Sep 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook could be on the verge of revamping its music services, including a standalone music platform, according to news reports. Currently, Facebook users can upload music apps to their profiles pages but they can’t directly share songs and playlists. But now, the...
Sep 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google’s Android operating system is now running on 1 in 4 smartphones in the 5 leading European markets, second only to Apple’s IOS, according to new research. The study, from comScore, looked at growth trends of the smartphone platforms across the five leading...
Sep 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
The UK government is to call on search engines such as Google, advertisers and credit card companies to join the fight against online piracy. These organisations should take reasonable steps against websites that openly infringe copyright, UK’s secretary of...
Sep 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Bing-powered searches took nearly 30% of the US market share last month, gaining ground on Google which saw its share fall, according to new research. The study from Experian Hitwise indicates that Bing-powered search took a 28.99% market share for all searches made...
Sep 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook remains the dominant social network, but micro-blogging site Tumblr and others are enjoying traction, according to new research. The new new social media consumption study from Nielsen indicates that social network usage accounts for 25 percent of U.S. Web...
Sep 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google Sites led the U.S. explicit core search market in June 2011, with 65.5 percent market share, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 15.9 percent and Microsoft Sites with 14.4 percent (up 0.3 percentage points).
Sep 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
More than 16.7 billion explicit core searches in june 2011. Google Sites ranked first with 10.9 billion searches, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 2.7 billion and Microsoft Sites with 2.4 billion.
Sep 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Groupon has expanded its UK opererations with a new voucher scheme for ecommerce sites. Groupon already offers UK customers daily deal vouchers for local restaurants, hotels and other offline goods and services. The latest move will expand the scheme to UK websites...
Sep 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Brits aged between 15-24 are the most likely to be exposed to online video ads and smartphone ads, according to new research. The study, from Comscore, online advertising market in the UK across the general population of fixed line Internet users, online video viewers...
Sep 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Amazon is set to offer a new self-collect service for its customers, using lockers at shopping centres. The service aims to solve the dilema faced by many online shoppers, who cannot receive deliveries during the day. The first lockers could be in place in at least...
Sep 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
It is predicited that mobile advertising revenue will be US3.3 billion in 2011, and that this will indcrease to $20.6 billion in 2015, more than doubling each year. (revenue measured in millions of dollars).
Sep 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
Doubts are emerging over a report that AOL is considering buying Yahoo, following the firing of Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz earlier this week. According to Bloomberg, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is discussing the possibility with Yahoo advisers. However, doubts have been raised...
Sep 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
Amazon is in talks with book publishers about launching a media library service similar to Netflix for tablets and other digital books, accroding to a news report. The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that Amazon is also expected to release a tablet to rival...
Sep 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
3G growth is concentrated in developed markets. Japan leads the way with 90% penetration, followed by South Korea with 75%. by comparison, the global 3G penetration rate is 12%.
Sep 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
In urban China, 43% of wireless handheld device owners accesssed the internet at least once per month during Q2 2010, double the rate of US device owners.
Sep 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
It is estimated that by 2014, the penetration level for 3G handsets will reach 100% in japan, closely followed by Western Europe. Some countires (i.e. Sweeden, Norway, Ukraine and the US) are already moving to 4G.
Sep 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook’s revenue doubled to US$1.6bn in the first half of 2011 as its ad revenues soared, according to a news report. The report, from Reuters, quotes ‘a source with knowledge of Facebook’s financial data. The company does not disclose details of its financial...
Sep 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
HTC is to sue Apple over patent infringenments, after Google sold the Taiwanese smartphone firm the rights to some of its technology. HTC has used patents it bought from Google last week to lodge a fresh complaint against Apple with the US International Trade...
Sep 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
Mobile and video advertising are gaining traction in the UK, reaching a sizeable percentage of the total audience, according to new research. The study, from Comscore, online advertising market in the UK across the general population of fixed line Internet users,...
Sep 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
As Yahoo ousts another CEO, it’s clear that problem is with the portal and not the person… Keep reading >> 08/09/2011
