Top 5 smartphone makers in 2011: Apple leads way in US
Apple was the top smartphone handsey maker in the US last year in terms of market share, according to new research.
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12 digital predictions for 2012: Personalisation of technology, storytelling, HTML5, and social TV to take of this year
Digital agency Amaze has made its digital predictions for the coming year. It has been an incredible year for digital, with the importance of embedding technology in every single aspect of business even more widely recognised. It’s always exciting to think ahead to the coming year, to predict what digital trends and innovations will become … [Read more…]
Google could face privacy probe after launching social search results
The head of a consumer online privacy watchdog says US regulators should look into Google’s new personalised search to see whether there are antitrust or privacy issues.
Hulu takes on US cable networks with first original TV show
US-based video streaming site Hulu will debut its first original scripted series, the political docudrama Battleground, next month.
Bing finally overtakes Yahoo! Search in the US
Microsoft’s Bing search engine now ranks second behind Google in the Internet’s most lucrative market, according to new figures.
Virgin Media to double broadband speed by 2013
Virgin Media has announced it will double the speed and bandwidth allowance of its broadband service for more than four million customers by mid-2013.
Google and Twitter clash over social search
The relationship between former search partners Twitter and Google has become more frosty this week, with the two web giants locked in a war of words over the increasingly important role of social search.
Internet killed the grammar star? Waterstone’s scraps apostrophe to boost search engine rankings
High street bookshop Waterstone’s is dropping the apostrophe from its name to make it more “versatile” for online use.
Google sites accounted for 9 in 10 UK searches in December
Google sites, including YouTube, accounted for over 91% of all searches in UK in December 2011, according to new research.
Microsoft axes web TV plans
Microsoft has scrapped its plans to launch an online video streaming service, following poor reception, according to a news report.