Top 100 global brands: Apple overtakes Google
Apple has overtaken Google as the ‘world’s most valuable brand’, bringing an end to four years of dominance by the search giant, according to new research.
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Global web ad poll: Emerging markets ‘more open to online ads than mature markets’
Consumers in mature markets (including the UK) are less receptive to online advertising than those in emerging markets, while all users prefer integrated ad formats, according to a new global study.
Research round-up: 12th April 2011
This month’s top trends in digital: Mobile entertainmet | Hobbies Vs. Work time | DIY Boom | Real Time bidding | Customers’ ‘social value’ | Customer complaint response | Product info boosts sales | Small biz drive economy | Music powered social games | IT social media use | Online confidence | UK freelance demand … [Read more…]
Marin Software gets $16m funding boost after client wins
Marin Software has secured an additional $16 million (£9.8m) in Series E financing, as the online ad management platform wins a raft of new clients.
Facebook hires Google exec to boost Latin America growth
Facebook has lured away another Google executive as it continues its march into major international markets.
Rival to ASOS? Privalia buys German online clothing retailer Dress for Less
Privalia has bought Dress for Less, one of Germany’s leading online clothing and apparel retailer, as the firm expands across Europe.
Google’s Schmidt banks on Brazil for social media success
Google chief executive, Eric Schmidt, has described how South America is the search company’s fastest growing region.
Search wars: Bing overtakes Yahoo! globally for first time
The Bing search engine overtook Yahoo! for the first time worldwide in January and increased its lead in February according to web analytics company, StatCounter.
Mobile games ‘Oscars’ –winners announced
The highly anticipated results of the 7th Annual International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) were announced last week to a packed audience at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Warner Bros. launches ‘app editions’ of Inception and The Dark Knight
Warner Bros. Digital Distribution has launched the “App Editions” of feature films “Inception” and “The Dark Knight,” giving consumers a new way to own special edition movies with the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.