Online retailer Rakuten has launched a new third-party retail platform, letting small and large sellers create their own branded e-shops within the Rakuten Play.com website.

Apple has revealed a smaller version of its iPad, dubbed the ‘iPad mini’ as it looks to take on Amazon’s Kindle Fire, Goolge’s Nexus 7 and Samsung’s Galaxy Note in the growing mini tablet market.

The Internet was the fastest growing medium in terms of adspend during the first half of 2012, according to new data from Nielsen.

In a social media coup, a man who shares his name with travel agency Thomas Cook has won a free holiday, courtesy of rival LowCostHolidays.

This week saw EE announce its 4G pricing in the UK, starting at £36 per month. Dominic Baliszewski, telecoms expert at broadbandchoices.co.uk takes a closer look at the operator’s pricing strategy, and if it will be enough to tempt mobile users.

More and more companies rely on generating leads from consumer collected online, but research reported by Eloqua shows that 14% of this data is faked, while 30% is valid for just one year or less.

In honour of Felix Baumgartner’s landmark skydive from the edge of space, Nestle sent a Kit Kat bar into the ether with a video camera. See why it’s our video viral of the week below…

AffiliateTraction has partnered with Webgains to offer publishers a channel to drive sales through social media, and in turn allow advertiser clients to track sales via the channel without a tracking link.

Ahead of the expected unveiling of the iPad Mini this week, Experian Hitwise provides 9 key stats from the web showing demand and traffic sources for the much anticipated device.

BBC Ceefax, the world’s first teletext service, has shut down as part of the UK analogue signal termination today.