Facebook’s frantic quest to monetize everything it possibly can before the IPO is leading to some interesting and some downright surprising product announcements. The latest is a ‘Pay To Promote Post’ scheme that they introduced last week.
Archive for 2012
Google Starts Financial Comparison Services
Friday, 4th May 2012The Google Search Engine is all set to offer a new price comparison facility. (more…)
Tags: google, price comparison
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PC Used Less As Internet Is Used More
Wednesday, 2nd May 2012While the Internet continues to grow in usage, the number of desktop computers in use is not growing at the same rate.
Tags: desktop, internet, mobile
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Google v Microsoft – Battle Over Cloud Storage
Monday, 30th April 2012Cloud storage is the latest “big thing” on the Internet, especially now that both internet giants, Google and Microsoft are battling with each other to get the largest share of this emerging market. (more…)
Tags: cloud, drive, gdrive, google, google drive, microsoft, sky drive
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Will Microsoft Sell Bing To Facebook?
Friday, 27th April 2012Speculation is rife about the possibility that Microsoft could sell their search engine, Bing, to Facebook.
Tags: bing, facebook, mergers and acquisitions, microsoft
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Google Ads Include ‘Trusted Stores’ Badge
Wednesday, 25th April 2012Google launched the ‘Trusted Stores’ programme about six months ago to help shoppers identify trusted online retailers. They are now testing this service as a means of indicating quality on search results by including the ‘Trusted Stores’ badge on paid search ads.
Tags: google, ppc, search engine marketing, trusted stores
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Mobile Shopping More Popular In The U.K. Than U.S.A
Friday, 20th April 2012A study of the shopping habits of users has found that consumers in the U.K. are more likely to spend money on mobile shopping than those in the U.S.A. (more…)
Tags: mobile search marketing, u.k., u.s.
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Apple Sued For In-App Game Charges
Wednesday, 18th April 2012
Apple has several games in their app store that can be downloaded for free, but have add-ons that have to be paid for. This is causing a major problem for a number of parents, who have now decided to sue Apple in this regard. (more…)
Tags: apple, apps, games
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ACTA Likely To Be Rejected By European Union
Tuesday, 17th April 2012If the anti-counterfeiting and copyright-bolstering treaty ACTA is passed by the European Union it could have major negative effects on the Internet. However, it now seems unlikely that the European Union will pass this treaty. (more…)
Tags: acta, copyright, european-union, Eurpean Commission, internet, piracy
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Google+ Redesigned
Friday, 13th April 2012Google has just started to roll out a freshly redesigned page for Google+. This page will have new features that will improve the user experience. (more…)
Tags: google, google plus
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Google, Microsoft Are Losing Money In Mobile Business
Thursday, 5th April 2012According to a recent interview on Bloomberg Television both Google and Microsoft are currently losing money in the mobile sector of their business. (more…)
Tags: apple, google, microsoft, mobile
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Yahoo! – Bing Search Alliance Closes In On Google
Wednesday, 4th April 2012The Yahoo! Bing search alliance which has been trying to catch up with the Google search engine has shown a substantial growth in the first quarter of 2012. (more…)
Tags: bing, google, search, yahoo
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Google Opens Campus London
Friday, 30th March 2012Google has decided to do their bit to encourage entrepreneurs to start new online-based businesses. (more…)
Tags: campus london, entrepreneurs, google, online business
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