Aug 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
The UK’s Home Secretary Theresa May and police have met social media firms, including Facebook, Twitter and Blackberry, to discuss how to stop people using their platforms to plot the type of violence witnessed in this month’s riots. According a Government...
Aug 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google has been forced to pay $500m in fines to the US Department of Justice, after taking ads from rogue online Canadian pharmacies in violation of federal law. The forfeiture, one of the largest ever in the United States, represents the gross revenue received by...
Aug 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Steve Jobs, the creative force behind Apple, has steped down as CEO at the company he co-founded 34 years ago. The move has been expected as Jobs has battled with lingering health issues in the aftermath of a 2003 battle with pancreatic cancer. Jobs took leave from...
Aug 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook is phasing out its ‘Places’ feature in its iPhone and Android apps, as the social network expands it location tool to photos, wall posts and more. The move will see Facebook Places removed as a standalone feature in the company’s iPhone and...
Aug 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook has once again overhauled its privacy settings to give users easier and more precise control over who views their posts, photos and other contents on the popular social networking site. The move comes after Google’s new social network, Google+ won plaudits...
Aug 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Channel 4 is ramping up its audience targeting capabilities in a bid to attract more advertisers to its websites. The broadcaster is enticing viewers to enter their preferences in exchange for exclusive online shows, with the data added to a central database for...
Aug 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Ad giant WPP has seen first-half revenues rise 6% to £4.7bn, with digital sales accounting for 27% of that figure. Despite the economic gloom across global markets, CEO Martin Sorrel remains upbeat is sticking with his prediction that the rest of the year should see...
Aug 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
In a landmark ruling, a US federal judge has backed the music storage-locker business model, ruling that companies may develop services that store their customers’ songs in the cloud. In a case for music locker service MP3tunes, a federal judge ruled that for...
Aug 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
Ticket sites were popular in July as Americans looked for summer entertainment at concerts and sporting events, while back-to-school shopping created a flurry of activity at Consumer Goods and Apparel sites, according to new data. comScore’s released monthly analysis...
Aug 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
Discount fashion giant Primark has denied reports that it is planning to launch a transactional website. Marketing magazine reported yesterday that the retailer had put out a tender for a digital agency to build its first ecommerce site, which would launch in 2012....
Aug 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
UK Facebook users will soon be able to watch films and TV via the site, following a deal with Hollywood studio Miramax. 24/08/2011 The deal is the largest Facebook streaming movie venture yet, and signals the social network’s ambitions to become an all-in-one...
Aug 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Skype has bought US start-up Group Me for $80m, as the Microsoft-owned firm looks to boost its conference call tools. GroupMe was founded last year and its app allows friends or colleagues to communicate in private groups on their mobile phones. The service currently...
Aug 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
In terms of retailers, Amazon sites reached the largest global audience with more than 282 million visitors in June, or 20.4% of the worldwide Internet population, according to new research. The study, from comScore, found other top brands included eBay, which reached...
Aug 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
In June 2011, a total of 167.2 million unique visitors went to Newspaper properties in Europe, up 11% from a year ago, with the UK’s Daily Mail leading the way, according to new research. The data, from comScore, found European users spent 40.5 minutes on average...
Aug 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
In a dramatic move, Hewlett-Packard plans to discontinue its tablet computer and smartphone products, and to sell or spin-off its PC arm, as the US firm buys software giant Autonomy for £7.1bn. HP said the move would be a “full or partial separation”, and CEO...
Aug 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility this month will strengthen Android’s ambitions to lead the global ad market by the end of the year, according to new data. Mobile ad network InMobi has released its Mobile Insights Report: Global Edition, Quarter Ending July...
Aug 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google still leads Europe as the most visited site, but travel sites including Priceline, Experdia and Trip Advisor saw some of the highest gains this month, according to new research. The study, from comScore, indicates that Google Sites ranked as the top European...
Aug 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Germany still leads the way in terms of number of web users in Europe, but the Netherlands and the UK spend most time online, according to new data. comScore has released an overview of Internet usage in Europe, showing 368.6 million unique visitors went online in...
Aug 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
BT is being forced by industry regulator Ofcom to drop its wholesale price by 12% each year until 2014, meaning many rural broadband customers could see their bills lowered. The price slash relates to the amount BT charges other ISPs like Sky, TalkTalk and O2 for...
Aug 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
The latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index have revealed a slowdown in the performance of the online sales market, with year-on-year growth at its lowest level since January 2010. British shoppers spent £5.58bn online in July; 5% up on the...
