Dec 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Microsoft has sold its product search and customer reviews engine Ciao to LeGuide.com for an undisclosed sum. Microsoft purchased Ciao back in 2008 for $486m. LeGuide, a European publisher that owns several similar online properties, will use Ciao to expand its...
Dec 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Yahoo! has expanded the number of its websites around the world that let visitors automatically share what stories they read with Facebook friends. A feature added in September to Yahoo! News in the US has been extended to 26 more of the California Internet...
Dec 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
To round off the year, we bring you the top 100 stories that shaped the digital landscape. It was an amazing year, with the continued speed of change towards a more digitally centric society: the rise and rise of social, the migration to mobile, the rising value of...
Dec 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
The internet will be the biggest contributor of new ad dollars to the global market, accounting for 52.9% of the growth in total expenditure until 2014, according to new research. The data, from ZenithOptimedia, found paid search will take the largest share of online...
Dec 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
UK shoppers will spend more than £550m online over the two-day holiday period of Christmas and Boxing Day this year, according to new research. The report, from the IMRG, forecasts that Brits will spend £186.4m on Christmas Day itself, while the figure will surge to...
Dec 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
The most popular hashtags of 2011 have been revealed, illustrating how Twitter spans diverse topics from politics to celebrity gossip. Top of the list was #egypt, followed by #tigerblood. The first refers to the unrest in Egypt during the spring of 2011 while the...
Dec 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
MySpace has fallen out the UK’s top ten most visited social networking sites for the first time ever, according to new research. The data, from Experian Hitwise, indicates that discovery engine Stumble Upon leapfrogged MySpace to claim tenth place based on web...
Dec 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Saudi billionaire Prince bin Talal has paid $300m to take a “strategic stake” in Twitter. Alwaleed’s Kingdom Holding investment vehicle has major stakes in groups including News Corp and Apple, and the new purchase gives the billionaire a stake in an online forum that...
Dec 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
iTunes has launched its much-anticipated ‘Match’ service in the UK, letting users store and stream their music collection online by matching owned songs with those already existing in Apple’s music library. iTunes Match scans a users’ iTunes library, including songs...
Dec 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Global ad expenditure (including digital) will defy the economic downturn to grow 3.5% to $464bn this year, with USA, Japan and China leading the way, according to new research. The study, from ZenithOptimedia predicted global adspend will then accelerate to $486bn in...
Dec 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
The total number of online purchases driven by search advertising increased 17 percent on last year, while search adspend increased 7%, according to new research.The study, from digital marketing software provider Kenshoo looked at core online search advertising data...
Dec 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
What do ‘iPhone 5’ and ‘What is scampi’ have in common? Yep, both made the list of top Google search terms here in sthe UK. Find out what else people were hunting for, see the real language their using, and ponder why scampi is such a mystery in our island nation… The...
Dec 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook has begun rolling out its much-anticipated new timeline layout worldwide, offering a new, deeper profile which allows users to ‘fill in’ more of their life pre-Facebook. Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg described timeline as lettting...
Dec 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s tough being a portal these days, and particularly if you’re under the thumb of analysts who have lost faith in the business model of portals. The latest battering for the Yahoo strategy comes from Goldman Sachs, but their verdict has implications far beyond...
Dec 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
US adults currently spend more time on mobile devices each day than they do with print media, according to new reseach. The study, from eMarketer, found time spent with the internet and mobile phones was up by 7.7% and 30%, respectively, from 2010. The research also...
Dec 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
As the centre of gravity for social media switches to mobile, Facebook is in countdown mode to a major mobile strategy launch in March. In the Facebook mobile social media strategy watch out for heavyweight location based services, augmented reality layers and...
Dec 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google now owns 44% of the online ad market in terms of ad spend, while Facebook is predicted to overtake Microsoft as the third biggest portal, according to new data. The figures, from advertising and communications firm ZenithOptimedia, indicate that Google’s share...
Dec 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Online payment service Paypal is to enter to increasingly lucrative discount coupon market, taking on the likes of Groupon and Living Social in the process. The eBay-owned business is aiming to launch the service in the US before April 2012. Speaking to news agency...
Dec 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Directory enquiry service 118 118 will be giving out free rides for Londoners in their fleet of 118 118 branded cabs. The ten taxis, which have been emblazoned with the memorable number, will be taking to the streets between 6pm and midnight tonight (Thursday December...
Dec 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
US revenue and budgets associated with paid search advertising increased throughout the holiday season to date, but Thanksgiving Day activity skyrocketed, according to new research. The study, from digital marketing software provider Kenshoo, includes an infographic...
