Jun 19, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Regulation
Dominos Pizza has become the latest victim of a hack attack for their French and Belgian sites, with the perpetrators demanding a ransom of €30,000 or they will expose their customers address (and their favourite toppings). The group, who call themselves Rex Mundi,...
Jun 18, 2014 | Content marketing, E-commerce and E-retailing, Online video, Regulation
YouTube has attracted controversy with its new music subscription service, that will see artists on independent labels blocked form the site over a payment dispute. The move could mean music videos by high-profile artists such as Adele and Arctic Monkeys could be...
Jun 18, 2014 | Email marketing, Regulation, Search engine marketing, Social media, UK
The UK Government can legally spy on UK citizens’ YouTube, Faceboook and Twitter activity and even Google searches, according to a new statement. Writing in response to criticism from pressure groups, Charles Farr, director general of the Office for Security and...
Jun 13, 2014 | Regulation
This week the news was abuzz with a new super computer that could pass the famous Turing Test and convince people that it was a human during a text conversation. But a new interview with John Humphrys left the BBC Radio 4 presenter rather unimpressed by the automaton....
Jun 12, 2014 | Mobile, Regulation, UK
Thousands of black cab drivers brought disruption to central London in protest at the regulation of rival cab services such as Uber. Uber has been the focus of anger from taxi drivers across European countries, including Spain and France. On Wednesday Uber announced...
Jun 10, 2014 | Regulation, Social media, Twitter marketing
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has launched a Facebook and Twitter account, revealing a sense of humour that has caused social media buzz… but not everyone has seen the funny side. “We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet,”...
Jun 3, 2014 | Regulation, Search engine marketing
Google received 12,000 takedown forms on the day it published its response to the European Court of Justice “right to be forgotten” ruling according to reports. Reuters reports that the company received 12,000 requests in the first 24 hours the form was...
Jun 3, 2014 | Regulation, Search engine marketing
Google is investing a further $1bn into its ‘Project Loon’ wi-fi project with a fleet of satellites supporting its existing balloons, according to a news report. The Wall Street Journal reports that the new venture will launch “180 small, high-capacity...
May 30, 2014 | Regulation, Search engine marketing
Google has launched a service that lets European users to ask for personal information to be deleted from the search engine. The move comes after a European Union court ruling gave people the ‘right to be forgotten’. It said outdated and...
May 29, 2014 | China, Content marketing, E-commerce and E-retailing, Email marketing, Facebook marketing, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video, Regulation, Search engine marketing, Social media, Twitter marketing, USA, Viral and buyrals, WhatsApp
While 34% of the data we’re creating is useful, only 1% of it is now being analysed in some form, according to the latest research from renowned Morgan Stanley internet analyst Mary Meeker. View the full slide presentation below: KPCB Internet trends 2014 from Kleiner...
May 28, 2014 | Online advertising, Regulation
Online ads for Mercedes were seen more often by fraudster robots than humans, according to a new report. The Financial Times reports that the Mercedes-Benz ads were accidentally placed on to fraudulent websites by Rocket Fuel, a Nasdaq-listed ad technology company...
May 23, 2014 | Online advertising, Regulation, UK
Nearly four in five (78%) of UK advertisers have no insight into how many of their ad impressions could be fraudulent, despite admitting that traffic generated by bots is costing them money. In the study carried out by Project Sunblock, senior marketing decision...
May 22, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Regulation
Ebay has asked its users to alter their passwords following a cyberattack that compromised the online marketplace’s database. The database, which was compromised between late February and early March, included eBay customers’ names, encrypted password, email...
May 16, 2014 | Regulation, USA
Regulators have given the go ahead for new rules would let content firms charge more for faster delivery of traffic to their users, in move that critics say could end ‘net neutrality’. For four months now, the public can weigh in on the rules proposed by the over the...
May 16, 2014 | Regulation, Search engine marketing
Following the controversial ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling in Europe this week, Google has received new takedown requests, according to a news report. The BBC reports that the search giant has received requests from an ex-politician seeking re-election has asked to...
May 14, 2014 | Online advertising, Regulation
The European Court of Justice this week ruled in favour of the ‘right to be forgotten’ online. In a case against Google Spain, the court found that the search engine must grant access to and delete “inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant, or...
May 13, 2014 | Regulation, Search engine marketing
A European court has ruled that Google must change some search results at the request of ordinary people when they show links to outdated, irrelevant information, in an important test of the so-called “right to be forgotten” on the web. Under the new...
May 12, 2014 | Content marketing, Regulation, UK
In a blow to the film and music industry, a new deal between UK ISPs will see frequent illegal downloaders sent strongly worded letters with no chance of fines or further legal action. BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media will send “educational” letters to...
May 9, 2014 | France, Regulation
Hackers have stolen the personal data of 1.3 million customers from the French branch of mobile network operator and internet service provider Orange. The hackers have access to names, email addresses and phone numbers. Orange France has been aware of the hack since...
May 8, 2014 | Content marketing, CPG, Email marketing, Facebook marketing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video, Regulation, Search engine marketing, Social media, Twitter marketing, Viral and buyrals
In the month when US online ad revenues overtook broadcast TV for the first time, the days of TV’s ad dominance look numbered. While the medium still lags behind total TV ad revenue ($42bn Vs $66bn) it’s clear that neglecting digital marketing is no longer an option...
