Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Twitter has revealed the top trends of 2010, with Inception, vuvuzuelas, the Gulf oil spill and Justin Bieber being the most tweeted subjects of the year. The most popular term of all was ‘Gulf oil spill’, referring to the accident on board the Deepwater...
Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Yahoo! has announced the loss of 600 jobs, representing 4% of its workforce, as the internet media giant looks to boost its revenue as it looks to compete with the likes of Google and Facebook. The New York Times reports that the cuts will affect Yahoo!’s products...
Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been named as Time Magazine’s annual Person of the Year, marking him out as the figure it believes had the most influence on events in 2010. The 26-year-old billionaire was the subject of a 2010 film, The Social Network, charting...
Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
BBC Online’s budget will be slashed by 25 percent, as the broadcaster pledged to ‘do fewer things better’ when its comes to digital, the BBC Trust has confirmed. In a strategy document released today, called ‘The BBC’s Strategy, Putting Quality First’, the Trust said...
Dec 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
YouTube has looked back on the year to launch a video of its most watched clips of 2010, including Old Spice, annoying oranges and bed intruders… During 2010, people watched more than 700 billion YouTube videos, and uploaded more than 13 million hours of video....
Dec 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Facebook has revealed the UK’s list of top trends in status updates in the UK, giving a unique insight into the sporting, TV and cultural moments which prompted national conversations. The Facebook Memeology study looked at what terms grew the most in status updates...
Dec 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
France is set to introduce what has been dubbed a ‘Google tax’ on online advertisements on January 1 2011, parliament decided Tuesday. The tax on companies based in France would be amount to one per cent of the net amount spent on online advertising. The...
Dec 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Twitter is set to open its first overseas office in London, according to a news report. The Sunday Telegraph reports that the US-based social-networking company will open an office in either the West End or the so-called ‘Silicon Roundabout’ area of Old street....
Dec 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
Twitter has added more than 100 million registered accounts in 2010, and is now being used by 8% of all American internet users, according to new data. A post on the company’s blog marked the occasion with an infographic showing some of the more famous joiners...
Dec 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
For a brief period last week, cybercriminals managed to infect Google’s and Microsoft’s online ad networks with malicious advertisements that attacked users’ PCs, according to a new report. The attacks started around 5th December and lasted a few...
Dec 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
The busiest day for pre-Christmas online shopping was ‘Cyber Sunday’ December 5th, with Lego the most searched for gift, according to new research. Data from Experian Hitwise, the online competitive intelligence service, reveals that the recent flurry of...
Dec 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google has released its annual Zeitgeist report into the UK’s search habits online browsing habits, listing the terms most commonly searched on its site this year. The lists are collated in an attempt to give a snapshot of the country’s online interests....
Dec 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Microsoft has added a function to its Internet Explorer 9 web browser enabling users to designate sites which will be blocked from tracking their online behaviour. The new feature will allow users of Internet Explorer 9 to create and subscribe to lists of sites with...
Dec 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
Consumers are a fickle bunch when it comes to banking online, with nearly a third (31%) of banking customers end up selecting a different brand to their preferred one when browsing online, according to new research. The study, from Google and international customer...
Dec 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
UK police have arrested WikiLeaks founder and owner Julian Assange on an arrest warrant from Sweden, where he is accused of sexual crimes. The 39-year-old Australian was arrested in the morning after he voluntarily appeared for an appointment at a London police...
Dec 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
High speed broadband will be available to every community in Britain by 2015 under plans announced by the government on Monday. A £830 million investment over the next seven years will see “digital hubs” created across the country in an attempt to ensure...
Dec 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
Facebook is updating its profile page, claiming the changes will make it easier for users to ‘tell their story’ to their friend on the social network. The profile now begins with a quick overview of basic information such as where the user is from, where they went to...
Dec 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
The hacking of search giant Google was orchestrated by a senior Chinese official who searched for his name and found critical articles via the search engine, according to new documents released by the website Wikileaks. The attack, which took places ealier this year,...
Dec 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
The UK has seen its busiest ever day for online shopping, with Brits spending £831,000 spent in 1 minute at its peak. Early figures from the IMRG reveal that yesterday’s much-anticipated ‘Mega Monday’ achived sales some 21% higher than same day last...
Dec 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
Online music service Last.fm has dramatically narrowed its pre-tax loss, announcing a £2.8m loss for last year, compared to a £17m loss the previous year. The CBS- owned site said revenues climbed 74% year-on-year to £7.3m, although net liabilities climbed from £19m...
