Brands warned of incoming ‘.sucks’ domain
An influx of new domain names are going on sale in June, including the potentially harmful .suck domain… and businesses are urged to make informed decisions about how to protect themselves.
Author: Robin Langford
Facebook hosts content for news publishers as ‘walled garden’ grows
Facebook has struck a revenue sharing deal with a number of publishes, with New York Times, BuzzFeed and National Geographic sharing revenues from advertising around their stories on the social network.
Twitter tests autoplay videos on apps
Twitter has begun testing auto-play video adverts in its iPhone and iPad apps, as the social network looks to copy the success of rival Facebook in video ad revenue.
Video viral of the week: Mars teams with BuzzFeed for ‘cat vs mouse’ pet app
Mars Petcare has teamed up with BuzzFeed to create a new campaign promoting its latest ‘Snacky Mouse’ cat toy. See why it’s our video viral of the week below…
Baidu self-driving cars on streets by year end
Baidu announced that its long awaited self-driving car would be out within the year, as the Chinese search giant looks to stake its claim on the upcoming smart car sector.
Salesforce matches CRM data to Facebook ads
Salesforce.com has launched a new tool that syncs its customer relationship management (CRM) data with Facebook, so its users can send targeted ads to their customers on the social network.
BBC News site goes mobile friendly
The desktop version of the BBC News website has been switched off, and all visitors are now being directed to a newer, responsive design.
Poor internet connections ‘cost UK economy £11bn a year’
Despite a growing reliance amongst businesses on the internet, recent research has discovered that slow internet connections are costing the UK economy £11bn a year in lost productivity, as millions are left unable to work during periods of IT downtime.
Google plans to make TV ads ‘as relevant as web ads’
In a move that could change commercial breaks forever, Google is testing a TV ad tracking program, using its high speed internet and TV service ‘Google Fiber’.
3D printers get 100 times faster with ‘Terminator Goo’
A new innovation in 3D printing could make the process up to 100 times faster than before owing its inspiration to a scene from the classic sci-fi film ‘Terminator 2: Judgement Day’