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Google’s New Privacy Policy – What’s Wrong With It?
27th January 2012
Google announced this week that they will be discarding 60 of their privacy policies and replacing them with one common privacy policy, covering multiple products and features of Google. While this might seem a good move for users, it’s not quite as innocent a move as it may seem. More »
The Most Popular Mobile Websites Of 2011
23rd December 2011
Opera Software has recently released their last report for the year 2011, ranking the 10 most popular websites on mobile. More »
The New Delicious: Tastier Or Just Bland?
28th September 2011
Once popular social bookmarking website, Delicious, was shut down a while ago after Yahoo! sold it to Avos Systems, a company created by Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. The site is now back, with a new, revamped look. More »
YouTube Settles Deal With Music Publishers
23rd August 2011
YouTube has recently arrived at a deal with songwriters and music publishers to pay them royalty for the songs streamed on the site. More »
Google Peaks UK Market Share
18th July 2011
The latest report released by Hitwise reveals that Google Search has crossed all its previous records as far as market share in the U.K. is concerned. More »
First Watch Advertising On YouTube
26th May 2011
YouTube has set up a new service to get more users to watch their ads. The service is called ‘First Watch’. More »
YouTube Promoted Video Pricing Changes
20th May 2011
A growing number of advertisers are using promoted videos as a means of driving traffic to video content on YouTube. So far ,this feature was charged on a Cost-Per-Click (CPC) basis, but soon these ads will be charged on a Cost-Per-View (CPV) basis.
YouTube Expands Movie Rental Service
10th May 2011
Not too long ago, YouTube had started a service through which users could watch hundreds of free movies. However, the choice was limited and consisted largely of old movies that were no longer in demand. This is about to change now.
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Google Uses Gay Campaign To Promote Chrome
5th May 2011
The recently popular campaign to prevent gay teen suicide, “It Gets Better” has been used in a new TV ad promoting the Google Chrome Browser. More »
400 Million To View YouTube Royal Live Broadcast
28th April 2011
As 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 »
Broadcasting Live On YouTube
12th April 2011
The popularity of the video sharing site YouTube has been growing by leaps and bounds, and they now have over 2 billion views per day. In order to cash in on this growing popularity, Google has decided to start streaming live events on the site, like other regular broadcasting channels. More »
YouTube Trends For Agencies
28th March 2011
YouTube Trends was launched last year to allow users to find out what the topics of focus have been on YouTube. A new service, YouTube Trends Dashboard has now launched to seemingly help agencies promote brands on the online video platform.
Microsoft Is Google’s Biggest Competitor In Online Video
23rd March 2011
A report released by comScore has shown that in the month of February, there have been a lot of changes in the rankings of the top ten of online video sites in the USA. More »
Digital Commerce In The USA In 2010
9th February 2011
A 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 »
Social Media Used To Fuel Civil Unrest In Egypt
31st January 2011
Protestors in Egypt are using various social platforms such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter as well as mobile communications to spread their message to the outside world. More »
Rise Of The Video CV
19th January 2011
In the past, the standard way of applying for a new job was to have your CV typed out on paper and then to forward it to placement agencies or directly to companies which may have advertised in various publications. Today, technology has made all of these steps redundant, even the traditional CV! More »
YouTube Subject To Regulation In Italy
6th January 2011
According to new rules laid down by the Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM), YouTube and other similar video sharing sites will now be treated as broadcasters and will be subjected to the same regulations as TV broadcast companies. More »
Could TrueView Ads Be YouTube’s Saviour?
14th December 2010
Google’s struggle to monetise YouTube on the same scale as it has monetised search has been well documented. They recently announced a new ad format, called TrueView Video Ads, which could be the answer they’ve been looking for all along. More »
YouTube Strikes Deal With French Artists
26th November 2010
Google has just announced that their video sharing site, YouTube, has signed a deal with three royalty collecting societies in France. More »
Mobile YouTube Video Viewing Grows
18th November 2010
A recent study conducted by m.youtube.com shows that the use of the mobile handsets to access YouTube is growing at a very rapid rate. The most surprising discovery of the study, though, is the number of users who access YouTube exclusively via mobile. More »
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