UK shoppers shunned the high street and shopping centres during July sale season as they cut back on non-essentials due to higher inflation and stagnating wage growth, according to new data.

Every year in developing countries seven million children under the age of 18 become mothers. To raise awareness of the issue, child rights organisation Plan International Finland has commissioned a clothing collection that the world should not need – maternity wear for 12-year olds.

In part two of a two-part series, Mark Blair, VP of EMEA at Brightcove, reveals four reasons why your business should embrace live streaming video for internal communications and how your business can benefit from it.

Amazon is to close its Lovefilm online DVD rental service, as the retail giant goes streaming-only to take on Netflix.

Music streaming service Soundcloud has survived a recent money scare after securing a $170m (£135m) in investment.

Virtual pay TV operators in the US are making more than twice the revenue of traditional pay TV operators per channel per month, according to new research.

The mobile tipping point is happening among 16-24s globally; the point in which internet users will spend longer on their mobile than all other devices combined, according to new research.

Seven years on from its launch, Quora has lead the way in crowd-sourced answers to tricky questions. This infographic from agency Fullestop looks at Quora’s timeline and its demographics.

Revenue from affiliate marketing within global publishers and advertisers increased by 16% year-on-year, with an average 4% increase in the number of orders, according to new research.

This week, Facebook launched its television platform ‘Facebook Watch’ to encourage its 2bn monthly active users to see the platform as a destination for watching longer videos. Steve Miller-Jones, Senior Director of Product Management at Limelight Networks, explains why the trend towards watching video online shows no signs of stopping – consumers have taken control … [Read more…]