In India 1 in 4 online minutes spent on social media
Google Sites, Facebook and Yahoo! Sites lead as top sestinations in India, while social media is booming, according to new research.
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July online retail sales get highest growth of the year
Online sales jumped 17% year-on-year during July, representing the highest growth this year, according to new data.
Desperate Dan goes digital: UK’s oldest comic ‘The Dandy’ goes online only
The Dandy, the UK’s oldest children’s comic, will cease weekly print publication and go online only after its 75th anniversary edition in December, publisher DC Thomson has confirmed.
Google cracks down piracy search results- paving way for Google Music roll out?
Google is revamping its search algorithms in an attempt to ensure legal download websites appear higher in search results than illegal pirate sites.
Google+ Ghost Town? Twitter tops sharing league as Google lags behind (infographic)
Google claims 170m Google+ users but other reports have said it is a ghost town, so what is the truth? New findings appear to confirm the latter – despite its large number of accounts the platform is bottom of the list of social network users’ favoured channels.
Online video tips for content – Longform videos boost web marketing effectiveness
Video is a key tool for boosting brand equity and the latest online video tips for content prove the impact that longform video content has on web marketing effectiveness. The key takeout from new research? Don’t stop you’re online video at 30 seconds. Here’s why…
RollUp Media partners with blog network Handpicked Media
RollUp Media is adding to its network of independent publishers by partnering with Handpicked Media, a premium collective of UK sites and bloggers.
TV on the web and YouTube – New marketing approaches
YouTube makes its play in Europe to become a mainstream TV channel provider. The UK has been selected for piloting a series of special YouTube channels, with the country’s leading TV production houses commissioned to create the programming. News provider ITN, and entertainment creators Maverick Television and Hat Trick Productions are a few of those … [Read more…]
Nokia debuts reality game on mobile
Nokia has partnered RockeTalk, India’s largest Mobile Social Networking Application, and Maxus India to launch Nokia Mobile Antakshari, a unique audio game show. The reality game show lets people sing and answer musical questions from all over India. Mobile users are playing for daily prizes, for a chance to be one of the elite shortlisted … [Read more…]
BSkyB profits up 17% to £1.19bn
BSkyB has reported pre-tax profits of £1.19bn – a record 17% increase on the previous year. Revenues were up 3% (to £6.8bn) as the company grew its total subscriber base to 10.6m households during the 12 months to the end of June. This included 57,000 net new households added during Q4.