Jan 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of its broadened remit. From March 1st 2011, the regulator will become responsible for monitoring website-based marketing, in addition to the existing offline channels it already...
Jan 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google gained ground in the Chinese search advertising revenue at the end of 2010, after a long decline in its share, according to a Beijing-based market research firm. The search engine giant’s share of Chinese search advertising revenue rose to 23.1 percent in...
Jan 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Smartphones show an increasing presence in the US mobile device market, occupying 7 of the top spots (Oct 2010).
Jan 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook is facing further controversy after allowing application developers to access users’ home addresses and mobile phone numbers as a matter of course. The move, announced by the social network over the weekend, led online security experts to warn...
Jan 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Mobile Division of Chinese Central Television has announced it is ‘open for business’ for brands wishing to advertise on its mobile WAP portal and iPhone and Android apps. The move has been set up in partnership with CCTV’s mobile advertising partner 3rd Space....
Jan 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Music streaming service we7 has launched in Ireland this week, marking the first move out of the UK for the company since it was established with former Genesis front-man, Peter Gabriel in 2008. As well as being able to create personal radio stations and request songs...
Jan 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Almost 400,000 British adults aged over 50 are using social networking sites from their mobiles, and are three times more likely to access social media sites than younger adults, according to new research. The study from Kantar Media’s TGI MobiLens survey reveals that...
Jan 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Top online retail categories receiving traffic from social media sites (Sept, 2010).
Jan 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Music recognition service Shazam is to integrate Spotify across the full range of Shazam’s free and premium Apps for iPhone, iPod touch and Android. Shazam users will now be able to access Spotify directly through a new ‘Play in Spotify’ feature, which will take them...
Jan 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Social commerce sites LivingSocial has acquired a majority stake in LetsBonus, one of the original European social shopping sites. The partnership bolsters LivingSocial’s rapid international expansion, making it now live in ten countries with the addition of...
Jan 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
A growing number of US shoppers are voting with their keyboards. The latest insider figures show that more people than ever are realizing the benefits of the ‘consumer click’, with online buying in the US up 35% last year compared to 2009. Retail Decisions (ReD), a...
Jan 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Consumers have much higher expectations of social media customer services compared to more traditional channels, according to new research. The study, from Lightspeed Research and the IAB revealed that a quarter of people who complain about brands through Twitter or...
Jan 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Christmas 2011 is set to be a more frugal affair than last year for many online shoppers, according to the latest Logan Tod & Co.’s Annual Online Shopping Index. The study, from the online performance consultancy, warns of predicted growth of 12% to 17% during...
Jan 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
A sampling of only 22 brands revealed that websites offering pirated digital content and counterfeit goods generate more than 53 billion visits per year, according to a new study. The research, conducted by the brand protection company, sheds light on the scale and...
Jan 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
MySpace is reportedly about to lay off more than half of its employees as the former social networking market leader scales back its ambitions. According to Dow Jones Newswires, the layoffs are tipped to involve around 500 people (of the site’s current staff of...
Jan 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Online coupon service Groupon says it has finished raising $950m (£610m) to complete its biggest deal so far. The announcement comes less than two weeks after Groupon disclosed in a regulatory filing that it planned to raise the money. The rapidly growing company...
Jan 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google’s visual recognition app Goggles has been updated with a range of new features, including the ability to solve any Soduku puzzle taken from a smartphone user’s camera. The latest version, Goggles 1.3 client for Android, also features instant barcode scanning...
Jan 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Over 2 in 5 (44%) of Britain’s online adult population upped their online spending this Christmas compared to 2009, pushing the total amount spent online to £2.8bn, according to new research. The survey, commissioned by Online Customer Experience Management (CEM)...
Jan 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Tag management system TagMan has closed $2.25 million in Series A funding led by Greycroft Partners, allowing the firm to boost its performance tracking capabilities for websites. Other investors in this round include iNovia Capital and individuals. TagMan, the smart...
Jan 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
MySpace’s China office has reportedly cut about 30 employees last month and saw its CEO depart, signalling the social network might be withdrawing from the market. An employee at Myspace China reported the staff cuts when asked on Monday. He would not disclose...
