Facebook and Universal Music Group (UMG) have signed a new kind of licensing deal that will let users upload songs in videos.

From back-flipping robots to one teen’s Twitter quest for free nuggets, technology took us in some strange directions during 2017. In this special article, we celebrate the 12 weirdest news stories of the year.

YouTube has released its Rewind video to mark the end of this year, putting together this year’s most popular videos and memes into one seven-minute video.

Hurricane Irma, Meghan Markle and Fidget Spinners were among the most popular global searches of 2017, according to Google.

2017 was another big year for digital marketing, with the rise of Blockchain, voice search going mainstream and AI getting (scarily) smarter. This was the year that Facebook went VR, Android overtook Windows and a virtual cat craze nearly broke a cryptocurrency market. In this special report, we’ve identified 17 of the biggest trends of … [Read more…]

An EU court has ruled that ride hailing phone app Uber is a taxi service and can be regulated as such.

Facebook-owned Instagram will be used by nearly one in four smartphone users worldwide this year, according to eMarketer’s first-ever global forecast of the photo- and video-sharing social platform, released this week.

Asda has won the Christmas battle of the inbox and Aldi topped a separate consumer study for its ability to engage shoppers on a personal level with advertising and marketing, according to new research.

Facebook has launched anew ‘Snapchat-style’ feature that lets users drop 3D objects into your surroundings, using the built-in camera tool.

With a week to go until Christmas Day, new data from eBay has revealed that shoppers are far from slowing down, giving retailers an extended opportunity to make the most of the festive period.