Sep 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
EBay has updated PayPal, making the online payments system available to more than a hundred big retailers for in-store transactions. PayPal users will be given a physical PayPal card that they can use to purchase products in stores. The card can be swiped on existing...
Sep 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Lack of innovation, not reading the smartphone market trends – the once-leading mobile handset manufacturer is looking like a dinosaur. Our verdict? If it wasn’t for the Blackberry Messenger tool and the loyalty of corporates, then they’d be facing extinction. Here’s...
Sep 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
The sales of goods through smartphones now account for more than a 10th of all purchases on eBay, according to new figures. The online marketplace said more people in this country were buying and selling goods via mobile than elsewhere in Europe. More than two million...
Sep 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Telecommunication brands are one of the most successful industries at engaging consumers through online spend, according to new research. The study, from ad server MediaMind, has found that when looking at ads, users are most likely to convert within the first three...
Sep 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Germany still leads the way in terms of number of web users in Europe, but the Netherlands and the UK spend most time online.
Sep 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google sites ranked as the top European web property in June 2011 with 338.6 million unique visitors (up 6 percent from a year ago), reaching 91.0 percent of the European Internet audience.
Sep 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
A total of 167.2 million unique visitors went to European newspaper properties in June 2011, up 11% from a year ago, with the UK’s Daily Mail Online and Guardian leading the way.
Sep 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Groupon has put its flotation plans back on track, but Facebook is delaying its IPO until the end of 2012, according to news reports. According to a report in the New York Times, the online coupon site is aiming to go public in late October or early November. A week...
Sep 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook is launching a ‘Subscribe’ button, letting users follow the public updates of others, regardless of whether they are Facebook friends. The tool is similar to Twitter, in that users can follow content others are posting without having to reciprocate. Users...
Sep 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
YouTube has added an editing tool, letting users make changes to their video clips after they have been uploaded. An “Edit Video” button allows changes such as adding effects, swapping soundtracks, or trimming clips right at YouTube. 16/09/2011...
Sep 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Online publisher Populis has bought mokono, Germany’s largest blog network for €8.2m (£7.2m). The deal comprises the total of mokono’s localised blog networks across 13 European countries and Canada adding 14 million unique monthly users across its 700,000 registered...
Sep 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Brits are the biggest users of mobile apps compared to their European counterparts, according to new research. The study, from comScore, looked at growth trends of the smartphone platforms across the five leading European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the...
Sep 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Almost half (45%) of consumers now prefer shopping for clothes and accessories online, while 64% consult a fashion retailer’s website before purchase, according to a new study. The latest ‘Multichannel Fashion Report’ from e-commerce providers GSI Commerce points to a...
Sep 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Twitter has launched a new web analytics tool, helping site owners keep track of Twitter-driven traffic, as the micro-blooging site looks to appeal to the enterprise segment. Separately, the company also announced plans to expand its Promoted Tweets platform. Firms...
Sep 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google has launched a regional campaign to provide free workshops and one-to-one digital consultations to businesses in Liverpool, as the search giant looks to tap into the local market. The pilot project, called the ‘Google Juice Bar’, runs over 3 months. It has been...
Sep 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook has launched a ‘smart lists’ tool that automatically sorts friends into categories and prioritise news from favoured members. Launching this week, Smart Lists offers similar features to Google+ and its “circles” that mirror real-world social...
Sep 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
HTC is the most popular Android handset make across the leading five countires in Europe, followed by Samsung, according to new research. The study, from comScore, looked at growth trends of the smartphone platforms across the five leading European markets (France,...
Sep 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Computing giant Intel has set up a development partnership with Google to help improve how the Android operating system runs on its processors. Android phones featuring Intel chips should be available in the first half of 2012, Intel executives said on Tuesday at its...
Sep 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google sites accounted for 64.5 percent of total core searches conducted (up 1.2 percentage points), followed by Yahoo1 sites with 17.5 percent and Microsoft sites with 14.1 percent (Up 1.0 percentage points).
Sep 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Americans conducted more than 18.7 billion total core search queries in June (down 3 percent). Google sites ranked first with 12.1 billion searches, followed by yahoo1 sites with 3.3 billion and Microsoft sites with 2.6 billion (up 5 percent).
