Jul 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ad giant Publicis has bought Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), the agency behind iconic camapigns such as “Vorsprung durch Technik” for Audi and “The Axe Effect” for Lynx/ Axe. Publicis will aquire the 51% stake in BBH that it does not already own,...
Jul 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
More than half of the smartphone audience who scanned a QR code did so from printed magazines and newspapers (50.9%). The second most popular source for QR codes was product packaging (38%).
Jul 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
YouView is set to launch in the UK at the end of this month, with the much-delayed web TV service seen by many as a possible successor to the Freeview platform. The service was unvieled by Lord Sugar, who announced that YouView would go on sale at the end of this...
Jul 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ad-funded broadband service Samba has launched in the UK this week, offering Brits free broadband in exchange for ads, provided they sign up for a £5 sim or £25 dongle. Based on a value exchange model, users are required watch a few video advertisements to earn free...
Jul 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Recently unemployed men in the UK are spending up to 15 hours-a-day accessing the Internet to help cope with losing face-to-face contact with friends and work colleagues, according to new research. ‘The Economy and Techno Addiction’ study charts the...
Jul 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
This chart represents the popularity of phone manufacturers among 234 million US mobile phone subscribers. Samsung was the most popular manufacturer at the end of May 2012 with a 25.7% market share. Apple increased its market share between February and May 2012 by...
Jul 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Nearly 110 million people owned a smartphone in the US at the end of May 2012. Google Android is the most popular platform for smartphone owners with 50.(% share of users. 5 years after the first iPhone release, Apple now holds a 31.9% share of the smartphone...
Jul 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Samsung still leads the way in the US smartphone market, but Apple is the fastest grower, accounting for nearly 1 in every 3 devices, according to new research. comScore has released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile...
Jul 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Mothers are the most active social media users in the US, with nearly three in five web-connected mums (58.6%) visiting social media properties at least a few times per day, according to new research. By contrast, 42.7% of online women who are not mums and 34.0% of...
Jul 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Adobe will discontinue development of Flash for Android 4.1 this summer, starting August 15th, as the firm looks to focus on the new HTML5 technology for video, app and rich media displays in the future. Adobe confirmed in a Friday blog post that “there will be...
Jul 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Apple customers are highly loyal, with just one in 5 (21%) of iOS device owners saying they wouldn’t switch platforms, even if offered huge discounts, according to a new study. The study, from Goldman Sachs, highlights the loyalty of iPad and iPhone users, who are so...
Jul 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Over 45% of European smartphone owners access a social network or blog via their device. The highest penetration of users occur min the UK with 61%.
Jul 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
LinkedIn will no longer display tweets after Twitter ended a three year partnership with the business social networking service. Twitter says it wants to have its services delivered more consistently, and have developers build into Twitter, rather than let them create...
Jul 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Microsoft has warned that it will post a huge $6.2bn write-down in its fourth quarter, mostly related to the disappointing performance of online advertising business aQuantive it bought five years ago. The writedown signals that its online division will perform worse...
Jul 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo has run a Pinterest campaign aimed at catching user’s interest on popular channels of the social media pinboard. The “Uniqlo Dry Mesh Project,” was a simultaneous pinning event that created the effect of animated images on...
Jul 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
Google has launched an iOS compatible version of Chrome, making its increasingly popular browser available to iPad and iPhone users for the first time. At its I/O conference for developers, Google announced that its Chrome browser will be available in iTunes App...
Jul 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
eBay has launched a dedicated eBay Motors iPhone app, letting users buying cars, parts and accessories via the online marketplace on the move. The app features a Vehicle Finder tool that lets car buyers take a photo of a car, and then search eBay Motors listings to...
Jul 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
BBC Sport has launched a Facebook application offering audiences live streams of major sports events, including Wimbledon and up to 24 streams of Olympics coverage. The move marks the first time the BBC has live streamed events on Facebook. Viewers can watch events...
Jun 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Google has launched its first own-brand tablet computer, taking on Apple, Amazon and Microsoft in an increasingly crowded and fast-growing market. The company has partnered with Taiwanese manufacturer Asus to launch the Nexus 7, a 7in tablet computer built around...
Jun 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is delaying the launch of its new phone operating system Blackberry 10 and is to cut 5,000 jobs. The move comes as the Canadian smartphone pioneer struggles to keep up with Apple, Samsung and HTC in the increasingly...
