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Guest comment: The social media war: Face facts

30-06-2010 - With an ever-increasing number of social media platforms vying for our attention, which ones have most longevity? Matt Nash, chief executive, OOSocial takes a closer look… read more...

OK magazine debuts “Celebspotter” iPhone app

30-06-2010 - OK! Magazine has partnered with UK-based mobile media company, Jeanie Media to create OK! “Celebspotter” for the Apple iPhone; a location-based lifestyle application that offers users the chance to visit the UK’s favourite celebrity haunts. read more...

Right to reply: Government missing the point with website scrappage scheme

30-06-2010 - The Cabinet Office plans to cut 75 per cent of government websites in an attempt to save millions of pounds. But it would not be necessary if it had managed to make more of the cost-effectiveness that online communications can deliver, according to Marga read more...

World Cup game hits travel and leisure sector websites hard

30-06-2010 - The travel and leisure sector saw a 33% drop in website traffic during the recent England versus Slovenia world cup match, according to new data. read more...

Google forced to stop redirecting China users to Hong Kong site

30-06-2010 - Google is to stop automatically redirecting users of its Google.cn site to its Hong Kong page, in a bid to secure renewal of the company's China service license. read more...

IAB advertiser survey: Search still not part of the marketing mix

30-06-2010 - A new ‘state of the nation’ survey from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) shows that search advertising is still not fully integrated into the marketing mix, with 99% of UK advertisers believing there is a greater opportunity to link it with the r read more...

Warner Brothers uses Facebook ‘briefcase hunt’ comp to promote Inception movie

30-06-2010 - Warner Brothers has launched a location-based game on Facebook to promote its upcoming blockbuster Inception from Director Christopher Nolan. read more...

Verizon and Motorola take on iPhone with Droid X

29-06-2010 - Verizon Wireless plans to start selling Droid X next month in the US, launching the latest phone from Motorola based on Google’s Android software. read more...

ITV falls behind other major broadcasters in World Cup website usability

29-06-2010 - FIFA offers football fans the most usable World Cup news and video content website, while the ITV World Cup website falls well behind other major broadcasters; the BBC, Sky and Eurosport, in usability, despite the broadcaster showing a substantial amount read more...

Top tips: Is Twitter worth a tweet for small businesses?

29-06-2010 - David Holt, business development manager of social media technology specialists Amplify, outlines the opportunities available for small businesses when engaging with Twitter, and examines how using Twitter in combination with other social media applicatio read more...

New website helps consumers to crackdown on junk mail and cold calls

29-06-2010 - Consumer Focus Labs, the online arm of watchdog Consumer Focus, has today launched a new site to help consumers reduce unwanted junk mail and cold calling. read more...

News round-up: 28th June 2010

Project Canvas gets green light from BBC Trust

29-06-2010 - Project Canvas, the online TV project involving BBC, ITV, BT, Five, Channel 4 and TalkTalk given approval from the BBC Trust, providing the project sticks to certain agreements. read more...

White paper: Brands must create communities that engage as well as inform

29-06-2010 - A new white paper from moderation and community management company, eModeration, details how best a 'community of purpose' can be managed, to maximise the engagement and support that these communities can offer their members. read more...

Hi-media to manage online advertising for The Independent

26-06-2010 - European ad network Hi-media, has signed a new contract with The Independent to manage the paper’s digital advertising space. The deal has been secured on an exclusive basis, giving Hi-media full responsibility for monetisation of the publisher’s onli read more...

Study Finds Women, Young Adults Choose Email over Facebook in Search of On-Going Deals

26-06-2010 - Women are more likely than men to subscribe to email marketing messages, and more than half of online teens are turning to the channel in search of deals and exclusive offers, according to new research. read more...

Video interview: Yahoo vs. Google- Why the search engine market needs a fuel-check

26-06-2010 - In the same week that Google reveals plans to launch a system that will allow publishers to charge for content, executive business channel MeetTheBoss.tv sits down with Yahoo’s Jeff Russakow, EVP of Customer Advocacy, to discuss consumer satisfaction an read more...

Why Bing bets on entertainments as trigger for retaining users

26-06-2010 - Microsoft has updtated its new Bing search engine with Bing a bespoke ‘Bing Entertainment’ search category. read more...

Times loses market share after online paywall and registration- research

26-06-2010 - The Times has seen its market share halve since introducing required registration for its online content, according to the latest Hitwise data. Robin Goad, Research Director, Hitwise UK takes a closer look at Rupert Murdoch’s latest web gamble… read more...

World Cup to blame for decline in publisher web traffic?

26-06-2010 - Traffic figures for English websites are dropping by up to 20 percent during the countries fixtures in the FIFA World Cup tournament. read more...

Right to reply: The iPhone 4- Deal or no deal?

25-06-2010 - With the long awaited next generation iPhone set to launch today, and pre-orders thought to have already sold-out, Mike Wilson, mobiles manager at moneysupermarket.com, looks at the best deals available. read more...

YouTube wins Viacom copyright case

25-06-2010 - In a landmark ruling, a judge has rejected a $1bn lawsuit brought by Viacom accusing Google of allowing copyrighted material on its YouTube service without permission. read more...

ciao revamps mobile shopping tool

25-06-2010 - Shopping community Ciao has revamped its mobile shopping channel, as the Microsoft- owned firm looks to expand into the growing smartphone channel. read more...

iPhone 4: new pricing plans in UK

25-06-2010 - The Apple iPhone 4 goes on sale today, with Tesco claiming to offer the cheapest prices for in the UK, selling the 16GB version of the smartphone for £19 on the £45-per-month tariff. read more...

MSN UK and Sainsbury’s launch Food and Drink channel

24-06-2010 - MSN and Sainsbury’s have joined forces to create Sainsbury’s Food and Drink on MSN UK, a channel focussed on tasty food ideas & recipes and the first channel of its kind to be hosted on the portal. The new partnership, which launches today, will see t read more...

Lib Dems top Twitter polls

24-06-2010 - The Liberal Democrats have made the greatest strides of all UK political parties in using Twitter to match their new-found political power with online influence, according to new research. read more...

Unilever launches ‘smile-activated’ ice cream vending machine

24-06-2010 - SapientNitro has developed the world’s first ‘smile-activated’ vending machine for Unilever, rewarding grins with free ice cream. read more...

Betfair debuts Samsung TV betting app

24-06-2010 - Two Way Media has created an interactive TV application for BetfairTV, allowing users to place bets on current and upcoming football matches. read more...

Top 5 World Cup brands

24-06-2010 - Budweiser, an official FIFA World Cup sponsor and sponsor of the USA team, was the brand that made the most of its World Cup involvement last week, according to new research. read more...

Facebook video: Zuckerberg hosts London developer conference

23-06-2010 - Yesterday, Facebook hosted a Special Edition Developer Garage in London where Mark Zuckerberg – along with some other members of the Facebook team and select Facebook partners – caught up with European developers and shared their thoughts on the Faceb read more...

Google to take on iTunes with music download service- report

23-06-2010 - Google is reportedly developing a music download service to launch later this year, by a "cloud"-based subscription service in 2011. read more...

Whitepaper: Intergrating online video and eccomerce

23-06-2010 - Global online video platform Brightcove, and branded web TV providers Adjust Your Set have developed a report that looks at the concept of video e-commerce (V-Commerce) and how UK retailers Marks and Spencer and Thomas Pink have successfully implemented read more...

Right to reply: Firm hand needed to tackle ‘unlimited’ ads

23-06-2010 - The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is set to launch a "comprehensive" review of misleading broadband speed and "unlimited" claims in ISP marketing. Mark Jackson, ISPreview.co.uk's Editor and Founder agues that this action is long overdue… read more...

Financial Trading websites missing out on significant online search traffic

23-06-2010 - Players in the financial trading sector are falling short of maximising on the online opportunity through a lack of web visibility, with many top trading brands underutilising social media networking, particularly on Facebook, according to new research. read more...

UK consumers fall out of love with mobile broadband as sales plummet

23-06-2010 - The boom in mobile broadband sales during recent years is over as consumers now realise the technology does not live up to the hype, according to new research. read more...

Ford launches car shopping site

23-06-2010 - Car maker Ford has launched FordOnline.co.uk, a new car buying website that lets shoppers buy cars over the web, via email or telephone transactions. read more...

New marketing ‘dating agency’ launched

23-06-2010 - A Birmingham business woman and marketing expert has launched a new marketing “dating agency” aimed at matchmaking marketing professionals with companies seeking their services. read more...

South Korea search market review: A nation of Web pioneers, where Google is a bit-part player

23-06-2010 - South Korea has pioneered many digital revolutions long before most Western markets. In this report, Reform Digital looks into the key factors affecting this advanced nation of early-adopters. read more...

eBay adds to InvisibleHand price comparison tool

22-06-2010 - Online shopping tool InvisibleHand has signed up eBay to the roster of retailers that it works with. read more...

London gets World Cup ‘Twitter wall’

22-06-2010 - Brand consultancy The Brand Union is projecting a live twitter feed (@TheFootwall) onto a building in Farringdon, sharing peoples World Cup opinion, frustration and (hopefully) elation. read more...

Fujitsu And Toshiba merge mobile assets to take on iPhone

22-06-2010 - Japanese techs Fujitsu and Toshiba have announced they will merge their handset operations in light of the growing popularity of Apple’s iPhone. read more...

Zuckerberg hosts Facebook developer webinar in London today (2pm)

22-06-2010 - Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg is hosting a Special Edition Developer Garage in London today, aimed at the developer community to explore a variety of topics including new tools and techniques, business growth strategies and open technologies. read more...

Right to Reply: Why BP’s cyber strategy isn’t plugging the hole in its online reputation

22-06-2010 - As Netimperative’s article on June 11th outlines, BP’s adwords campaign has been met with a surge of negative criticism. Louis Halpern, CEO of digital communications agency Halpern Cowan, looks at why this is and whether, short of actually fixing the read more...

Getty lets Flickr users sell photos

22-06-2010 - Getty Images has launched a new tool for Flickr users, allowing them to sell their user-generated photos to buyers. read more...

Research round-up: 21st June 2010

Facebook 2009 revenues ‘doubled to $800m’

22-06-2010 - Facebook reportedly generated revenue of $800m in 2009, more than double the previous year, fueliing speculation that the social network may be close to a flotation. read more...

BBC Dragon: When money’s too tight to mention, think hard about how to get it

22-06-2010 - Former Dragon on BBC’s Dragon’s Den Online, Julie Meyer comments on the current financial crisis and how entrepreneurs and small businesses need to seek alternative sources of funding and opportunity. read more...

More than one in three web pages are porn- research

19-06-2010 - The main content on the Internet is pornography, which makes up 37% of the total number of Web pages online, according to a new study. read more...

VisitBritain woos tourists with social media revamp

19-06-2010 - VisitBritain, the national tourism agency, has launched a new website with a raft of personalisation and social media features to encourage tourists to visit Britain. read more...

World Cup search update: Rooney, Green and vuvuzela on the rise

19-06-2010 - Last week saw a 20-fold increase in searches for 'vuvuzela', the controversial horns that are used to make the swarm of bees sound heard at all the matches played in South Africa according to new research. read more...

Twitter tests ‘Promoted Trends’ with Toy Story 3

19-06-2010 - Twitter is testing a new ‘Promoted Trends’ tool with Pixars upcoming new movie Toy Story 3, as the micro-blogging site seeks new ways to turn its popularity into cash. read more...

World Cup search update: Bavaria beer rises after controversial marketing stunt

19-06-2010 - Bavaria, the Dutch larger, was the fifth most visited beer website in the UK on the 15th June, following controversial marketing stunt according to new research. read more...

Report: The Connected Consumer and the Future of Mobile Commerce

19-06-2010 - Mobile shoppers seem to have doubled sinse February - In a February 2010 Retrevo Study, almost 10% of people indicated they had purchased something using their cell phone. Today, that number has doubled. Andrew Eisner, Retrevo.com's Director of Community read more...

Study: Impact of Travel Site Performance on Consumers

19-06-2010 - Site performance is critical for online travel firms, with loyalty program members most likely to be put off by technical problems, according to a new report. read more...

Digital communication campaigns- it’s all about the journey

19-06-2010 - New Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) research shows that digital communications campaigns are most effective when implemented across the breadth of the online customer journey. read more...

Revenge of the Fail Whale: Twitter down nearly 2% of month so far

18-06-2010 - Twitter experienced 1.87 per cent downtime between 1 June and 15 June 2010 – representing a total of six hours and 44 minutes – compared with just 0.18 per cent for the whole of May, according to new research. read more...

Guest comment: Online news content should be part of all SEO campaigns

18-06-2010 - Search Engines account for bringing over 90% of all new visitors to a website. But while increasing budgets on PPC works to target web searchers, adding news content to SEO strategies in order to benefit from new layouts to how search engine results are d read more...

Chatroulette plans penis recognition software to block web flashers

18-06-2010 - Web chat site Chatroulette is reportedly developing new software designed to recognize male genitalia in a bid to block the high volume of web flashers that appear on the site. read more...

Google takes on Rightmove, enters UK property market

18-06-2010 - Google UK has expanded into the UK property market by adding additional property search functionality to Google Maps. read more...

GLA hires eModeration to moderate first online State of London Debate

18-06-2010 - Community management company eModeration is working with the Greater London Authority to help Londoners have their say in the first ever online annual State of London Debate. read more...

Milkman brand Dairy Crest ramps up online marketing

18-06-2010 - Dairy Crest has launched a new online campaign to push its milk&more, online milk delivery service, in partnership with agency Tug. read more...

Right to reply: Twitter outages present opportunity to rivals

18-06-2010 - Twitter's persistent and disruptive service outages have entered a second week, with tweets appearing numerous times this morning after a period of downtime Nick Bond, Infrastructure specialist at web traffic management specialist Zeus Technology, looks a read more...

Orange unveils iPhone 4 tariffs, Tesco added to stockists

18-06-2010 - Orange has revealed its iPhone 4 tarifffs, with the 16GB device only free on a 24 month, £75 contract. read more...

IAB and Tamar create free search branding guide

18-06-2010 - The Internet Advertising Bureau has partnered with search and social conversion agency Tamar to educate marketers about the importance of using search to build brands, with a step-by-step guide to putting the discipline at the heart of online strategies. read more...

Google UK boss: Mobile web ‘is going to change the world over next 3 years’

18-06-2010 - Mobile as a marketing and communications medium is currently in ‘take-off mode’ and at the start of a ‘real revolution’ according to UK and Ireland managing director for Google, Matt Brittin. read more...

Vodafone debuts 360 Android app store

17-06-2010 - Vodafone has unveiled its 360 Shop app store designed for Android customers as the network operator expands further into mobile web services. read more...

Good news for night owls: 2 AM ‘fastest time of day for broadband speeds’

17-06-2010 - Web users have to put up with wildly varying broadband speeds each day, with an average fluctuation of 33%, according to new research. read more...

Guest comment: Online / offline community convergence: what it means for brands

17-06-2010 - The way we experience events is changing. We extend the experience once the event is over: sharing experiences, photos and videos over social networks, Twitter and photo-sharing sites. Frank Lampen, Director at Independents United, looks at how real and read more...

Eyeblaster rebrands as MediaMind

17-06-2010 - Digital ad technology provider Eyeblaster is rebranding its entire company under the name of its flagship product, MediaMind. read more...

Apple leak reveals iPhone 4 prices for UK customers

17-06-2010 - Apple UK has unveiled pricing details for a SIM-free iPhone 4 direct from its Apple Store and online, with prices starting from £499. read more...

N Brown buys lingerie website Figleaves for £11.5m

17-06-2010 - Home shopping retailer N Brown has bought online lingerie, underwear and swimwear Figleaves for £11.5m. read more...

Voucher Codes scoops top gongs at affiliate marketing awards

17-06-2010 - VoucherCodes.co.uk has won four of the top Awards at this year’s a4uAwards ceremony. read more...

Yell lets users ‘fly around city’ with 3D maps

17-06-2010 - Three dimensional maps that enable users to fly around their city like a superhero, have been launched by Yell.com. read more...

Beer companies dominate World Cup brand league tables

17-06-2010 - South African Airways was the brand that benefited most from its sponsorship of the FIFA Football World Cup last week, but beer brands have taken the following four top slots, according to new data. read more...

Guest comment: The Geotargeting Bonus- A Multi-Application, Multi-Benefit Technology

16-06-2010 - Targeting customers by location is becoming increasingly popular- yet past technology has been somewhat cumbersome, inaccurate and invasive to customers. Frank Bobo, Vice President of Digital Element explains how geo-targeting is evolving, and how music s read more...

FIFA.com and Google team up for World Cup coverage

16-06-2010 - FIFA.com and Google have collaborated on a range of online features to help supporters keep track of how each team is doing throughout the tournament. read more...

Consumer poll: iPhone 4 OS is the ‘killer feature’

16-06-2010 - It's Apple’s new smartphone operating system, and not hardware features that will be the iPhone 4’s killer selling point in the handset wars, according to new research read more...

Virgin Media plans full web TV service by year end

16-06-2010 - Virgin Media plans to launch its first full internet-connected TV service in partnership with Tivo by the end of the year. read more...

Right to reply: World Cup video streaming- more bandwidth isn’t always the answer

16-06-2010 - Today we’re likely to see many office workers start streaming coverage of the World Cup whilst at their desks, putting a major strain on IT networks across the country. Ian Shepherd, Product Manager for Intelligent Infrastructure at network specialist T read more...

Akamai buys mobile optimization firm, extends cloud services

16-06-2010 - Akamai Technologies, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Velocitude, a mobile services platform. read more...

Guest comment: The Power of Keywords for Display

16-06-2010 - Keywords work for search ad- but many people don’t realise they work for display too. John Snyder, CEO at Grapeshot, explains the advantages of targeting display ads at users in real time within websites, rather than across them. read more...

Facebook teams up with American PTA to keep kids safe online

15-06-2010 - Facebook has partnered with PTA in the US to launch a children's online education program- even though kids under 13 aren’t officially allowed to use the social network due to age restrictions. read more...

Domino’s opts for in-game ads on PS3 consoles

15-06-2010 - Domino’s Pizza is moving into in-game advertising for the first time as part of an integrated football campaign, in partnership with digital agency Arena Media. read more...

Research: Most Americans start day with email- not search or social networks

15-06-2010 - According to a study released today by ExactTarget, 58 percent check their e-mail, while 20 percent go first to a search engine or portal site and 11 percent start with Facebook. read more...

Telegraph’s World Cup app gets 100,000 downloads in first week

15-06-2010 - The Telegraph World Cup app has soared in the UK’s free World Cup app and Sports app charts, with over 100,000 downloads so far. read more...

Top tips: Increasing online shopping basket conversions through discount vouchers

15-06-2010 - As online shoppers become more savvy, how can retailers encourage them to click that final ‘confirm purchase’ button? Sarah Escott at Savoo.co.uk shows retailers how to use discount vouchers to increase shopping basket conversions and increase custome read more...

AOL gears up for online music battleground

15-06-2010 - Tomorrow sees the launch of AOL’s new music platform as the portal joins the battle for online music provision. ‘Cambio’ is billed as following the MTV model of music video content, aimed at the 13-24 year old age group. Early indications are that t read more...

AOP announces winners of Digital Publishing Awards 2010

15-06-2010 - The Association of Online Publishers (AOP) unveiled the winners of its ninth Digital Publishing Awards 2010 at The Roundhouse, Camden. read more...

Right to Reply: Comparing Facebook and Search Engine Visits is Flawed

15-06-2010 - Last week, Hitwise data revealed that Brits visited social networks more than search engines for the first time. In this 'Right to Reply' article, Andreas Pouros at Greenlight, looks at the value of both mediums, and why comparing the two can lead to flaw read more...

Google faces backlash for homepage images

12-06-2010 - Google has come under criticism after introducing a background image on the search engine's homepage to promote its new customization features. read more...

Consumer Internet Behaviour: Italy

12-06-2010 - Monthly internet use: key indicators for Italian web users, Apr 10 read more...

News round-up: 11th June 2010

Spotify debuts TV service in Nordics

12-06-2010 - Spotify has launched its music service on TVs across Sweden and Finland this week, in partnership with Nordic telecommunications giant TeliaSonera. read more...

Voice response firm SpeechStorm gets 1.8m funding boost

12-06-2010 - SpeechStorm a Belfast-based provider of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) application software, has completed its Management Buy Out (MBO) and initial funding round of £1.8 million. read more...

Top tips: Lost in translation? Using the web to tap into foreign markets

12-06-2010 - The internet now enables any entrepreneur to get a new business up and running more quickly and cheaply than ever before- but how do you cater for the global market the internet exposes you to? Christian Arno, MD of Lingo24 offers some tips on getting the read more...

Largest internet sites: Italy

12-06-2010 - Italian audience reach for top 10 parent companies, Apr 10 read more...

Internet audience: Italy

12-06-2010 - Time per person for top 10 parent companies, Italy, Apr 10 read more...

Injured Rio Ferdinand tops list of most searched-for footballers

12-06-2010 - Injured England captain Rio Ferdinand the most searched for footballer in the UK, while Cristiano Ronaldo most popular around the World, according to new research from Hitwise. read more...

‘World Cup’ accounts for 1 in every 150 UK searches

12-06-2010 - One in every 150 search terms typed into a search engine in the UK are currently World Cup related, according to new research from Experian Hitwise. read more...

Right to reply: BP buys Google ‘oil spill’ keywords- a slick PR stunt?

12-06-2010 - British Petroleum (BP) has purchased Google and Yahoo search terms in order to influence consumers’ views on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Matthew Whiteway at Greenlight, takes a closer look at BP’s latest attempt at damage limitation as the sl read more...

Guest comment: A digital agency’s viewpoint on the iPad

11-06-2010 - What impact will Apple’s much-hyped new tablet device really have on marketing strategies? Digital agency Code Computerlove put the iPad to the test…. read more...

Facebook boosts analytics for web publishers

11-06-2010 - Facebook has launched improved analytics for websites, applications, and pages, helping website owners get further insights into how users interact with their Facebook-related content. read more...

One-third of UK professionals ‘now have a LinkedIn profile’

11-06-2010 - Business-based social network LinkedIn now has more than 4 million members in the UK, which it says represents one third of UK professionals. read more...

Internet ‘heroes and villains’ awards shortlist announced

11-06-2010 - ISPA, the Internet Service Providers’ Association, has announced the finalists for the 2010 Internet Hero and Internet Villain awards. Among the finalists are Lords Mandelson and Clement Jones, Tom Watson MP and the campaigning group 38 Degrees. read more...

Mirror focuses on ‘audiences rather than impressions’ in online ad overhaul

11-06-2010 - Trinity Mirror Group is changing its existing advertising model on Mirror.co.uk and Mirrorfootball.co.uk through a partnership with Imagini. read more...

World Cup 2010: Who’ll be watching and where?

11-06-2010 - With the World Cup 2010 just a day away, Experian, the global information services company, is today predicting exactly where in the UK the football frenzy will reach fever pitch. read more...

IPC boosts online communities with new social media chief

11-06-2010 - IPC Media has appointed Cathy Ma to the new role of Social Media Product Manager across the IPC portfolio, as the publisher continues to expand its online communities. read more...

BA tops airline website usability table despite ongoing problems

11-06-2010 - Despite ongoing industrial action and recent reports of heavy losses, British Airways has the biggest potential to generate the most from online bookings and increase revenue by having the most usable travel website, according to a new study released toda read more...

IAB launches educational toolkit for B2B marketers

10-06-2010 - The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) B2B council has unveiled its latest initiative aimed at educating marketers in B2B with the launch of the Search for Business to Business toolkit as part of their new educational programme. read more...

Social networks ‘now more popular than search engines in the UK’

10-06-2010 - Social networks now receive more UK Internet visits than search engines, with Facebook leading the move towards a more community-driven web, according to new research. read more...

UK firms investing more in people to make sense of web analytics

10-06-2010 - Companies are finally investing in analysts and developing better strategies to get the most from their business performance and analytics tools, according to research published by Econsultancy and Lynchpin. read more...

New iPhone ad platform gets $60m in pre-bookings

10-06-2010 - Apple’s new iPhone 4 will be the first smartphone to run the company's iAd mobile ad network, with 17 advertisers already lined up to target app users on the move. read more...

Most UK web users ‘have experienced ISP downtime’

10-06-2010 - Nearly two-thirds (64.7%) have experienced anything from one to five or more periods of ISP downtime (service outages) during the past 12 months, according to new research. read more...

China grants more web access to citizens…but keeps censorship rules

10-06-2010 - The Chinese government has unveiled plans to give 45% of the population internet access over the next five years, up from the current 30%. But it vowed no relaxation of stringent internet controls. read more...

New iPhone: Video calls, two cameras and clearer images

10-06-2010 - Apple has unveiled the latest version of its iPhone handset, with enhanced video call functions being the key new feature. read more...

Guest comment: Protecting a business’ brand through customer feedback

09-06-2010 - Online reviews are here to stay, whether brands like it or not. Thomas Vollrath, CEO at Webfusion, offers advice on turning negative publicity online into positive brand building opportunities. read more...

Zombies invade first mobile augmented game for Nokia’s Ovi Store

09-06-2010 - Software firm metaio has developed a first person augmented reality game for Nokia’s OVI store. read more...

Search by mood: New tool indexes web content by ‘subjective factors’

09-06-2010 - Search firm Exalead has produced a new online tool that evaluates subjective factors, such as mood and sentiment and attitudes to price and value, from live web content. read more...

Search rankings: Top 10 car hire brands

09-06-2010 - UK consumers made 1.4 million car hire-related searches online in April, a slight decrease since March, with some brands doing better than others, according to new research. read more...

Two in five footy fans ‘will watch the World Cup online at work’

09-06-2010 - Two in five Brits (42 per cent) plan to watch the World Cup at work this summer, but with the festival of football only five days away, planning how to watch the games during the working day is a top priority for many football fans, says moneysupermarket. read more...

Yahoo adds Facebook updates to websites

09-06-2010 - Facebook users now have the option of streaming their updates to websites operated by Yahoo! ad the companies both look to boost their audience reach. read more...

Mobile Interactive Group boosts CRM with Piri buy

09-06-2010 - Mobile Interactive Group (MIG) has bought Manchester-based mobile marketing and CRM software provider Piri Limited for an undisclosed sum. read more...

Right to reply: Can Anything Stop Apple and the iPad?

08-06-2010 - With Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference just around the corner, is the iPad really going to be the device of the future? Andrew Eisner, at Retrevo, thinks the average consumer might take some convincing, as their consumer survey results indicate... read more...

Guest comment: When will the UK get a mint.com?

08-06-2010 - Smartphones and mobile apps have opened up opportunities for the online banking sector, but are the UK financiers taking full advantage of letting people managing their money on the move? Justin Schamotta, staff writer at Credit Card Comparison, takes a c read more...

WIRED magazine showcases new Adobe digital viewer technology

08-06-2010 - Adobe has unveiled a new digital viewer technology that enables print publishers to bring digital versions of their magazines to life. read more...

Microsoft and Expedia launch web browser for Travel Enthusiasts

08-06-2010 - Microsoft and Expedia.co.uk launch the first dedicated and optimised web browser for travel enthusiasts. read more...

SEO spend up 60% as UK firms increase focus on search

08-06-2010 - UK companies have ramped up their investment in paid search and SEO this year as the economy has emerged tentatively from recession, according to research published today. read more...

Government lays adspend details bare in new transparency drive

08-06-2010 - Detailed information about public spending over the last two years was published on Friday as part of a new government drive for greater transparency. read more...

IPC runs contextual ads powered by Grapeshot

05-06-2010 - IPC Digital Sales, the online commercial sales unit of IPC Media, today announces the launch of a new contextual targeting opportunity for advertisers, powered by contextual specialist Grapeshot. read more...

Marin Software gets £11m funding to boost search management apps

05-06-2010 - Marin Software, a provider of the leading enterprise-class paid search management application, has raised an additional $11.2 million in Series D financing. read more...

Facebook advertisers ‘quadruple’ within a year

05-06-2010 - Facebook says its advertisers have more than quadrupled since the start of 2009 as marketers aim to get their products before a growing global audience. read more...

Fesitval goers contribute to user-generated book

05-06-2010 - A ‘user generated book’ of Festival Tweets, status updates and photos submitted by festival goers this summer is being produced by independent marketing agency, Independents United (IU). read more...

UK search ads continue to rise… but display ads fall 5%

05-06-2010 - Online display advertising spend in the UK declined by 5% in 2009, despite the overall online adspend rising 4.6 on the back of strong investment in search ads, according to new figures from IAB Europe. read more...

Chicago Town Pizza begins social media push with Amaze

05-06-2010 - Dr. Oetker UK has appointed leading integrated marketing and technology company, Amaze, as the digital partner for its Chicago Town Pizza brands. read more...

Channel 4 invests in site for NHS patients

05-06-2010 - 4iP, Channel 4’s digital investment fund, and Screen Yorkshire, the regional screen agency for Yorkshire and Humber, have launched a joint investment in a new UK healthcare website called Patient Opinion. read more...

Google ‘testing Twitter feeds on Adwords display ads’

05-06-2010 - Google is testing a new tool that integrates Twitter feeds into display ads on its popular AdWords system, according to a news report. read more...

MSN revamps UK homepage with links to Facebook and Twitter

04-06-2010 - Microsoft has revamped the homepage for MSN UK, which will start integrating Facebook and Twitters on its main page. read more...

Yahoo! avoids mistakes of Google Buzz- woos email users for social media push

04-06-2010 - Yahoo! is expanding its social networking features available to its 280m email users- but the online media giant is keen to avoid the mistakes made by rival Google’s Buzz earlier this year. read more...

Sonic buys digital video platform DivX for $323m

04-06-2010 - Sonic Solutions is has bought digital media company Divx for $323m (£222m), in a move that will expand the company’s internet video technology. read more...

Twitter helps Newcastle digital agency discover Russian talent

04-06-2010 - A Newcastle digital company has discovered talent on the other side of the world thanks to its use of Twitter. read more...

Nearly one fifth of fastest growing UK SMEs do not have websites

04-06-2010 - The websites of the UK’s fastest growing companies are losing sales due to poor digital strategies, according to new research from BT Business and Latitude. read more...

IASH elects new steering committee

04-06-2010 - Internet Advertising Sales Houses (IASH) – the council established to police the activities of ad networks in the UK - has voted in a newly elected Steering Committee to come into effect from 1st June 2010. read more...

Guest comment: Don’t bet your social enterprise (2.0) on Sharepoint

04-06-2010 - Microsoft’s latest version of its Sharepoint intranet collaboration platform is proving popular with many large enterprises- but is there a danger of relying too much on the tool? Graeme Foux, Knexus CEO, offers 4 reasons why companies should err on the read more...

ChildLine encourages students to beat exam stress with new viral clip

03-06-2010 - As thousands of children and young people across the UK use the half term for exam revision, a new viral video has been launched which its creators hope will help students to beat exam stress and give them a sense of perspective at this very stressful tim read more...

UKFast snubs £53 million bid for expansion plans

03-06-2010 - The owner of UKFast has rejected a £53 million bid for the company as the Manchester-based hosting provider renews its focus on growth. read more...

World Cup expected to give online sports betting a boost in June

03-06-2010 - Sports betting-related terms accounted for 18% of all online gaming-related searches made by UK consumers in March, according to new research. read more...

Volvo tops online customer experience survey for third year in a row

03-06-2010 - Volvo.com has remained at the top of its ‘Comparing the Car Sites’ league table for the third consecutive year, according to new research. read more...

Video Interview: Adidas CEO discusses battle for World Cup exposure

03-06-2010 - In an exclusive interview for MeetTheBoss.tv, Herbert Hainer, CEO at Adidas, speaks openly and honestly to MeetTheBoss.TV about his efforts to knock Nike off the top spot in 2010 by leveraging the firm’s $200 million World Cup sponsorship push to its fu read more...

Guest comment: World Cup tickets- Making your offers stand out from the crowd

03-06-2010 - As World Cup fever takes hold, how can brands stand out from the crowd of suspect offers and harness consumers’ passion for the beautiful game? Paul Bates, StrongMail’s UK MD, offers some advice to help email marketers gain trust and build customer re read more...

Hewlett-Packard to cut 9,000 jobs worldwide

03-06-2010 - Computer giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) says it plans to spend $1bn (£686m) and shed a further 9,000 jobs over three years as it creates fully-automated commercial data centres. read more...

Yahoo director elected as head of IAB display council

03-06-2010 - Rina Patel, Group Account Director at Yahoo!, has been elected as chair of the IAB’s Display Council for the next 12 months. read more...

Kellogs hires Web TV Enterprise for first video ad campaign

03-06-2010 - Web TV Enterprise is launching Kelloggs’ first online video advertising campaign across premium short-form video content to promote its Optivita brand. read more...

News round-up: 1st June 2010

02-06-2010 - This week's movers and shakers in the digital industry: Companies compete for million pound start up funds; Hunt for ‘next big idea’; Underwired; TMW; Space; Brightcove; Hi-Media; Civic; I Spy Marketing; Steak; Constant Contact; Social networking site read more...

The Independent debuts search ads with Adprecision technology

02-06-2010 - The Independent has appointed search advertising technology company Adprecision to set up vertical classified and product marketplaces on its site. read more...

Google bans staff from using Windows amid security worries- report

02-06-2010 - Google is reportedly phasing out the use of Microsoft's operating system amongst its staff due to security concerns. read more...

Hurt Locker pirates face £1,000 fines in web crackdown

02-06-2010 - Producers of The Hurt Locker are suing 5,000 people who allegedly downloaded copies of the Oscar-winning film from the internet in the latest attempt to fight digital piracy. read more...

Brits ‘missing out on broadband deals’

02-06-2010 - Many Britons could be paying for inferior broadband services because they have not switched providers in the past three years, according to new research. read more...

Apple sells 2 million iPads in just two months

02-06-2010 - Apple has sold more than two million iPads since its launch almost two months ago. read more...

Right to reply: More education needed for behavioural targeting

02-06-2010 - The Office of Fair Trading is calling for sites to clearly identify which are “personalised” advertisements based on their previous web browsing habits. But is this enough to build consumer trust? In this right to reply article, Malcolm Duckett, CEO a read more...

MTV Networks hires eModeration to keep user content in tune

02-06-2010 - The working relationship between MTV Networks and eModeration has been extended to include MTV International sites. read more...

The Rubicon Project buys security firm to tackle ‘malvertising’

02-06-2010 - Digital ad technology provider the Rubicon Project has acquired SiteScout, a software security firm, to help protect its clients from malware attacks. read more...

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