Samsung teams with Oculus Rift to turn smartphones into virtual reality headsets
Samsung has worked with Facebook-owned Oculus Rift to launch a virtual reality headset called Gear VR.
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Car insurers failing to cater for growing mobile audience- Google research
Just 53% of car insurance websites in the UK are providing a ‘positive experience’ for mobile consumers, despite more than half of its prospective customers using mobile at some point during their purchase journey, according to new research.
No April Fool: Baidu’s Google Glass rival ‘Eye’ has no screen
It seems that Baidu’s April 1st announcement that it was working on a Google Glass rival called ‘Eye’ was not a prank after all. The Chinese search giant has revealed a working prototype of a mobile assistant with a notable omission…it doesn’t feature a screen.
A profile of the average blogger in the UK (Infographic)
The average UK blogger can make £906 a year from affiliate marketing commissions, have full time jobs elsewhere and gets 18 interactions on their blog each day, according to new research.
Right to reply: Blaming ‘weak’ passwords for breaches is history, businesses need to resort to multi-factor authentication
Reacting to news that a number of online businesses have recently been breached, opening access to customer data, Yiannis Chrysanthou, security researcher in KPMG’s cyber security team, suggests that instead of businesses blaming consumers for using weak passwords, they need to introduce multi-factor authentication.
Celebrity photo scandal: Apple says hackers guessed iCloud passwords
Following this week’s nude celebrity photo scandal, Apple has claimed that its iCloud storage system was not breached in the attack- instead hackers were able to guess their passwords by observing their behaviour online and in TV interviews.
Love to hate Google? Web giant ‘most’ and ‘least’ like media brand for advertisers
It seems advertisers have intensely mixed feelings about Google, as the brand has topped a best reputation list of media brands- but was also voted the least pleasurable to work with, in the same poll.
Mobiles overtake desktop for ecommerce traffic – IMRG
More than half (52%) of visits to UK retail sites are now coming from mobile, with over a third (36%) of UK online sales are now completed on a smartphone or tablet device, according to new research.
Video viral of the week: Street stunt sees Sydney ravaged by augmented reality tornado
To promote its latest film ‘Into the Storm’, Roadshow Films ran an augemeted realuity poster campaign in Sydney that turned a few heads. See why its our video viral of the week below…
Consumers ‘switching to coupon search for latest deals’
The number of eCoupons redeemed will nearly double over the next three years, rising from 16 billion this year to more than 31 billion in 2019, according to a new report.