Searches for ‘facebook’ now account for 2% of UK searches, while four retail brands are among the top 10 brands, according to new research.

Chinese online shopping giant Alibaba is partnering with community site Mogujie, offering shoppers a more social way to find and buy products online.

Research in Motion, the maker of Blackberry smartphones, has announced a new focus on business customers after it suffered a further $125m loss.

UK Chancellor George Osborne opened Google Campus last week, a new centre offering desk space and mentoring for technology companies.

Google is planning to sell branded tablets directly to consumers through an online store, as it tries to wrestle away market share from the Apple iPad.

More than eight out of 10 (82%) PR professionals work with bloggers to provide coverage for clients, while 98% find bloggers useful or invaluable, according to new research.

Following the announcement today of the government’s support for Mary Portas’ plans to rejuvenate UK high streets, Adam Stewart, Marketing Director of Rakuten’s Play.com argues why retailers are facing the need to acclimatise to a new connected retail environment.

While 50% of all top sites have a Facebook plug-in and 43% have a Twitter plug-in, it turns out that only 29% of the Top 100 UK Travel Retail Sites have any social plugin at all. A new infographic from Tagman looks at why travel sites need to invest in social plugins to drive sales.

Domino’s took over £1m in sales through its mobile platform in a single week during the first quarter of 2012, the company has announced.

Domino’s took over £1m in sales through its mobile platform in a single week during the first quarter of 2012, the company has announced.