Unilever has struck a deal with JD Worldwide, a cross-border e-commerce platform linked with Chinese web giant Tencent, as the FMCG conglomerate looks to expand its online presence in the Asia Pacific region.

Consumers are less likely to abandon their shopping cart when purchasing diet products than any other product in the retail sector, says research from ecommerce platform Ve.

EyeEm has launched its phot-selling community ‘Market’ in the UK, letting its 13m+ community members to sell the photos they take on their phones (or through any other device) in an open marketplace.

Could Hull be home to the next Larry Page and Sergey Brin? Brothers Andrew and Ash Lewis and their young team have created a brand new online advertising platform, Flomigo.

Trying to ‘trick’ Google to get high in search results is a short-term game. Ultimately all SEO techniques have to be totally natural if they want to future proof online exposure. Mark Preston, founder and director of WildShark, looks at Google’s attempt create their own ‘Frankenstein’ machines that can emulate human thought- and what this … [Read more…]

Throwing rocks into the pond to create waves is great if the rock is big and interesting enough to your market (not just to you), but if it isn’t, you could just be confined to a storm in your very own teacup. Ashley Carr, Founder of Neo PR, offers tips on how to get journalists … [Read more…]

The BBC has partnered with tech firm This Place, has developed a way people can select programmes using a cheap, brainwave-reading headset.

US men use more apps, but Women spend longer on them, according to a new US study from Nielsen.

A new demographic group indentified as ‘Thrivers’ are a media-literate, tech-savvy and positive minded audience; with a greater social responsibility and complex relationship with brands, according to a new report.

The UK’s Joint Industry Committee for Web Standards (JICWEBS) – the independent body that defines best practice and standards for online ad trading – has announced the next stage in the move to tackle online ad fraud.