Jan 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Disney is in talks with Yahoo! over making videos from its television networks available through the internet media company’s tv software, according to a news report. The Wall Street Journal cites people familiar with the discussions said the entertainment giant is...
Jan 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
The US government has requested personal information from the Twitter accounts of four WikiLeaks supporters as part of a widening criminal probe, the whistle-blower website says. The US Department of Justice has been pursuing a criminal investigation into the...
Jan 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Despite years of big growth and even bigger hype, the network-delivered rental and sale of videos continued to represent only a small portion of the U.S. home video entertainment market in 2010, as consumers flocked to buy and rent Blu-ray discs, according to Screen...
Jan 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Nearly a quarter of the UK population has no internet access, but one in ten can surf the web on their phone, according to one of the largest surveys examining life in the UK. The British Population Survey has completed its annual audit of the UK, reveal some...
Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
Business-based social networking site LinkedIn is set go public this year, according to a news report. Reuters cited three separate sources have confirmed the move that will see LinkIn register an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission in...
Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
Discount website Groupon’s UK has been forced to change three of its ads, after they were found to be misleading about the money consumers would actually save through the deal. This week, the UK’s Advertising Standards Agency upheld complaints that three ads by the...
Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
Firefox has overtaken Microsoft’s Internet Explorer as Europe’s browser of choice for the first time, according to new data. Figures from web analytics firm Statcounter, show that in December, Firefox took 38.1 per cent of the European market, while...
Jan 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google’s Android operating system ran on 40% of US smartphones purchased in the six months leading up to November, compared to just 27% using Apple’s iPhone operating system, according to new data. The report, from Nielsen, noted Apple remains the overall smartphone...
Jan 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook surpassed Google for the first time as the most visited website in the United States for most of 2010, according to new data. The social network site edged out Google with 8.9 percent of all U.S. visits between January and November 2010, while Google ranked...
Jan 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Over the past year the 500 million people who use Facebook worldwide uploaded more than 2.7 million photographs, shared 1 million links and ‘Liked’ 7.6 million pages every 20 minutes, the social networking compnay has revealed. Top of those...
Jan 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Online retailer Amazon is reportedly set to make an offer for Lovefilm in a deal that could value the movie rental site at around £200m. According to the Sunday Times, Amazon is currently carrying out due diligence on the business that is expected to lead to a buyout...
Jan 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook has raised $500m from Goldman Sachs and Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies, in a deal that values the social networking company at $50bn, according to reports. Citing a ‘person familiar with the matter’, The New York Times reports that the US...
Jan 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google has approached a number of publishing houses to for producing a digital news stand, according to a news report. The Wall Street Journal reports that the store would offer mags and newspapers for Android-based smartphones, tablets and other devices. Publishers...
Dec 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google has reportedly requested some manufacturers delay the launch of TV sets based on the internet company’s software.The Wall Street Journal reports that the internet giant sent out word to some hardware makers last week asking them not to announce additional...
Dec 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Independent research commissioned by Callcredit Information Group has today revealed consumers’ attitudes towards giving out personal details in store, as 38% of Brits never divulge their details to retailers, and almost one in ten (8%) admit to giving out fake...
Dec 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
AOL has acquired Pictela, a provider of an award-winning global technology platform for serving and distributing high- definition brand content across online advertising and social media. The transaction brings further scale to AOL’s suite of premium advertising tools...
Dec 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Twitter has raised $200m in a funding round that valued the micro-blogging site at $3.7bn, up sharply from the estimated $1bn last year. New backers include Kleiner Perkins partner John Doerr, who was an early investor in internet groups including Google and Amazon....
Dec 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Facebook has enhanced its face detection feature, with a new “tag suggestions” tool, helping users automatically tag friends across a series of photos. The new feature will begin rolling out to US users next week, according to Facebook Vice President of...
Dec 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Facebook has produced a map that displays friend connections around the world, with the UK and US among the most connected on the social network. The map, designed by Facebook’s Paul Butler shows the social networks friend connections mapped onto the world. As well as...
Dec 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Video sharing site YouTube is in talks to buy US web video producer Next New Networks, according to US reports. The New York Times said a deal would be the Google-owned firm’s first foray into content production. No terms have been disclosed, but the NYT quoted...
