News for April 2005
- US Net ad revenues surge by a third to hit $9.6bn
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The latest figures from the IAB US, follow recent figures in the UK
showing ad expenditure skyrocketed by 60 percent last year, to about
$1.2 billion,
- Apr 29, 2005
- Advertising, Media
- Fantasy game lets players predict next Cabinet
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"Fantasy Cabinet":http://www.fantasycabinet.com challenges voters to choose Labour politicians from the existing members of the Cabinet, plus a
- Apr 29, 2005
- Advertising, Entertainment, Gaming, Marketing, Media
- Guardian ties with LoveFilm for DVD rentals
- The new Sofa Cinema service enables Guardian Unlimited users to rent DVDs online from LOVEFiLM.com's catalogue for a fixed monthly fee. The
- UK sees record month for texting
- The research from the Mobile Data Association (MDA) revealed that March Person-to-person texts sent across the UK GSM network operators in March show an
- Charity site promos funding for developing world firms
- The website www.opportunity.org.uk has been designed by JJ to provide provide information on poor entrepreneurs from Africa, Asia, Latin America and
- Nokia pits new phone against iPod
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The N91 multimedia phone, which will launch by the end of the year, features a 4-gigabyte hard drive that can store up to 3,000 “CD-quality” songs.
- Apr 29, 2005
- Mobile, Music, Retail, Technology, Telecoms
- Recollective creates new UK travel site
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Launching this Month, mrVisitor was created by advertising and media entrepreneur Matt Cooper, and is billed as “the local directory for the whole country".
- Apr 29, 2005
- Creative, Entertainment, Retail, Search
- AOP launches RSS news feed
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RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a format for syndicating online news and information sites.
Each RSS feed is a text document containing a
- Apr 28, 2005
- Media, Technology
- Rhapsody takes on Napster with unlimited downloads offer
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The US-based Rhapsody service is now giving its paying subscribers an unlimited number of tracks to download to their portable music players, from a catalogue
- Apr 28, 2005
- Advertising, Mobile, Music, Retail
- Loot teams up with Wippit for music downloads
- The Loot Tunes service will be aimed at the print publication's readership alongside its online audience at Loot.com Wippit will power the store