YouTube adds “Face-Blur” tool to protect privacy
YouTube has launched a new tool letting users “blur” the faces of subjects before uploading them to the website.
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YouTube adds "Face-Blur" tool to protect privacy
YouTube has launched a new tool letting users “blur” the faces of subjects before uploading them to the website.
Nokia handset sales drop 19%; smartphone sales down 34%
Nokia has posted worse than expected Q2 results, including a drop in smartphone sales of 34% as the number of devices sold fell 39% year-on-year. The firm, which was until recently the world’s biggest mobile phone maker, posted a net loss of 1.41 billion euros – about four times the 368 million euro loss posted … [Read more…]
Rupert Murdoch steps down as director of News International
Rupert Murdoch, the chief executive and chairman of News Corporation has resigned from his directorships at NI Group Ltd, NewsCorp Investments and Times Newspaper Holdings.
Google tests social link sharing in search results
Google is testing a new feature that lets users share links in their search results on the social network, as the web giant looks to boost the reach and influence of its Google+ social network.
Facebook tests sponsored search results to rival Google
Facebook is testing new “Sponsored Results” ads that will let advertisers promote their businesses in the social network’s drop-down search results, according to a new report. TechCrunch reports that the service will let advertisers bid against specific pages, apps or places (rather than just keywords).
China mobile internet use – Tipping point as internet use shifts to mobile
China has crossed a tipping point in technology as China’s mobile internet use has overtaken traditional PC internet access. With over 530m people connected by mobile, this is a reminder that the mobile web experience will be the first internet experience for many consumers in the world’s largest internet market.
Twitter tips for brands- Engagement higher on weekends?
How can you get the most out of Twitter? Social media tool Buddy Media has issued a new report on how businesses can use Twitter to heighten engagement and produce favourable results.
Half of all Brits ‘make less than 1 phone call a day’
Fewer than half of all mobile phone users in the UK (47%) – make at least one voice call per day, compared to 58 per cent who send at least one SMS text message daily, according to the latest data from Ofcom.
Microsoft suffers first ever loss after £6bn online ad flop
Microsoft has posted a loss of $492 million in the past quarter, the first ever for the software giant, as results were hit by a previously announced writeoff for its online ad business aQuantive.