News for October 2005
- Brits prone to drunken online shopping binges
- Customer experience firm Conchango found that 7% of Britons know someone who has shopped online while under the influence. Conchango believes
- Quake appeal sees Web equaling phone donations
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The DEC is an umbrella organisation representing 13 leading aid agencies has run three appeals this year. The exceptional Tsunami Appeal saw twice as many
- Oct 31, 2005
- Research
- Cameras, not music, top mobile Xmas lists
- With the latest raft of mobile phones targeting the Christmas market, Web data firm Hitwise has released a report on which models are proving most popular
- Beware of .eu domain scammers, report warns
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According to a new survey from domain name firm Hostway http://hostway.co.uk, nearly two thirds of businesses (64%) feel that the new domain name will be
- Oct 31, 2005
- Internet, Regulation, Research
- Spanish telco buys O2 for £17.7bn
- O2 will retain its existing brand and will continue to be based in the UK, the companies said in a joint statement. The move confirms year-long
- O2 takes Vogue magazine mobile
- Bringing the world’s style bible directly to the fingertips of UK fashion consumers, O2 transports the creative vision of magazine chic into mobile history as
- Harvest Digital shakes up search division
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Mumtaz Khamker has been appointed as search manager of Harvest Digital, where she will oversee the account management of Harvest Digital's search engine
- Oct 28, 2005
- Advertising, Agencies, Search
- Two Way TV develops interactive cartoon
- The Dweebz, first conceived by Jez Hall and Vince Jones from Fat City Films, offers kids the chance to control the action on screen. The Dweebz is a 52
- MoneyGaming launches Solitare tournament
- The tournament challenges players to 'clear the deck' in the fastest time to win the prize. The firm is also launching a MahJong tournament,
- Email and text drives families apart- survey
- Internet service provider PlusNet found that one third of people in the UK feel that their relationships with friends and family have suffered, because they