Google+ to become second biggest social network?
Google+ could attract 22% of the US web audience3 within a year, overtaking Twitter and LinkedIn to be the second- most-used social site after Facebook, a survey found.
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Yahoo switches to Bing search results in Europe
Yahoo! has migrated organic search results to Bing across Europe, as the two firms cement the landmark search alliance deal stuck two years ago.
Right to Reply: Get ready for Google’s Ad Words Business Card
As internet marketing becomes a more and more competitive industry, no.1 search site Google is releasing a new product for their ad-space buying clients. Emily Gorton at Choose takes a look at Google’s first foray into credit cards…
BBC iPlayer for iPad debuts in Europe for €6.99 a month
BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial arm, is launching a global BBC iPlayer app in Europe, with a global roll out planned later in the year.
Ebay tops shopping results searches for Google UK
Ebay.co.uk is the online retail site most likely to feature in shopping results displayed within Google’s UK search engine listings according to a study by search analytics software firm Searchmetrics.
Right to reply: Ecommerce spelling mistakes cost more than just pride
In a recent article on the BBC news website, online entrepreneur Charles Duncombe claimed that spelling mistakes are costing UK etailers millions of pounds a year in lost revenues. Credibility is everything when it comes to converting visitors to customers in your online shop, and bad spelling does little to convince the public that you … [Read more…]
Zoopla debuts house price ‘heatmaps’ for UK
Property search and information website Zoopla.co.uk has launched heatmaps which show the average current value of homes across the UK in a visual format.
HTC boosts cloud services with Dashwire buy
Taiwan handset maker HTC has bought Seattle-based mobile Internet app company Dashwire for up to US$18.5m to strengthen its mobile cloud services.
Google to restart Realtime search… without Twitter?
Google is aiming to resurrect its Realtime search feature, a month after its contract with Twitter ended.
Knocked up? Facebook adds ‘pregnant’ status for expectant mothers
Facebook has added a new tool to its Family Tree feature, letting expectant parents add unborn children to the “Friends and Family” section of their profiles by selecting “Expected: Child” on the drop-down list.