Aug 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Digital marketing technology firm IgnitionOne has acquired AdJug, a display advertising exchange for unsold premium inventory. The two companies will integrate their technologies to provide marketers with a sophisticated solution that simplifies the buying, targeting...
Aug 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Although iOS development remains strong that the Android army is catching on fast, with developer interest in Android and Windows 7 growing at the expense of iOS, according to a new poll. GetJar, a free mobile apps store, has just completed its latest App Meter...
Aug 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Clothing store Next was the highest riser amongst UK online retailers during July, according to the latest ‘Hot Shops List’ from Hitwise and IMRG. Travel websites bounced back this quarter with all of the major travel brands rising up the rankings since May 2011. One...
Aug 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
In June 2011 a total of 25.2 million German have visited online gaming sites, marking an 8% rise on last year, according to new research. The data, from comScore, represents how online gaming has now reached 46 percent of German Internet users. In addition, 14.1...
Aug 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Over two fifths (41%) of UK advertisers have experimented with Facebook ads, but only 6% have well developed ad campaigns on the social network, according to a new survey. Recently, Marin Software conducted a poll of advertisers in the UK regarding their use of...
Aug 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google has bought Motorola Mobility, the devices arm of communications giant Motorola, for $12.5bn (£7.7bn), giving a significant technology boost to the Android platform in the increasingly competitive smartphone and tablets market. Google stands to gain a large...
Aug 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
eBay has bought start-up Zong for an undisclosed sum, as the Online marketplace looks to boost its mobile payments services. Zong focuses on “frictionless” mobile payments that go directly to mobile carrier billing statements. Zong will be incorporated to...
Aug 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
Albums by artists including Arctic Monkeys, Adele and Charlie Simpson have reportedly been destroyed after rioters in London set fire to a stock warehouse on Monday. The fire resulted in stock from over 150 record labels being lost, and music fans are now being urged...
Aug 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
Twitter is giving users the option to filter their interactions with other users more effectivley, designed to provide more information on account activity akin to the Facebook feed. The first update will see the @mentions column change to @’yourname’ to include...
Aug 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook is launching an instant-messaging application for smartphone users, as the social network looks to take on Blackberry maker Research In Motion. and Apple in the growing mobile communications market. The social network’s 750 million users already have...
Aug 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
The popular Horrible Histories books and TV series have been brought to life in a new virtual world, created for Scholastic by social media agency, Yomego. Horrible Histories World – the first virtual world launched on the new platform from Yomego’s sister...
Aug 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Blackberry phone maker Research in Motion is cooperating with UK police following the riots in UK, and is facing threats from a hacking group as a result. The move has seen the Canadian firm’s Inside BlackBerry blog hacked by a group called Team Poison, which...
Aug 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Ever run an online display advertising campaign and been nervous about the audience? You’re not alone. Online media planning has the scope to target brilliantly, but too few agencies apply enough of the right techniques to ensure this happens all the times, resulting...
Aug 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Online retail spending in the US reached $37.5 billion for the quarter, up 14 percent versus year ago, according to new research. The findings, from comScore, represented the seventh consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year growth and third consecutive quarter...
Aug 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook has seen a month-by-month decline of 3.58% in user visits, but still accounts for over half of all social media traffic in the UK, according to new data from Hitwise. The research, from Hitwise, also found that YouTube accounts for 1 in every 35 UK Internet...
Aug 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
July was a good month for Microsoft in the UK search market, but was not so strong for the market leader Google, according to new research. The data, from Hitwise, found Microsoft Sites reclaimed the number two spot in the search engine rankings list having dropped to...
Aug 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google+ could attract 22% of the US web audience3 within a year, overtaking Twitter and LinkedIn to be the second- most-used social site after Facebook, a survey found. According to a survey from Bloomberg and YouGov, Google+ has signed up 13 percent of U.S. adults...
Aug 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Yahoo! has migrated organic search results to Bing across Europe, as the two firms cement the landmark search alliance deal stuck two years ago. The move means searches on Yahoo! UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, will generate results powered by Microsoft’s search...
Aug 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial arm, is launching a global BBC iPlayer app in Europe, with a global roll out planned later in the year. This video on demand subscription service, launching first in Western Europe, will deliver BBC shows to viewers in 11 markets....
Aug 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Ebay.co.uk is the online retail site most likely to feature in shopping results displayed within Google’s UK search engine listings according to a study by search analytics software firm Searchmetrics. Amazon.co.uk, play.com and johnlewis.com are among the other...
