This summer saw Channel 4 run its ‘Superhuman’ campaign to promote the London Paralympic games. Working with Mediasyndicator, the online element of the promotion attracted more than 150,000 interactions.

Amazon is it is in the process of hiring 10,000 additional staff at its UK packing centres, as the online retailer expects record business this Christmas.

Angry Birds, Monsters and Spiders feature alongside a second generation of touch screen tablets to be among the hottest items on kids’ wish lists this Christmas season, according to toy retailer, Toys“R”Us, UK.

Facebook could be branching out from its core advertising revenues with plans to offer firms that have pages on the site with a range of ‘premium services’, such as customer relationship management (CRM) tools and search functions, according to a news report.

Yandex has launched its own Internet browser, as the search giant looks to take on Google in the growing Russian market.The browser offers a relatively minimalist Russian-language interface based on the WebKit platform and Google’s Chromium code.

Germans are most avid users of QR codes, while Spain ranks as fastest growing market, according to new research.

Amazon, eBay, Apple and Walmart lead the way in m-Commerce market in the US, where 4 in 5 smartphone users are shopping via their device.

More than four fifths of British five-year-olds now own or use an internet device, according to new research.

Facebook has launched a new service that lets its users send friends real gifts via the social network. Members can send gifts from the birthday reminders link on the news feed or from a friend’s Timeline via the “Give him/her a gift” link or the present icon. Gift notifications can be posted to that friend’s … [Read more…]

YouTube is looking to expand its mobile music services, after posting a job ad looking for a manager to oversee an ambitious new music catalogue based on the music videos on the video sharing site.