Jun 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google owns three out of the five top ranked apps, with mapping, the weather and Facebook proving the most popular mobile tools for Brits on the go, according to new research from comScore and GSMA. The study also showed that Apple’s iOS accounted for 65% of apps...
Jun 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook will leap over Yahoo! in US display ad revenues this year, while Google will remain the third-largest seller of display ads, with Yahoo! at No. 2, according to new report. The forecast, from eMarketer, estimates Facebook’s share of US online display ad...
Jun 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Nokia has launched Tremor Video UK’s first inRoll ad format to complement its TV commercial for the new E7 mobile phone. The ad format from the online video technology company – the recently rebranded Tremor Video (formerly Tremor Media) – integrated Nokia’s broadcast...
Jun 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
The number of unique visitors to online retail sites in France increased by 21% between November 2009 and November 2010. The fastest growing categories were toys (72%), followed by department stores (53%).
Jun 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Social network publishers served 29% of all online display advertisments in France during April 2011. In total, 97% of the French population were exposed to 55 billion online display advertisments.
Jun 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Yahoo has reportedly approached Hulu to discuss a possible acquisition of the popular online video service, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The Los Angeles Times reported that word of Yahoo!’s unsolicited offer was confirmed by a person close...
Jun 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
ITV has launched its catch-up TV service ITV Player for Android, with plans to launch on the iPhone making later this year. Viewers can watch all ITV programmes of which the rights to show on mobile are cleared, for up to seven days after broadcast. ITV Player works...
Jun 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Do consumers use more data when the telco reduces the costs? You bet! Latest stats from America show the data downloads among US smartphone users leapt 89% as telcos reduced their pricing. Smartphone users, especially those with iPhones and Androids, are consuming...
Jun 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
For the media channel that promised perfect measurement, the web has struggled to deliver. That’s why the new Nielsen Online advertising effectiveness measurement tool called Campaign Ratings could be a breakthrough. Nielsen have combined the Nielsen panel data with...
Jun 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
ICANN’s board of directors has voted Monday to allow virtually unlimited new domain names based on themes as varied as company brands, entertainment and political causes, in the system’s biggest shake-up since it started 26 years ago. Groups able to pay the...
Jun 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s been a miserable year at Blackberry. Revenues are down, profits are down, and now RIM (the corporate operating company behind the brand) is planning job cuts to plug the gap. This isn’t a short term problem; failure to continue device innovation gives Blackberry...
Jun 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
The thing you first notice is the scale of mobile use. When it comes to the internet in Italy, mobile is the key platform, and as mobiles get smarter and connections get faster, internet access in Italy is undergoing a step-change from the web to mobile. Online use in...
Jun 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Internet radio network Pandora helped define social music online. Using the Amazon model of ‘people who like this also like this’, Pandora build a global audience franchise. But while Shazam stole the crowds in clubs, and iTunes captured the downloads markets, Danny...
Jun 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Will the mobile wallet sound the death knell of cash? The latest research by YouGov shows almost one quarter (23%) of people are interested in using their mobile phone instead of cash to pay for purchases. YouGov analysts expect take up of this so-called “wave and...
Jun 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
The BBC has launched its BBC News product for connected TV which will bring video news clips via the web to living-room TV screens. The BBC News product for connected TV combines existing video and text content from BBC News Online and will initially be made available...
Jun 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Online shopping continues to grow in the UK, with £5.3 billion spent online during May; a year-on-year increase of 18%. However, Brits are preferring to make lots of small purchases rather than big investments, according to the latest data from the IMRG and Capgemini....
Jun 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Online ad spending is not yet keeping pace with Americans’ time spent on the Internet, so the upward trend in spending still has plenty of room to grow (spending measured in billions of US dollars).
Jun 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Advertisers spend 53 cents for every hour American adults spend with newspapers, but only 12 cents for internet and just 1 cent for mobile.
Jun 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Vodafone UK, Telefónica UK (the owners of O2) and Everything Everywhere (the joint venture between Orange and T-Mobile), are working on a mobile commerce joint venture, in a bid to improve mobile payments in the UK. The project will aim to produce a single ecosystem...
Jun 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Argos has launched its own home shopping channel this week on Sky and online. The channel will act as a shop window for the retailer, showcasing more than a thousand products a week with in-depth demonstrations. It will broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and...
