Vine was one of the big social success stories of last year, as Twitter applied its short-form formula to video with rather addictive results. As the app celebrates one year anniversary, the video highlights the most popular Vines of the past year, compressed into 10 minutes of oddly compulsive viewing for the low-attention span generation.

Asda has become the first retailer to adopt the PantoneLIVE cloud-based service for consistent colour throughout its packaging workflow.

Rakuten LinkShare saw strong growth globally for the 2013 Christmas shopping season, with a 31% increase in same store sales over the previous year.

Netimperative’s partner company, Digital Strategy Consulting – a specialist digital consultancy helping agencies, brands, business services and governments find the right digital strategy for them – is seeking a CRM expert to take on as a part-time freelancer.

Google has patented new technology that links online ads to free or discounted taxi rides, aimed at venues such as restaurants, theatres and shops.

If you’re a media planner using online advertising traffic data, you’ll know all about the challenges and the need for guidelines – so this simple explanation tells you more.

Internet, outdoor and television advertising saw the greatest increases in spend throughout the first three quarters of 2013, while TV rose just 4%, according to new global figures.

Google and Samsung have sealed a global patent cross-licensing agreement, as the two technology giants look to work closer together in rivalry with the likes of Apple and Microsoft.

Instagram is growing the fastest of all social media sites worldwide, followed by Reddit, while Facebook’s global audience fell 3% in 2013, according to new data.

Marissa Mayer, chief executive of Yahoo, has said that 2014 will be a ‘tipping point’ for the evolution of the Internet, with most users coming from mobile devices.