Facebook has reportedly bought Gowalla, an online location-sharing service, for an undisclosed sum.

Online retailers generated combined sales of over $6bn in the US last week, breaking records as three individual days surpassed the $1bn threshold, according to new research.

The European online video advertising market saw a growth of 100% in the first half of 2011*. But what are the reasons for this success and can it continue? Brian Fitzpatrick, Managing director, Europe, Adap.tv, takes a closer look…

High street shoe retailer, Clarks has launched of its mobile commerce site, which was designed and built by Mobile Interactive Group (MIG).

Digital ad network RadiumOne has announced the launch of its new social sharing platform, Po.st, enabling consumers to share content via Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, email and other online destinations.

Google’s Chrome browser has overtaken Firefox as the world’s second most popular browser behind internet explorer, according to new data.

Game designer Zynga, which makes the highly successful Farmville game for Facebook, has announced plans for a stock market flotation.

PayPal has received a six-fold mobile payment increases for smartphones and tablets for both Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the US.

Russian online shopping growth is being hampered by infrastructure and slow delivery times, according to a new report from accountancy PWC.

Four million pages of newspapers from the 18th and 19th Centuries have been made available online by the British Library.