Google to buy visual search firm Like.com for over $100m?
Google is reportedly set to buy Like.com, a visual search and e-commerce firm, for more than $100m.
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Right to reply: Banking hackers highlight need for extra work security
Following the recent news stories that Hackers have stolen more than £600,000 from UK bank accounts since July this year, using a variant of the Zeus banking Trojan, Martino Corbelli, Marketing Director at Star, explains the need for SMEs to adapt to the new security risks emerging every day.
Online video: TV still king in US, Asians rely on mobile video
People in China watch half as much television each day as Americans, but they are more likely to catch video on computer or mobile phones, according to new research.
Bid management technology market ‘will grow by 14% in 2010’
The pay-per-click bid management technology market will grow by 14% in 2010 as search marketing continues to become more competitive and more complex, according to a report published by Econsultancy.
Bid management technology market 'will grow by 14% in 2010'
The pay-per-click bid management technology market will grow by 14% in 2010 as search marketing continues to become more competitive and more complex, according to a report published by Econsultancy.
Bid management technology market ‘will grow by 14% in 2010’
The pay-per-click bid management technology market will grow by 14% in 2010 as search marketing continues to become more competitive and more complex, according to a report published by Econsultancy.
Google Wave to close down following lack of demand
Google Inc. will end development of its Wave service, which lets users share images and documents, because customers were slow to adopt the technology.
French retail figures tripled in year
Two percent of visitors to retail sites – 700,000 people – made online purchases in 1999, and numbers of visitors to e-commerce sites have doubled in the past six months alone. The trends are attributed to the increase in new sites and improved promotion. Average promotion budgets for French retail sites have doubled from less … [Read more…]
HP and VeriFone provide services to Open interactive TV
announced recently that they have provided secure network technology for Open’s interactive TV service. The contract is worth 4 m. VeriFone’s payment processing engine, used by Open, enables authorisation and settlement of payments using credit and debit cards- allowing interactive online purchasing of goods. The core processing behind the service is the VeriFone Omni-Host application … [Read more…]
Group to speed in-home networks
announced plans to develop standards to facilitate high-speed in-home networks using existing phone lines. The new group, which calls itself the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance, differs from other home-focused networking efforts in that it intends to create products to connect devices already within a home, rather than finding ways to bring high-speed lines from outside. … [Read more…]