Facebook to open first Africa office to find ‘next billion’ users
Facebook is opening an office in an affluent suburb of Johannesburg next month, as the social network looks to reach more users on the continent.
Russia
Kaspersky becomes victim of malware that it discovered
Kaspersky has revealed that its own systems were recently compromised by hackers, meaning that the online security firm has become a victim of the very malware that it had discovered three years before.
3M turns banners into Post-It notes
3M has embarked on a novel new digital marketing campaign that transforms ‘annoying’ re-targetted banner ads into something more useful- a reminder note for yourself.
Can social media predict the Eurovision winner?
If this weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest was decided on social media, Saturday’s winner would be Albania, with a quarter of overall Eurovision mentions coming from the UK, according to new research.
Vice Magazine big winner at Webby Awards
Vice Magazine was the big winner at this years Webby Awards, often dubbed the Oscars of the internt, scooping 10 awards ahead of the BBC, BuzzFeed and the New York Times.
Burger King test free home delivery in the UK
Burger King is trialing a UK delivery service for the first time, although initially only in a limited number of postcodes.
Firefox ditches Google for Yahoo as default search engine
Mozilla has selected Yahoo as the new search provider on its Firefox browser, ending a decade-long relationship with Google.
Case study: Dove links pack promotions to mobiles to boost cross selling
Brandtone partnered with Unilever in 2013 to drive the rate of sales across the Dove portfolio in Russia. This case study looks at how the beauty brand used linked on pack promotion swith a mobile campaign to riving cross-selling opportunities across Russia- boosting repurchase sales by 21% in some cases.
Internet firms required to store data on Russia soil under new “anti-terror” law
Russia’s parliament has passed a new amendment that forces Internet firms such as Facebook, Google, Skype and Twitter to physically store all electronic data involving its citizens within the country.
Can the web really forget? Twitterbot catches Russia Wikipedia edits
The Russian government has reportedly been caught editing a Wikipedia page relating to crashed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and removing references to Russian involvement.