Jun 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
US-based agency network Dentsu has acquired 100% of the share capital of UK digital marketing agency Steak Group for an undisclosed sum. The deal will see Steak operate under the supervision of Dentsu Network West, reporting to its London office. Steak is a digital...
Jun 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
Almost half of online consumers in Southeast Asian countries who say they do not own a smartphone, say they plan on buying a smartphone in 2011 according to a recent global online survey from The Nielsen Company. About a quarter (24%) of survey respondents said they...
Jun 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google attracts the most web uses in Europe, but Facebook gets most of their time, according to new research from ComScore. Google Sites ranked as the top European web property in April, attracting 329.8 million unique visitors and reaching 90.3 percent of the total...
Jun 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Across Europe, 365.3 million unique visitors went online in April 2011 for an average of 24.2 hours per person, according to new research from comScore. The study found that Germany and Russia have the most web users, but British, Turkish and Dutch audiences are the...
Jun 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Twitter has warned users that it is prepared to hand over their personal information to authorities if required by law, although it would notify them before they do so, following the recent controversy surrounding multiple breeches of gagging orders on the...
Jun 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Internet advertising revenues in the U.S. hit $7.bn for the first quarter of 2011, a 23% increase over the same period in 2010, according to new research. The findings, from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), represent the...
Jun 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
More than three quarters of journalists rate social media as an important professional tool, while almost 90% are using social media more than they were a year ago, according to new research from Daryl Willcox Publishing. Results of the online survey of over 900 UK...
Jun 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Yahoo! has reached an agreement with China’s Alibaba over online-payment business Alipay, Reuters reported, citing people close to the matter. In recent weeks, Yahoo, the biggest shareholder of Alibaba Group, has been negotiating with the Chinese company over the loss...
Jun 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
172 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in April for an average of 14.9 hours per viewer, according to new research from comScore. The total U.S. Internet audience engaged in more than 5.1 billion viewing sessions during the course of the month....
Jun 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Overall consumer satisfaction with mobile sites is beginning to fall since the first mCommerce benchmark study 8 months ago as consumer demands and expectations continue to drive the expansion and development of mobile retail sites. The latest mCommerce benchmark...
Jun 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Nearly half (48.1%) of Canadian digital media agencies expect year-over-year growth in revenues, according to a new report. The study from agency Teehan Lax, entitled ‘Pixel to Product’ found that the average salary of a Canadian digital media professional is between...
May 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google has broadcast its first advert on UK TV, during the Champions League Final last weekend. The advert promoted the firm’s own web browser, Chrome, using an advert that has been previously seen in the US as a father documents the life of his daughter....
May 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Piracy, copyright and free speech are the key issues reflected in ‘Internet Heroes and Villians award nominations for this year’s ISPAs awards. The awards, presented by the Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA UK), look to name (and shame) figures that...
May 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
People can learn how to hack into someone’s account in less than 15 minutes findings from a live investigation revealed. (CPP), a small group of volunteers with limited technological knowledge, who signed a disclaimer saying they would not use the information for...
May 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Baidu is planning an expansion into more overseas markets, as the Chinese search engine looks to capitalize on its booming domestic business. The company, which already has a Japanese-language search engine in Japan, is currently in the process of identifying new...
May 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Email marketers’ lack of best practice forced a near 50% jump in emails not being delivered to the inboxes of UK customers of major Internet Services Providers (ISPs) over 2010, according to new research. The growing pressure on ISPs to protect their customers from...
May 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Most mobile users (60%) click on mobile ads at least one a week, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by mobile ad network Mojiva, found that half of users indicated that they would play a game, download an application, or visit a Web site after seeing an...
May 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
Website operators have an extra year’s ‘grace period’ to change the way they use cookies to comply with new laws, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said. From today, UK laws based on the EU’s Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive...
May 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
Everything Everywhere and BT Wholesale have joined forces to test next generation 4G ‘LTE’ high speed broadband to customers. If successful, the trial will see mobile and fixed broadband coming together for the first time in the UK, providing a significant boost to...
May 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google is today expected to unveil to a new “digital wallet” feature in the US, letting consumers pay for items using their smartphone rather than credit cards. The feature will be powered by near-field communications technology, which allows devices to transmit data...
