Orange takes on YouTube? Telco buys 49% stake in Dailymotion
French telecommunications provider Orange is in talks with video hosting site Dailymotion to buy a 49% interest for EU58.8m (£50.8m).
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6 in 10 banking searches are for loans and mortgages
61% of the 2 million UK consumer searches conducted online for retail banking-related services in October 2010 were for loans and mortgages, according to the latest quarterly research from search marketing firm Greenlight.
TradeDoubler debuts first ‘affiliate app community’ with Tesco
Performance marketing company TradeDoubler has launched its Affiliate Revenue Share Community (ARC), with Tesco the first firm to sign up to the scheme.
Amazon UK gets product search tool for Twitter
A new service called @sggst (pronounced ‘suggest’) that enables Twitter users to find products on Amazon has launched its beta service in the UK.
Black Eyed Peas create augmented reality music video with ‘Will.i.apps’
Music act The Black Eyed Peas have launched BEP360, an iPad, iPhone and iPod touch app that features ‘the world`s first 360-degree view music video’.
Adidas ‘virtual wall’ lets shoppers order online…while in-store
Sports brand Adidas has launched the ‘adiVERSE Virtual Footwear Wall’, letting in-store shoppers browse and order trainers online.
Retailers ‘more than double their following on social media sites’
The majority retailers are more than doubling their following on various social media platforms over the past six months, according to a new study.
BBC to cut 360 online jobs as web budget slashed by 25%
The BBC is to cut about 200 websites in a cost-cutting drive, resulting in the loss of up to 360 jobs at the broadcaster over the next two years.
Report: Top online retailers ‘closing the door on the Disabled Pound’
The UK’s top online retailers face losing huge revenue by not effectively supporting the 11 million disabled people in the UK.
I can haz $30m? Lolcats blog network gets funding boost
The Cheezburger Network, owner of popular blogs such as ICanHasCheezburger, FAILBlog and PunditKitchen, has raised $30 million in venture capital.