilian social networking market following a year of exceptional growth, according to new research. The study from comScore shows that in December 2011, Facebook.com attracted 36.1 million visitors – representing an increase...
Jan 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
eBay posted strong revenue and earnings gains this week, as its online sales rose 10% in the crucial holiday season. The online marketplace said its revenue rose 35% to $3.38bn from $2.5bn a year earlier, while profits more than tripled to $1.98bn from $559m a year...
Jan 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Figures from PayPoint.net published today show that retailers are experiencing a softer post-Christmas landing than last year, after a busy festive period. The online payments provider recorded significantly higher levels of both consumer spend and transaction volumes...
Jan 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
UK online fashion retailer ASOS has assuaged fears of a slowdown, posting a 46% third quarter year-on-year jump in sales, boosted by sales overseas. The increase was mainly driven by international sales, up 93% in the final three months of 2011, while the 10 per cent...
Jan 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
British consumers spent more online last year than any other country in Europe, according to new research. The data, from the Centre for Retail Research (CRR), found UK online sales topped £50bn in 2011, up 11% year-on-year, and accounted for almost a third of online...
Jan 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang has quit the company he founded almost two decades ago, raising hopes that the former internet darling may be sold or split up. Yang formed Yahoo with David Filo in Silicon Valley in 1995 and served as chief executive between June 2007 and...
Jan 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
‘Social business’ is one of the big business buzzwords of 2012, but how many people actually know what it means? Global Dawn has traced the history of social business over the past thirty years to show it’s not just a 2012 fad. Charting back to the 1980’s this...
Jan 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Collective has launched a private marketplace to offer media buying agencies and advertisers real-time bidding (RTB) access to its premium video platform. Combining Adap.tv’s RTB technology with Collective’s audience data, Collective’s private exchange will offer...
