Amazon has launched its streaming video service for paying Amazon Prime customers in the US.

MediaMind Technologies has launched MediaMind Blocks, a library of ready-made, downloadable codes for a range of rich media advertising formats.

Merely owning a BlackBerry or similar smartphone vastly increases the amount of time we spend checking messages outside working hours, according to a new report.

Retailers and brands that embrace reviews and recommendations into their online retail strategy see a sales uplift of some 18%, new figures show. The uplift is worth a potential £8bn to UK retailers, on top of the UK’s existing £44bn of online retail sales.

Business analytics firm SAS is acquiring Assetlink, a marketing resource management firm, giving its clients greater marketing tools

Social media opens up a world of opportunities for entrepreneurs – and it’s free. What’s more, when you strip it down to the bare essentials, you are fundamentally left with traditional marketing tactics. In this Q&A article, Mark Bower MD of digital agency Coolpink gives advice on how social media marketing can be maximised and … [Read more…]

Music consumed on mobile handsets will generate $5.5 billion annually in 2015, a rise of $3.1 billion from 2010, but piracy will still hamper its growth, according to a new report.

The latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index reveal that shoppers in the UK spent a total of £5.1 billion online during January, equivalent to £83 per person; an impressive 21% more than the same time last year.

Kyazoonga.com, the website selling tickets for the Cricket World Cup final in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium in April, crashed seconds after they went on sale yesterday sparking furious complaints from fans. Nick Bond, web performance specialist at web traffic management company Zeus Technology, looks at the implications of such a high-profile crash.

A London Met graduate who started his Twitter business two years ago whilst studying for his MBA has now sold it for an estimated $10-15 million.