Microsoft’s ‘Spartan’ browser to offer alternative to Internet Explorer
Microsoft is planning on launching a new browser to co-incide with its Windows 10 operating system, due to go live later this year.
Month: January 2015
M&S online delivery fiasco hits Christmas sales
Marks and Spencer has revealed a sharp drop in clothing, gifts and homewear sales over Christmas, as it held back on discounting and suffered online delivery woes.
Top 5 social networks in US: Instagram growing fastest but Facebook still dominates
Instagram was the fastest growing major social network in the US last year, but Facebook retained its lead.
Tesco plans to sell marketing data firm dunnhumby for £2bn
Tesco is planning to sell off dunnhumby, the firm behind the supermarket’s ClubCard points scheme, with WPP reportedly lining up to buy marketing data services business.
Search wars: Google loses ground to Yahoo in US
Mozilla’s move to make Yahoo default search engine, among other things, have led to Google’s search dominance experiencing its biggest drop since 2009, according to new research.
What makes a video go viral? (video)
With the runaway success of ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ videos and ‘No Make Up Selfies’, the BBC recently looked at the key elements that help a brand go viral.
First Great Western tackles passenger delays with digital transformation
First Great Western is aiming improve customer information during delays with the launch of its industry-first online Passenger Information During Disruption (PIDD) initiative.
WhatsApp audience now bigger than Instagram and Twitter combined
Every day more than 30bn WhatsApp messages are now sent, with its monthly active user base now bigger than Instagram and Twitter combined.
Right to reply: Consumer trust key to wearable success
This year has seen an unprecedented number of wearable and connected devices revealed at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Pierre Naggar, MD Europe, Turn, looks at how marketers should be looking at harnessing the wearables sector, without creating privacy concerns amongst consumers.
10 key mobile trends for 2015: NFC takes off as wearables search for ’killer app’
MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, looks at the year ahead to predict the ten key mobile trends that will shape the global mobile landscape in 2015.