Why email still matters (infographic)
As social media grows in popularity, it’s easy to neglect its earliest incarnation: email. This infographic from Scoop.it shows how email marketing campaigns have benefitted from new technology and have also found a niche among media outlets and small business owners....Microsoft Xbox One revealed with online entertainment focus
Microsoft has unveiled its next generation console Xbox One, designed to become “the ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system” that competes with only with its traditional rival, Sony’s PlayStation, but with the likes of Sky and Virgin Media, in the TV arena....Flickr users get massive 1TB of free (ad-funded) storage
Yahoo has revamped its Flickr photo-sharing service, giving users up to 1TB of free, ad funded, storage for their own videos and photos. The news follows Yahoo’s purchase of popular blogging network Tumblr, which could become closely integrated with Flickr in the...“We promise not to screw it up”: Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1bn
Yahoo has bought blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1bn (£725m) in cash, with CEO marisa Mayer pledging “not to screw it up” in a blog post. Watch Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales speak to the BBC about what the deal could mean for Tumblr: The deal is likely to see Yahoo...Top 10 most visible news sites on Google UK: BBC and Guardian ahead of Daily Mail
Stories from the BBC website are most likely to be displayed in news results in Google.co.uk search results, ahead of The Guardian and the Daily Mail, according to new research from search and social analytics leader, Searchmetrics. News results are links to the...Android vs Apple: Which gets the most downloads and revenue?
There are now 900 million Android devices in the world, compared to around 500 million iOS devices, but which is generating the most engagement (and cash)? New data indicates that Apple still leads the way, but Android is catching fast in terms of downloads and...Google unites 15GB of free storage on Gmail, Drive and Google+
Google has unified its cloud storage services to give its users more flexibility on ways to store their data across Drive, Gmail and Google+, as the internet giant ramps up its rivalry with Dropbox. Under the move, all three services will be joined together and will...Google lets users send money via Gmail
Google has introduced a new dollar-sign icon for Gmail attachments, letting users transfer money via its Google Wallet service. By clicking the icon users can transfer money via Google Wallet. Credit and debit cards can be used for a fee of 2.9% per transaction....UK digital publishing ad revenues rise 16%- video fuels growth
UK digital publisher advertising revenues were up 16.2% in Q1 2013, versus the same period of the previous year, according to new research. The study, from The Association of Online Publishers (AOP) and Deloitte, also recorded publisher sentiment for the coming twelve...The Sun ‘£2 a week’ paywall coming in August?
The Sun is to become the latest national newspaper to charge for online content, with plans to charge readers £2 a week to read content online with access to Premier League football highlights, according to a news report. According to the Media Guardian, the charge...Google takes on Spotify with $10 music streaming service
Google has launched a streaming music subscription service, taking on the likes of Spotify and Pandora. Announced at the firm’s I/O developers conference in San Francisco, ‘Google Play Music All Access’ lets users listen to millions of tracks in addition to the...Yahoo mulling Hulu bid?
Yahoo is considering another bid for video streaming service Hulu, after negotiations with rival Dailymotion failed, according to reports. Bloomberg cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer recently met with members of Hulu’s...BitTorrent ‘Bundle’ offers legal downloads for customer contacts
BitTorrent is launching a new online media format letting content creators offer downloads in exchange for ‘additional steps’ such as providing an email or a cash donation, as the firm looks to distance itself from piracy and provide an alternative distribution model...YouTube takes on Amazon and Netflix with paid TV channels
YouTube is testing paid channels on its website, charging user from $0.99 a month to watch select content such as full Sesame Street episodes or the National Geographic Kids channel. Under the new scheme, 53 subscription channels will charge viewers $0.99 (£0.64) to...BT takes on Sky with Sports channel
BT has secured rights to 38 live Premier League matches, British rugby union and the women’s tennis tour, with plans to offer its new sports channels “as good as free” to existing customers. The broadcaster is expected finally to unveil details of...YouTube ‘to charge from $1.99’ for subscription channels
Google will charge from $1.99 per month (£1.28) for each YouTube channel on its new premium selection, according to a new report. The Financial Times reports that the subscription fees will apply to 50 as yet unnamed channels, citing sources close to Google. The fees...Digital Marketing in Russia: Yandex, VK and Mail.RU lead the way (Infographic)
Russia is the sixth largest country in the world in terms of internet users, overtaking the UK, Indonesia and Germany in recent years. Despite this, there remains huge scope for growth. This infographic looks at the key digital players in the country, across social,...AccuWeather debuts 30-day forecasts
Weather app AccuWeather has extended its forecasts to 30-days, helping people plan events up to a month ahead of time.
