Shopping from mobile device ‘overtakes PCs’
Nearly a third of UK consumers (30%) choose mobile as their number one digital shopping tool, compared with 28% choosing PCs, according to a new survey.
Entertainment
Hackers bring down Playstation Network: 70 million gamers affected
Sony has confirmed that hackers are to blame for its PlayStation Network being taken offline over the Easter weekend, an attack that could have put the details of 73 million gamers worldwide at risk.
YouTube to offer mainstream film rentals?
YouTube is reportedly set to launch launch a movie-on-demand service charging users to stream mainstream Hollywood movies.
Tesco buys movie streaming service Blinkbox
Tesco has taken majority control of online movie-streaming service Blinkbox, as the supermarket giant looks to take on the likes of Lovefilm and iTunes in the online film market.
UK online retail report: Mobile and Web driving changes to high street
Online retail is growing six times faster than high street sales and is predicted to exceed £37 billion by 2014, according to new research.
The Webbys: 52 UK nominees for ‘Internet Oscars’
The UK boasts 52 nominees for the 15th Annual Webby Awards, a show often dubbed the ‘Oscars for the Internet’, organisers has announced this week.
Bankrupt Blockbuster sells for just $320m to Dish Network
Blockbuster has been sold at auction to satellite TV chain Dish Network for just $320m, after the once dominant video chain was pushed into bankruptcy by online competition from the likes of Netflix and LoveFilm.
Another newspaper bankruptcy; many more to come
Last week, the UK’s struggling Sport Media Group finally went into administration. The Daily Sport and Sunday Sport newspapers were never top on the sales figures from British the newsstands, but their slow death is a reminder that the challenges to the business models of media groups are far from over. Here’s why…
Lastminute campaign positions brand as ‘more than an online travel retailer’
Lastminute.com is launching a new, pan-European marketing campaign to position the brand as the ultimate online leisure, entertainment and travel retailer.
1 in 4 ads are now on the Internet- IAB
A quarter of all advertising spent is now on the Internet, growing 12.8% in 2010 to reach a new milestone of £4,097m, according to the bi-annual advertising spend study from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PwC.