BBC iPlayer for iPad debuts in Europe for €6.99 a month
BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial arm, is launching a global BBC iPlayer app in Europe, with a global roll out planned later in the year.
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Ebay tops shopping results searches for Google UK
Ebay.co.uk is the online retail site most likely to feature in shopping results displayed within Google’s UK search engine listings according to a study by search analytics software firm Searchmetrics.
Right to reply: Ecommerce spelling mistakes cost more than just pride
In a recent article on the BBC news website, online entrepreneur Charles Duncombe claimed that spelling mistakes are costing UK etailers millions of pounds a year in lost revenues. Credibility is everything when it comes to converting visitors to customers in your online shop, and bad spelling does little to convince the public that you … [Read more…]
Top tips: 10 secrets to online magazine success
Regional online magazine SoGlos.com marks its four year anniversary this week. To mark the oocasion, the magazine reveals 10 secrets to its success…
China: Number of websites ‘halves in 1 year’
The number of websites in China almost halved last year, as increasing online censorship laws take their toll, according to new research.
Sony rejects YouView deal for Bravia TVs
The YouView internet TV project has hit another hurdle after Sony revealed they will not have the service on their Bravia range of connected TV sets.
News of the World closure: Has Murdoch bought TheSunOnSunday.co.uk domain?
Shock news that the News of the World is to close on Sunday after the phone hacking scandal has sparked rumours of a swift online and print replacement, as a mystery buyer snaps up the domain name for ‘TheSunOnSunday.co.uk’.
Right to reply: Lord Sugar is wrong- Some of the UK’s most successful business brains are engineers
In the latest series of the BBC TV show ‘The Apprentice’, Alan Sugar sparked controversy for firing a contestant on the basis that he’s ‘never come across an engineer that can turn his hand to business’. Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO of video search engine Blinkx argues why engineers such as James Dyson, Mark Zuckerberg … [Read more…]
Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell and Ricky Gervais blog for Huffington Post UK launch
News blog The Huffington Post has launched a UK version of its site this week, with high profile contributors including Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell, Ricky Gervais and Sarah Brown.
Top 10 video streaming brands: UK
YouTube is ranked as the top online video content property in the Uk for April 2011, with more than double the number of viewers for the second highest site, BBC (sites ranked by millions of viewers).