May 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
Brits are generally satisfied with their current online banking services, but are slow to take up mobile banking, and have little interest in connecting to their bank via social media platforms, according to a new survey. Over 1,000 online banking customers of the top...
May 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
Another major milestone has been reached in the growth of online shopping: £300bn has been spent online since the launch of the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index in April 2000. The Index uses real sales data from retailers to track the performance of the UK e-retail...
May 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Twitter has reportedly purchased UK-based social media app Tweetdeck for $40m, as the micro-blogging site looks to clamp down on thrid party apps. CNN cites unnamed sources that the deal was signed on Monday. Back in February it was reported that UberMedia, which owns...
May 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
The latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index have revealed continuing strong growth for online sales in April, with shoppers in the UK spending a total of £5.2 billion online, a significant 19% more than April 2010 and equivalent to £84 per person....
May 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google has bought six month-old electronics price comparison site SparkBuy, as the in internet giant looks to boost its product search capabilities. The Seattle based start-up lets users search for consumer electronics based on numerous preferences. SparkBuy was...
May 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Toyota has partnered with Salesforce.com to build Toyota Friend, a private social network for Toyota customers and their cars. Toyota Friend will be powered by Salesforce Chatter, a private social network used by businesses, and will be offered, first in Japan,...
May 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
The London 2012 Ticket site has been the most popular new ecommerce site so far this year, while Tesco overtook Play to become the third most searched-for online retailer in the UK, according to new research from the IMRG and Experian Hitwise. The London 2012 Ticket...
May 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
Ahead of its flotation on the US stock exchange, Russian search giant Yandex will be offering shares at roughly twice the price of Google, relative to earnings, it has been revealed this week. Yandex is Russia’s largest search engine, accounting for over 60 per cent...
May 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
Music artists on independent record labels are enjoying a far greater proportion of online sales than physical sales, according to new data. The figures, from Merlin, the global licensing agency for independent labels (the “virtual fifth major” on account of the slice...
May 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
Yahoo has launched its revamped email service, following a beta test, with a raft of new video and social media features. Yahoo first introduced its online email service in October as a beta test. It will now roll out the final version to its 284 million users...
May 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
The energy of the Chinese internet industry is as loud and ceaseless as the building work in Shanghai’s skyscraper forest. China’s internet market is vast, and growing. More than 470m people are online in China, accounting for around 35% of the country’s 1.3billion...
May 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
An unnamed footballer is suing Twitter after details of a super-injunction he obtained were published on the micro-blogging site. The player, referred to as CTB in the court documents, is alleged to have had an affair with Imogen Thomas, a former Big Brother...
May 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Orange and Barclaycard have launched ‘Quick Tap’, a contactless mobile payment service which allows consumers to make purchases on the high street using their mobile phone for the first time. The landmark launch means that in addition to using contactless cards or...
May 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Sunday Times has launched the ‘Social List’, using data from 4 key social networks – Foursquare, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook – to measure a person’s influence online. Free to join, participants will need to link up whichever social networks they use and...
May 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google has launched its social search tool in 19 new languages, giving users around the world a chnace to refine search results based on friend’s online recommendations. First launched in October 2009, the tool gives Google account holders suggested connections to...
May 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
The latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index have revealed continuing strong growth for online sales in April, with shoppers in the UK spending a total of £5.2 billion online, a significant 19% more than April 2010 and equivalent to £84 per person....
May 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Intelligent Environments, a digital banking provider and part of the Parseq Group, has signed a three year contract to work with O2 to build, host and manage the application for its mobile wallet service. O2 has announced that it will launch its mobile wallet service...
May 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
British small businesses are now generating online revenues in excess of £36bn a year, according to new independent research However, this only makes up 2.4% of small business turnover, where larger enterprises attribute up to 18.7% of their turnover to online...
May 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
LinkedIn has begun trading on the New York Stock Exchange, representing the first US-based social media firm to go public. In a successful IPO, LinkedIn – the social networking site aimed at professionals and the business community – raised $352.8m after raising the...
May 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
There has been an 81% growth in email activity on mobile, with viewership also increasing on tablets such as the iPad, according to new research. The findings, from Return Path’s “Email on the Move: The Future of Mobile Messaging” study, examines where, when and how...
