LinkedIn reaches 100m users in Asia
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has passed the 100 million user-mark in the Asia Pacific region, driven mainly by India, according to new data.
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Yahoo sells to Verizon in $5billion deal
Verizon have announced the purchase of Yahoo ending speculation on the future of Yahoo. Verizon will $4.8 billion for the business. An announcement was made before NY stock exchange opened earlier today. Once one of the most dominant dotcom businesses, like AOL it never really recovered from the dot-com crash, and has struggled to find … [Read more…]
APAC to overtake North America as world’s biggest digital ad market
2016 will see Asia-Pacific overtake North America as the world’s biggest market for digital advertising spend for the first time, according to the latest Advertising Forecast from research and consulting firm, Strategy Analytics.
From Star Wars to mangoes: The biggest domain disputes of the year
Domain registry Nominet has released its annual domain disputes report, looking at ways that big brands have worked to protect their reputation online through challenging domain squatters over the past year.
China clamps down on undisclosed search ads
The Chinese government is to enforce stricter controls on the way search engines display ads in the country, in a bid to better distinguish between natural and paid-for content.
The Digital Single Market: Why marketers’ referendum vote hinges on awareness
Josie Scotchmer, UK Marketing Manager, Mailjet explores why low awareness of the Digital Single Market could drive some marketers to back a Brexit and question whether the UK can be a world leader in digital.
Guest comment: What has the EU ever done for ecommerce?
The Digital Single Market aims to make cross-border ecommerce easier, from shipping and VAT to consumer rights and watching iPlayer abroad. Philip Rooke, CEO of Spreadshirt, looks at how Brexit could limit the benefits from this upcoming EU initiative.
Global gaming trends: 10% of leisure time now spent gaming
Gaming has firmly moved out of the basement and into the living room and beyond, taking up 10% of global user’s leisure times, according to new research.
Global sites 7% slower than last year as social plugins hamper speed
The growing trend for sites to use third party widgets and content heavy pages is leading to slower load times for websites around the world, according to new research.
Mary Meeker’s Internet trends: Get ready for a hands-free future
Internet users are talking to their phones much more, meaning that brands need to prepare for a hands-free future in digital, according to the annual report from digital guru Mary Meeker.