Samsung plans Android Wear watch and Tizen smartphone this year
Samsung plans to launch an Android Wear smartwatch alongside its Gear range, with addition plans to launch an ‘Android-less’ smartphone running on its own Tizen operating system.
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Tumblr gets ‘visual analytics’ to measure brand blog success
Tumblr is teaming up with visual marketing platform Curalate to let brands measure their reach and success on the blogging platform.
Sky adds ‘tweet to record’ function with #WatchOnSky hashtag
Sky has launched a new tool that lets customers who follow the broadcaster’s Twitter account record or watch Sky TV programmes when they see the #WatchOnSky hashtag appear on Tweets.
Facebook planning ‘e-money’ banking service?
Facebook is planning to offer banking services to its users, The Financial Times has reported this week.
West Ham and Selfridges get first .London domain names
Football Club West Ham United, Selfridges and the London School of Economics, have become some of the first owners of a .London domain.
Magnum celebrates 25th anniversary with ‘biggest party on the Internet’
Unilever is marking the 25th anniversary of its ice cream brand with a £13m marketing campaign, including an online competition.
IAB defines 1 second glimpse as an online ‘ad view’
The Internet Advertising Bureau UK has unveiled its guidelines for ‘viewable impressions’ for online display ads, defining an ad as ‘viewable’ if half of it appears in the browser for one second.
Google Play catching iOS for app revenue
Apple’s App store still leads the way in terms of global revenue, but Google’s Play Store is catching up, according to new research.
Twitter boosts social data targeting with Gnip buy
Twitter has bought long-time partner and social data provider Gnip, as the social network looks to boost its targeting abilities for advertisers.
Google admits emails are scanned for ad targeting
Google has updated its terms of service, explaining to users that their incoming and outgoing emails are automatically analysed by software to create targeted ads.