The European Commission (EC) intends to double e-commerce sales and the internet’s contribution to European GDP by 2015 in order to help drive job creation and mitigate the ongoing economic crisis.
Google has begun offering users ‘personal results’ alongside its standard search results, as the internet giant continues its efforts to rival Facebook as the dominant social media destination.
After a year of technical innovations, most notably the emergence and rapid adoption of smartphone and tablet technology, the shopper-seller relationship has changed dramatically. In this article, Rakuten, one of the world’s top 3 E-commerce and Internet service companies by revenue, who recently acquired eBook company Kobo and Play.com in the UK, announces its industry … [Read more…]
The consumption of recorded television and Internet-delivered programming is quickly surpassing live TV viewership, according to new research from TiVo.
Businesses, charities, communities and other legal entities are being urged to act fast to avoid missing out on the internet domain name legislation, which comes into effect today (Thurs 12th Jan 2012).
The online travel industry is relying less on seasonal peaks to boost sales, according to new research from Hitwise.
Facebook developers can now reward consumers who complete advertisers’ offers with app-specific virtual currency as an alternative to Facebook Credits.
BSKYB has bought a 10% stake in social TV network Zeebox in a move that grants the broadcaster exclusive rights to use the two-month-old start-up’s technology in its own apps.
Microsoft is offering a browser version of mobile hit game Cut The Rope, with a set of special levels accessible only to people who use IE9 and pin the game to their Windows 7 taskbar.
German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom and the daily deals company Groupon have struck a deal to offer its European mobile customers coupons.