Google ‘barometer’ offers customer insights across 46 countries
Google has launched its latest Consumer Barometer planning tool, letting marketers monitor consumer media and shopping habits across 46 countries.
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Microsoft ditches Nokia brand in mobile shake up
Microsoft is phasing out the Nokia brand for its mobile products, instead calling its smartphones Microsoft Lumia.
US media consumption trends: Music tops the charts
In a fragmented media world where technology is reshaping consumer habits, music continues to be the soundtrack of our daily lives. According to Music 360 2014, Nielsen’s third annual in-depth study of the tastes, habits and preferences of U.S. music listeners, 93% of the country’s population listens to music, spending more than 25 hours each … [Read more…]
Average smartphone user checks device 221 times a day
Brits carry out a staggering 221 tasks every day using their mobile phone, according to new research.
EE expands into TV with set top box
UK 4G mobile operator EE is to launch a fixed-line TV service, competing with BT, Sky, YouView, Virgin Media and TalkTalk.
Microsoft reveals plans for Windows 10 (and skips number 9)
Microsoft has given its first glimpse of its Windows 10 software, hoping to replace its much-criticised current operating system.
Hip to be square? BlackBerry launches unorthodox passport-sized phone
Forget bent phones… how about square ones? Blackberry has launched its latest Passport device this week, as the phone maker looks to turn around its fortunes with an unconventional approach.
Apple’s ‘big’ gamble pays off: 10m iPhones sold in first weekend
Apple’s big-screen gamble with its latest iPhone devices appears to be paying off, with record weekend sales proving its fans aren’t put off by larger devices.
PayPal claims Apple Pay is ‘no safer than selfies’
Paypal has taken out full page print ads in major US titles to critisie Apple’s new mobile payment system, claiming it is no safer than selfies.
Rise of the iWatch? Wearable tech to make $53bn by 2019
Global retail revenue from smart wearable devices will treble by 2016, before reaching $53.2 billion by 2019, according to a new report from Juniper Research.