Best Buy to launch transactional UK site soon
US electricals giant Best Buy will launch an online shop in the UK within the next fortnight, rivaling the likes of Currys, Comet and Argos in the electricals market.
Uncategorized
Rubicon Project buys Fox Audience Network, gets $18m funding boost
Ad technology firm the Rubicon Project has acquired Fox Audience Network (FAN), an advertising technology platforms, to expand its team and continue driving rapid revenue growth.
Research round-up: 2nd November 2010
This week’s top digital trends: Emails going missing | Xmas e-tail spend | Recession-proof jobs | PC rage | Online divorces | Customer service | Tablet sales | National Debt | US mobile data revenues
Times paywall: Online reader figures revealed
News Corporation has revealed that 105,000 readers have paid to read The Times and Sunday Times online and via mobiles, since both broadsheet papers’ websites went behind a paywall four months ago.
Twitter tests ads in Tweet stream
Twitter has announced plans to include Promoted Tweets into the stream of user updates, and has begun testing user reaction to the service on the micro-blog’s partner site HootSuite.
Right to reply: Limewire’s demise a victory for music streaming
Following the closure of file-sharing site Limewire, what does this mean for the music industry? Steve Purdham we7’s CEO, argues that now is a prime time to educate consumers and stamp out piracy.
Samsung debuts first-ever YouTube mobile ad to promote Galaxy Tab
Samsung Electronics has become the first UK advertiser to run display advertising on YouTube’s mobile site to promote its iPad rival, the Galaxy Tab.
Top 10 sites in Spain: Search and social dominate list
More than 90% percent of the Spanish internet population use the web for search and social networking, according to new data.
Facebook buys content-sharing site Drop.io
Facebook has bought most of Drop.io, an online content-sharing service, for an undisclosed sum.
Guest comment: Tablet technology – what now?
Despite its detractors, Apple’s iPad has lead the way in creating demand for tablet devices. Melita Shelley, head of user experience, Pod1, takes a look at what the future holds for what Steve Jobs calls ‘third category’ devices…