Travel retailer Thomson has launched a new campaign encouraging Britain’s weary workforce to take an exotic break without leaving their desks.

BlackBerry’s popular chat app BBM is to launch on rival platforms for the first time, as the phone maker looks to capitalise on the growing demand for wi-fi alternatives to text messages.

Measuring social media success, and the true value of a ‘like’, is a contentious issue. Rupert Staines, Managing Director UK and Europe, RadiumOne UK highlights the greater importance of shares on social media platforms over likes.

The UK is now the second most attractive location in the world, after the United States, for high-flying professionals to relocate to, says a new report.

Camden is to become the first of 17 London boroughs to offer residents and visitors with free public wi-fi, but only for 30 minutes a day.

Google has shut down its SMS search tool for mobile users without a data plan.

Brazilian web users spend 27 hours online per month, with social media and portals getting the most ad revenue, according to a new report.

Hilton has launched a user-generated travel community ‘DTour’ on YouTube, as the hotel chain looks to expand its digital reach.

The Obama 2012 presidential campaign produced one of the most sophisticated direct marketing systems ever seen, pinpointing potential voters with the right messages delivered in the right format at crucial moments (helping to win the US election as a result). At last month’s DMA Technololgy Summit in London, Harper Reed, the campaign’s chief architect, revealed … [Read more…]

Samsung has claimed to have made a breakthrough in 5G, a mobile broadband service that would let users download films in a second with 100 times faster smartphones.