Restaurant marketing trends: Women lead rise in mobile bookings
UK diners are creating a ‘fast dining’ culture with two in five (41%) diners now booking restaurants through tablets or mobiles, compared to 7% in 2011, according to new research.
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Top 100 global retailers failing to convert social marketing into sales
A study analysing social commerce strategies of Top 100 Global Retailers shows failure to convert social media into sales, with Tesco the only advanced retailer using social as a sales channel.
Gmail become first Android app to reach billion installations
Google’s Gmail app has become the first smartphone app to pass one billion installations on Android devices, it has been revealed.
Amazon streams first original kids’ series
Amazon is premiering three of its first-ever original kids’ series in the UK exclusively on Prime Instant Video, as the online retail giant expands further into content production.
WeChat rivals WhatsApp with 396m monthly users
Tencent has announced that its mobile messaging app WeChat ended the first quarter of 2014 with 396 million monthly active users, as its expansion beyond China continues.
Social media World Cup: Which players make the marketer’s dream team? (Infographic)
Footballers are some of the most famous athletes on the planet. Stars both on the pitch, in tabloids and on televisions across the world. With the World Cup on the horizon, this infographic from StaySourced looks at who would win the tournament if a team’s Twitter following was proportional to their success.
Unilever expands Project Sunlight campaign with short film
Unilever has expanded its Project Sunlight sustainability initiaitive with a new summer campaign, with a new short film, “The Way Kids See It”.
Top tips: Building communication into the property portfolio
Broadband is the second service set up by individuals in a new home – only electricity is deemed more important. So why are many property developers and landlords still failing to ensure the quality and reliability of both broadband and mobile services in new buildings? Mitesh Patel, Managing Director, Fifosys looks at why communications is … [Read more…]
Plans for two-speed internet get go ahead in US
Regulators have given the go ahead for new rules would let content firms charge more for faster delivery of traffic to their users, in move that critics say could end ‘net neutrality’.
Fujitsu tracks shopper movement in store
Electronics giant Fujitsu is set to reveal technology that analyses the purchasing behaviour of shoppers in retail stores by detecting their lines of sight, according to a news report.