Nov 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
A Facebook glitch has hampered Heinz’ latest Ketchup campaign, forcing the brand to offer free products to customers that ordered online, or posted on their wall. Heinz was testing a new business method of selling their products direct to consumers before they were...
Nov 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
LinkedIn has introduced a statistics dashboard for its groups pages, providing valuable insight into user behaviour on the business-based social network. The group’s dashboard displays key summary information in a graphical form. This information is of three types –...
Nov 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google Music has gone live in the US, featuring a free music storage cloud service, app, Web player, free social music sharing on Google+ and store on the Android marketplace. Initially launcing as a beta in the US earlier this year, the new version launches today and...
Nov 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Batteries for phones and laptops could soon recharge ten times faster and hold a charge ten times larger than current technology allows, following new scientific research. Scientists at Northwestern University in the US have changed the materials in lithium-ion...
Nov 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Broadband speed drops by 69% in some parts of the UK during the evening internet ‘rush-hour’, according to a new study. The research, from uSwitch, analysed data from two million broadband speed tests and revealed a huge variation in surfing speeds during...
Nov 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Redesigned websites and the success of its “Find It” business directory have boosted digital revenues at Johnston Press, the Edinburgh-based publisher of The Scotsman. However, the publisher saw an 8% decline in print and advertising revenue over the second half of...
Nov 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Research in Motion (RIM) has launched its cloud-based music service, BBM Music, has officially gone live, charging £4.99 per month. The service, which was first launched in a closed beta trial in August this year, allows users to build a personal music profile of 50...
Nov 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
London-based digital marketing agency LBi has bought US social media marketing agency Mr Youth for approximately $40- $50m. The deal will see LBi boost its existing social media offerings, including word-of-mouth, student marketing and consumer participation...
Nov 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
UK shoppers will spend more than £7bn online this Christmas, representing a 14% rise on last year, according to a new study. The forecast, from UK ecommerce trade body the IMRG, found that almost half of the £7.75bn in sales will be changing hands in the first two...
Nov 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
For the first time, Google has published in-depth details on how it ranks websites, as the firm looks to appease claims that its search engine favours its own products. Google’s search algorithm is a closely guarded secret, with many companies vying to appear top of...
Nov 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
O2 has begun a trial of its superfast mobile broadband in London this week, switching on the first 4G network in the capital ahead of other network operators. The nine-month trial will see O2 equip hundreds of consumers, businesses and venue owners with the latest 4G...
Nov 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Just 38% of Brits now believe what they read in newspapers, as the phone-hacking scandal that recently struck the Sunday tabloid News of the World has ‘corroded’ trust in the media, a study has claimed. The study, commissioned by US TV network PBS and...
Nov 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Video sharing website YouTube has paid a British family £100,000 for homemade video clips of their three children through the Google payment scheme, Adsense. YouTube often splits with users the revenue from advertising running alongside videos. Kevin Allocca, the...
Nov 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has launched a virtual shop in partnership with HMV, using QR codes on posters to sell DVDs to consumers via their smartphones. Launching this week, with QR codes featured in outdoor media on prominent high street bus shelters,...
Nov 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Microsoft, AOL, and Yahoo! have confirmed they are to team up, selling online display ads on each other’s networks, in a bid to take on Google and Facebook in the online ad sector. The deal will see the three firms maintain separate sales teams and compete...
Nov 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google has acquired two startup firms Apture and Katango for an undisclosed amount to enhance the user experience of its browser and social networking services. 4-year old Apture focuses on providing instant access to information with in-page search technology....
Nov 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Just five companies (Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook and AOL) control 64% of all online advertising spending, according to a new study. The data was calculated by entrepreneur Darren Hermen, using figures from ZenithOptimedia on October 3, 2011, which stated that...
Nov 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Online marketplace eBay has sent the Government its Mobile Manifesto eBay is submitting its Mobile Manifesto to the Government today, setting out what industry and policymakers must do in order to improve the UK’s mobile infrastructure in order to support growth in...
Nov 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Amazon looks set to include its own version of iPhone’s Siri voice recognition in its forthcoming Kindle Fire tablet, buying voice recognition startup Yap. The deal has not been confirmed, but a US Securities and Exchange commission filing found by CLT Blog revealed...
Nov 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
The British Interactive Media Association (BIMA), has announced the winners of the 2011 BIMA Awards, which were revealed at last nights awards ceremony held at super club Fabric. Whilst the work of many agencies came up for praise the night really belonged to Profero,...
