2014 was another big year for gaming, with Facebook buying Oculus Rift, Microsoft buying Minecraft and Amazon buying twitch. Mobile and console games continued to converge, with Sony streaming PS4 games on its new smartphones. Old cliches were shattered with the news that women play more games than men, with apps fuelling the rise, giving … [Read more…]
Dotcom icon Lastminute.com has been sold to Swiss Travel firm Bravofly Rumbo Group for $120m (£76m), a small fraction of the £600m price it was valued at back in 2005.
Microsoft has launched a test version of the Skype Translator which decodes conversations in Spanish and English in real time.
BT is in exclusive talks to buy EE £12.5bn but the two communications giants could be in for a difficult legal battle to make the deal go ahead.
Google has revealed the most popular global search terms conducted during 2014, with Robin Williams suicide the most sought after information of the year.
Back in 2012, car seat firm Britax saw its target audience were rapidly moving online. In response, the brand worked with Shopatron to produce a holistic digital strategy that embraced click and collect, mobile commerce and inventory optimisation. This case study looks at how the UK brand made smart use of technology to get a … [Read more…]
Social identity management firm Janrain has bought Arktan, a provider of innovative real-time social curation and social engagement products.
In the year when US online ad revenues overtook broadcast TV for the first time, the days of TV’s ad dominance look numbered. Online video and native ads are turning brands into publishers- and they need to adapt fast. This year we saw ‘old empires’ like Disney and DreamWorks bet on digital futures, while BuzzFeed’s … [Read more…]
The number of houses in Britain with a television set has fallen for the first time since the 1950s as viewers switch to tablets, PCs and other devices to watch video, according to new research.
61% of UK shoppers will have found gift ideas from researching the web site of online retailer, Amazon, this Christmas, with 50% getting ideas from searching on Google, according to new research.