It has come to light that a large percentage of consumers in the U.K. are now willing to pay for the facility of streaming movies online, but at the same time, online piracy continues unabated in most parts of the world. (more…)
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Consumers Willing To Pay For Streaming Inspite Of Piracy
Monday, 23rd January 2012Tags: megaupload, piracy, streaming
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Internet Usage In South East Asia Surges
Tuesday, 15th November 2011A recent report from Nielsen has indicated that Internet use in South East Asia is on the rise. The study finds that not only is the internet growing in popularity but it is even out-shining the use of other traditional media channels such as TV radio and the print media. (more…)
Tags: asia, china, indonesia, internet, malaysia, mobile web, philippines, singapore, thailand, Vietnam
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When Is iPad Time?
Tuesday, 27th September 2011Research recently carried out by Google has found that different computing devices are commonly used at varying times of the day. (more…)
Tags: desktop, smartphones, tablet
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Mobile Internet Use In U.K. Approaches 50%
Friday, 2nd September 2011According to a survey conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the number of people using mobile internet connections in the U.K. has doubled in the last two years. (more…)
Tags: mobile web, uk, wifi
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Indians Stop Wasting Time Online
Tuesday, 9th August 2011It has been found that unlike in the past, Indians are now spending less time surfing the net in a meaningless or aimless manner. Instead, most of their online activities are now well thought out or pre-planned. (more…)
Tags: advertising, chat, india, internet, microsoft, search, video
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UK About To Hit Piracy Sites Hard
Thursday, 28th July 2011The Motion Pictures Association (MPA), which had filed a case to block Newzbin 2 from providing their members with pirated content, has been successful in their objective. (more…)
Tags: internet, piracy, uk
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Spelling Mistakes Affect Online Sales
Wednesday, 20th July 2011Spelling mistakes in shopping websites are proving to be very costly for the marketers, according to an article recently published on the BBC. (more…)
Tags: advertising, internet, seo
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Yahoo! Is Huge, Yet, Very Few Love It
Tuesday, 14th June 2011A lot of press coverage and online buzz is continuously generated surrounding the growth of sites like Facebook, Twitter and Google. In the resulting melee, Yahoo! seems to have been forgotten. (more…)
Tags: google finance, microsoft, news search, yahoo
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400 Million To View YouTube Royal Live Broadcast
Thursday, 28th April 2011As the wedding day approaches, interest in the royal wedding has been growing rapidly and the royal family has decided to let the public get a live view of the grand event not only on TV but also through the internet. (more…)
Tags: bbc, cnn, facebook, google, Royal wedding, twitter, youtube
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Amazon To Launch Ad Market For Kindle
Friday, 15th April 2011Amazon has announced that they will shortly be launching a new version of their e-book reader, the Kindle, in the U.S. market, and this version will be cheaper than the earlier one. They will be able to do this by introducing on-screen ads. (more…)
Tags: ad, advertising, amazon, kindle
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Adoption And Surrogacy Through The Internet
Tuesday, 22nd February 2011The rapid advances that take place regularly in the field of medical science, coupled with the changes in everyday lifestyles, have led to a growing number of couples opting for adoption or surrogacy as a means of having a child. (more…)
Tags: adoption, google, search, surrogacy
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Piracy Problems Not Just Big In Asia
Friday, 18th February 2011While a lot of negative media attention around the issue of piracy is focused on Asia, that is by no means the only continent where piracy is rampant. (more…)
Tags: asia, china, india, piracy
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Digital Commerce In The USA In 2010
Wednesday, 9th February 2011A report from comScore indicates that the e-commerce industry recovered well in 2010. The total spend on e-commerce in the U.S.A. was $227.6billion during the course of last year. (more…)
Tags: advertising, email, facebook, google, groupon, linkedin, microsoft, mobile, mobile commerce, search, tv, twitter, video, yahoo, youtube
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Browsers Building ‘Do Not Track’ Functionality
Wednesday, 26th January 2011Ever since the U.S. Federal Trade Commission released its report on online user privacy, the government body has been quite insistent with Internet browser developers that the privacy rights of their users should be upheld. (more…)
Tags: browser, chrome, firefox, ie
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