The House of Lords home affairs, health and education EU sub-committee has condemned the ruling in May from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling concerning search engines and the “right to be forgotten”. The committee said that it was wrong to make search engines such as Google responsible for deciding what internet content should … [Read more…]
Indian menswear brand Peter England recently ran a social media campaign #TweetaGoal where fans could play football on Twitter.
Instagram has released its new “one tap picture messaging app” Bolt, but currently only users in New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa can use it. The launch of the Snapchat-style app follows last week’s accidental reveal of Bolt’s existence when ads for it briefly appeared on Instagram.
Strong user growth, product updates and the World Cup have all contributed to Twitter’s Q2 revenues rising 124% year-on-year. News of the results drove the firm’s share price up 30%, reversing a trend which had seen stock fall 43.8% during the year.
A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that the number of mobile coupon users will rise from 560m this year to 1bn in 2019. According to the “Mobile Coupons: Consumer Engagement, Loyalty & Redemption Strategies 2014-2019” study retailers will increasingly engage directly with consumers via mobile channels and the use of coupons will be more … [Read more…]
Microsoft has confirmed that it is under investigation in China, as the nation’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) has announced that it is investigating “alleged monopoly actions”.
Facebook is set to remove the in-built messaging function from its mobile app over the next few days, in favour of its standalone Facebook Messenger app. The company has been trialling the strategy in Europe since April, and has now decided to roll-out the change worldwide.
Apple has filed a new patent for smartwatch designs under the name ‘iTime’, fuelling more speculation that the electronics giant is making a leap into wearable technology.
Google Glass is to get its own barcode scanner, via eBay’s Redlaser app, opening up new channels for marketers in the process.
New research by YouGov on behalf of Webhelp has found that only 15% of leading companies responded to tweets from customers, and 64% of businesses took more than an hour to reply.