May 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Vodafone has launched a new service that lets its customers charge their phones in the back of select London taxi cabs, and even pay cabbies via SMS. Vodafone has teamed up with Taxis in London for the SMS taxi payment scheme, to create their own branded ‘wrapped’...
May 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
YouTube has bought the online social-bookmarking service Delicious from Yahoo for an undisclosed sum. The announcement was made by YouTube foundes Chad Hurley and Steve Chen , who have recently founded a new Internet firm called Avos. They said in a statement that...
Apr 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
William and Kate may be a trending topic on Twitter, but only 20% of traffic is coming from the UK, with the bulk – a massive 64% – coming from North America, according to social media research carried out by marketing and technology agency LBi. Prince...
Apr 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Dutch social networking market continues to grow strongly as sites like Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin extend their respective footprints in the market, but local site Hyves continues to be the most popular online ‘hand out’, according to new research. The data,...
Apr 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
In Europe, Apple’s mobile operating system (iOS) market is twice the size of Android, when accounting for mobiles, tablets and other connected media devices, according to new research from comScore. comScore has released the results of an EU5 (UK, Germany, France,...
Apr 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
YouTube is reportedly set to launch launch a movie-on-demand service charging users to stream mainstream Hollywood movies. Hollywood news stie TheWrap reports that the service may start as early as this week or next, and is expected to be announced soon by YouTube....
Apr 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
Online and mobile app-based sales at Argos, alongside orders through customers’ TVs, have hit nearly half of the company’s total revenue, delivering £1.9 billion in the last year. The news came as Home Retail Group, which includes that retailer as well as...
Apr 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
During last week, online media – including news sites, blogs, forums, Twitter and Facebook, saw an accelerated flurry of ‘noise’ around the Royal Wedding, with the majority of mentions being positive, according to new data. Data compiled by search marketing specialist...
Apr 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Digital Economy Act, a controversial new law to tackle online piracy in the UK, has been backed by the High Court, despite complaints from ISPs. Telecoms providers BT and TalkTalk have lost an attempt to block aspects of the Digital Economy Act, which they see as...
Apr 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
News and Media Apps have topped the first ever App benchmark study from eDigitalResearch, assessing the usability and customer journey across almost 50 of the most popular mobile Apps across a variety of categories. The Sky Sports News App rated highest overall with a...
Apr 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Tesco has taken majority control of online movie-streaming service Blinkbox, as the supermarket giant looks to take on the likes of Lovefilm and iTunes in the online film market. Tesco now has an 80% share in Blinkbox, which offers around 9,000 movies to stream over...
Apr 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Online retail is growing six times faster than high street sales and is predicted to exceed £37 billion by 2014, according to new research. The Webloyalty Online Retail Report by Verdict Research predicts that current internet spending will grow by £14 billion (61%)...
Apr 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Younger children are increasingly setting up their own pages on social networking sites such as Facebook, finds a new study.The report, Social Networking, Age and Privacy, reveals that one in three of 9-12-year-olds in the UK has a profile on Facebook, even though the...
Apr 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Walmart, the owner of UK supermarket chain Asda, has acquired a social networking firm in a bid to grow its online and mobile shopping businesses. The world’s largest retailer said it was acquiring Kosmix, a US-based company that has developed a platform to...
Apr 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook has launched a stand-alone community site called ‘Facebook Studio’ where ad agency creatives can share ideas, comment on campaigns and learn what it takes to create a successful page for a brand. The community platform is aimed at agencies, PR firms and media...
Apr 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Approximately one in twelve Tablet owners (8%) purchased a tablet instead of, or to replace a desktop computer, laptop or other computer, with 11% of Samsung Galaxy Tab and 7% of iPad owners doing so, according to new data. The research released from YouGov’s latest...
Apr 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google is closing its ‘Google Video’ site on 29th April, and deleting all the files that have been uploaded to it, as the search giant focuses its video strategy on YouTube. The platform began as a video-sharing site, but it became something of a lame duck...
Apr 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Landrush phase for the 2,640 remaining .uk short domains will begin on 23rd May 2011, it has been announced. Short .uk domains are classed as those with single numbers, single letters and two letters. Nominet, the not-for-profit organisation responsible for...
Apr 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Latest news on the cookie saga comes from UK Communications Minister Ed Vaizey who is pushing for a two-tier approach to the new EU regulations on the use of cookies in online marketing. They’re looking at working with browser manufacturers to get one-click approval...
Apr 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
The latest quarterly attitude tracker from the UK’s Institute of Practitioners in Advertising finds 25% of marketing executives suffering budget cuts in Q1, and close to 40% more pessimistic than in the previous quarter. There’s a sprinkling of good news about the...
