Nokia CEO issues ‘brutal’ memo and ditches first MeeGo smartphone
Nokia has reportedly stopped development of its first MeeGo smartphone, as CEO Stephen Elop issued an internal memo offering a brutally honest assessment of the firm’s prospects.
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Swedish search firm Keybroker aims to shake up UK market
Sweden’s largest search marketing company Keybroker has launched in the UK, launching a challenge to what it calls an ‘unfair tax on ad-spend’ offered by traditional search marketing practices.
LinkedIn ramps up targeted ads to users
LinkedIn is reportedly planning planning to update its technology to allow marketers to target ads based on factors including users’ job titles, location and age.
CallCredit buys digital marketing firm Latitude
Callcredit Information Group has acquired digital marketing agency Latitude Digital Marketing.
AOL snaps up Go Viral video network for $96.7m
AOL Europe has acquired video distribution network goviral, as the internet media company further expands its ad-funded content services.
Dennis Publishing trials behavioural targeting in UK
Dennis Publishing is testing a new behavioural targeting campaign across its roster of sites, in partnership with nugg.ad.
Top tips: An introduction to ad exchanges
As the digital landscape becomes more diverse and sophisticated, ad exchanges have become an increasingly popular way for advertisers and publishers to match their needs. Ross McNab, VP Business Development at Mediamind, offers a guide to the ad exchange market as it stands, and how to get the most out of it…
Guest comment: Ghost and Post- The perils of duplication in lead generation
Online lead generation isn’t always what you expect- you could be helping to support your competitors. Robin Caller takes the tricky issue of ownership when it comes to leads, and chases the ghosts away…
Top tips: Data protection laws: You’d better behave… and sooner rather than later
Brands, consumers and marketers are currently all pondering how the widely publicised potential revision to EU Data Protection laws might impact them, but Malcolm Duckett, VP Operations at Speed-Trap, argues that an early industry-wide push for responsibility and transparency will put the digital marketing industry’s future into its own hands.
News round-up: 20th January 2011
This week’s movers and shakers in the digital industry: Match | Econsultancy | Experian | Blinkx | LoveFilm | Tesco Mobile | Debenhams | Realise Digital Populis | Visualsoft | LBi | Havas | Callcredit | Affilinet | 7thingsmedia | Localstars | Zeus | Underwired Amaze | Pressitt | Ebookers | Nissan | Skype | … [Read more…]