This month’s top trends in digital: App-based texts on the rise | Coupon usage soars- even among the wealthy | iPad 2 | Smartphones with NFC | Public security online | Mobile sites | Broadband quality | Company phone bills | Domain Sales | Augmented reality and terrorism
Twitter sued in super-injunction row
An unnamed footballer is suing Twitter after details of a super-injunction he obtained were published on the micro-blogging site.
Orange and Barclaycard ‘Quicktap’ app turns mobiles into credit cards
Orange and Barclaycard have launched ‘Quick Tap’, a contactless mobile payment service which allows consumers to make purchases on the high street using their mobile phone for the first time.
Orange and Barclaycard 'Quicktap' app turns mobiles into credit cards
Orange and Barclaycard have launched ‘Quick Tap’, a contactless mobile payment service which allows consumers to make purchases on the high street using their mobile phone for the first time.
How influential are you? The Sunday Times ‘Social List’ ranks social media stars
The Sunday Times has launched the ‘Social List’, using data from 4 key social networks – Foursquare, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook – to measure a person’s influence online.
How influential are you? The Sunday Times 'Social List' ranks social media stars
The Sunday Times has launched the ‘Social List’, using data from 4 key social networks – Foursquare, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook – to measure a person’s influence online.
Google’s social search goes global
Google has launched its social search tool in 19 new languages, giving users around the world a chnace to refine search results based on friend’s online recommendations.
Right to reply: Cookie opt-in plans could inhibit user experience
Last week the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a briefing note outlining the steps that e-businesses need to take in order to achieve compliance with the EU’s amended Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive, which comes into force on 26th May 2011. In this Right to Reply article, the IMRG voices concern that usability may be … [Read more…]
Brits spent £5.2bn online in April: Travel sector suffers from UK heatwave
The latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index have revealed continuing strong growth for online sales in April, with shoppers in the UK spending a total of £5.2 billion online, a significant 19% more than April 2010 and equivalent to £84 per person.
O2 developing mobile wallet app
Intelligent Environments, a digital banking provider and part of the Parseq Group, has signed a three year contract to work with O2 to build, host and manage the application for its mobile wallet service.