Nov 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Yahoo! is testing integration of GetJar apps into Yahoo! mobile search queries, to make it easier for people to discover the apps they’re looking for when on-the-go. Yahoo! is the first search engine to pursue this kind of integration. The search results for the apps...
Nov 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
World of Warcraft continues in top position: Top 10 PC games titles ranked by percentage of total minutes played, from the top 100 non-casual / pre-installed PC games measured.
Nov 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Top 10 PC games titles ranked buy the average number of minutes played per week.
Nov 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
MySpace, once the dominant online social network, has signed a ‘mashup’ agreement with Facebook to allow people to sign on to MySpace using their Facebook login. This means that the content they are engaging with on Myspace will be automatically ported over to their...
Nov 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Apple could risk a European operator revolt if it proceeds with plans to embed its own brand SIM card in its new iPhones, according to a news report. The Financial Times quoted an unnamed European telecoms executive as saying Apple risks a “war” over its reported plan...
Nov 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton could result in a £515.5m spending bonanza in the UK, with 6.5m Brits likely to mark the occasion in some way, according to new research.The study, from shopping comparison site Kelkoo, found that £76.9m (14.9%) of the...
Nov 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Online ad spend in the US continued to accelerate in the third quarter, as the market rebounds from a slowdown last year, according to new data. The Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers found that marketers spent $6.4 billion in online ads, up 17%...
Nov 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Consumers value brands being honest on social media sites, and prefer to deal with a human face rather than anonymous messages, according to a new study. The study, from market research company Firefly Millward Brown looks into consumers’ general attitudes and...
Nov 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Popular streaming sites such as the BBC, Youtube and LoveFilm could be forced to pay for the data traffic they generate under plans floated by the Government culture minister yesterday. Ed Vaizey has given his support to controversial plans for broadband access to be...
Nov 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google is running a test on its Google’s photo recognition tool, that will display adverts to users based on pictures taken by their smartphone cameras. The ‘offline marketing experiment’ utilises visual search and optical character recognition [OCR] technologies to...
Nov 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Price comparison service Moneysupermarket.com has acquired rival company Financial Services Net in a £9million deal. The Welsh company will pay an initial £4.6m, rising to up to £9m depending on performance, for the Coventry-based operator of Financialservices.co.uk....
Nov 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Apple and music group EMI have agreed to sell The Beatles’ back catalogue on iTunes, after a decade of legal wrangling. The Beatles were one of the few big names in music still not available through iTunes. The agreement signalled the end of a 10-year deadlock...
Nov 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
AOL UK has launched SafeSocial, a bespoke social media monitoring tool, providing parents with an overview of their children’s interactions across social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. SafeSocial works to protect younger users by alerting parents to any...
Nov 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Professional social network LinkedIn has launched a pan-European campaign called BrandYou, to highlight the increasing importance of personal brand management. As job mobility increases across Europe and more Generation Y employees enter the workforce, the campaign...
Nov 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Almost half of UK consumers (45%) would leave their current operator if they did not sell the handset they wanted, according to a new survey. The research, from ecommerce technology provider ATG give operators valuable insight into the types of services customers...
Nov 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Excessive use of the internet is very high among children in the UK with one in five admitting they have gone without food or sleep to stay online, according to a new survey. A study of online habits from the London School of Economics and Political Science also shows...
Nov 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
In the past few years, CTR for Standard Banners has been steadily declining. The good news is that in 2010 it seems to have stabilized, according to new data. In its recently released Global Benchmark Report, MediaMind Research analysed billions of impressions to help...
Nov 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Facebook has launched a next-generation online messaging service that gives the user a Facebook.com email addresses, in a move seen as a shot across the bow of Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg unveiled what he called a...
Nov 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google has given all of its 23,000 employees a pay hike, in a bid to stem defections to rival technology companies such as Facebook, according to a report. The raise will become effective in January, according to The Wall Street Journal, quoting ‘people familiar...
Nov 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
AOL is testing a new version of its email system, dubbed ‘Project phoenix’, which aims to bring together a number of communication formats, including social media, texts and emails, into a one-stop media platform. Phoenix was designed and built from the ground up as...
