Dec 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
Online retailers generated combined sales of over $6bn in the US last week, breaking records as three individual days surpassed the $1bn threshold, according to new research. The study, from Comscore, found that a ‘free shipping incentive’ was used on nearly...
Dec 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google’s Chrome browser has overtaken Firefox as the world’s second most popular browser behind internet explorer, according to new data. The findings from market research firms StatCounter and Net Applications, found Chrome is on track to challenge...
Dec 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
PayPal has received a six-fold mobile payment increases for smartphones and tablets for both Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the US. The eBay-owned firm said that between 1pm and 2pm PST was the busiest mobile shopping hour on Black Friday, and added that the global...
Dec 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Russian online shopping growth is being hampered by infrastructure and slow delivery times, according to a new report from accountancy PWC. The report said that retailers will be forced to spend more before they reap any benefit of rising Internet use. Russia overtook...
Dec 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Salesforce has unveiled a new social insights platform that integrates Radian6 into its core Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software. In May, cloud-based enterprise company Salesforce.com acquired Radian6, the social media monitoring startup, for $326 million....
Dec 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Spotify is to allow developers to create apps on the music streaming service, such as lyrics and concert ticket sales. The move follows its recent partnership with Facebook, as the music service looks to social media to boost its ad revenue streams. Earlier this year...
Dec 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
US revenue from online advertising is up 22% from a year ago, amounting to $7.88bn, according to new data. The research, from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers marks the eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth. The data is...
Dec 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Purchases of touch-screen tablet computers are expected to increase at 81% during 2010-2015, with about one quarter of tablets bought this year were instead of notebooks, according to new research. The study, from IC Insights, indicates that growth continues to surge...
Dec 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Toyota has unveiled its latest concept car, designed to be as interconnected and customisable as smartphones. Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda unveiled the car this week, dubbed the ‘Fun-Vii’. The car is a striking black, wedge-shaped obelisk whose entire...
Dec 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google has released a video that tracks the evolution of its search services over the last 14 years. The video highlights such milestones as the addition of images, news results, local and country-based results, videos, weather, movie times, Universal Results, Street...
Dec 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
US shoppers spent a record amount this Monday, reaching $1.25bn in online spending, up 22 percent versus year ago, according to new data. The study, from comScore, looked at U.S. retail e-commerce spending for the first 28 days of the November – December 2011 holiday...
Dec 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Adobe is has bought Efficient Frontier for an undisclosed sum, as the firm looks to boost advertising services. Founded in 2002, Efficient Frontier manages more than $1 billion in marketing spending on behalf of its clients, which include Travelodge, Match.com and...
Nov 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
WordPress has launched a contextual ad scheme, as the popular publishing platform looks to take on Google’s AdSense. The firm has teamed up with Federated Media Publishing to create WordAds, which lets bloggers earn money through advertising on their blogs. “We’ve...
Nov 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
The European Commission said it expects to rule on Google’s planned $12.5bn acquisition of Motorola Mobility by January 10 after the search giant submitted an application for regulatory clearance. Google announced its intentions to buy Motorola back in August, giving...
Nov 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Silver Lake, a private-equity firm, is working with Microsoft Corp. to bid for a minority stake in Yahoo!, according to a news report. Bloomberg reports that Andreessen Horowitz, a venture-capital firm, is also weighing a possible bid for Yahoo and hasn’t decided...
Nov 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
As mobile commerce reaches a new level of maturity, consumers are increasingly using portable devices to engage with brands, find information and make purchases. The majority of UK consumers (59%) now own a smart phone, 18% own a tablet device, and as many as 67% have...
Nov 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook is reportedly planning an initial public offering next year that will value the social network at more than $100bn. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Facebook’s chief financial officer David Ebersman has discussed the float with Silicon Valley...
Nov 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Microsoft has unveiled the top US-based search terms used on its search engine Bing for 2011, with pop star Justin Bieber named as the most searched for person this year. According to Bing searches, 2011 was the year of musical superstars, continued celebrity...
Nov 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Yandex has become the default search engine on Windows Phone-based handsets in Russia. The company has partnered with Nokia, Samsung, HTC and Microsoft to provide its search services on the latest Windows Phone smartphone models on the country’s mobile market....
Nov 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google has launched a TV commercial for Google+, emphasising the social network’s ‘circles’ tool allowing users to share info with select groups, and not everyone on their friend lists. The ad debuted in the US, during the Lions vs. Packers NFL game on Thanksgiving....
