Top 13 countries for mobile news access: UK tops list
Brits are the biggest consumers of newspaper content vie their mobiles, according to new data.
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Chinese search giant Baidu mulls overseas expansion
Baidu is planning an expansion into more overseas markets, as the Chinese search engine looks to capitalize on its booming domestic business.
Toyota ties with Salesforce.com for branded social network
Toyota has partnered with Salesforce.com to build Toyota Friend, a private social network for Toyota customers and their cars.
Bin Laden death sparks record Twitter surge
The death of Osama bin Laden broke Twitter records, with “the highest sustained rate of tweets ever”, according to the micro-blogging service.
Mobiles ‘to replace metro and bus tickets’
Half a billion people worldwide will use their mobile devices as travel tickets on metros, subways and buses by 2015, according to new forecasts from Juniper Research.
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.
Google invests in German solar power plant
Google has made a multi-million-euro investment in a solar power plant outside Berlin in what the US Internet giant said was its first clean energy project investment in Europe.
China search giant Baidu shuts ecommerce site Youa… but builds a new one?
Chinese search engine Baidu is shutting down Youa, its e-commerce subsidiary, giving existing merchants have one month to migrate to either Rakuten China or Yaodian 100.
Mobiles to become tickets? 1 in 8 to use mobile ticketing by 2015
One in every eight mobile users worldwide will either have a ticket delivered to their mobile phone or buy a ticket with their phone by 2015 which equates to over 750 million users, according to the latest analysis from Juniper Research. This compares with approximately 1 in 20 now which equates to 230 million. Ticket … [Read more…]
Top tips: Avoiding Twittertasthrophies- 5 rules for maintaining a corporate Twitter account
Social media gaffes are all too common these days, but can be extra harmful once a brand is concerned. Tynicka Battle at ThinkTank Digital (Lady Gaga’s former digital agency of record) offers 5 tips to keep Twitter working for you, rather than against you.