Microsoft Creative Director Adam Orth has resigned after posting flippant remarks on Twitter over the Xbox 720’s controversial ‘always-online’ rumours, telling frustrated customers to ‘deal with it”.

Just over half (51%) of all apps downloaded during the first quarter of 2013 were from Google Play, but Apple generated 74% of all app revenue, according to new global data.

EBay has begun sharing the browsing habits of its users with third party advertisers, as the online marketplace looks to rival Amazon, Facebook on Google in the lucrative practice of behaviourally targeted ads.

Google has launched its Map Maker in the UK, letting users add their favourite places, in a similar style to user contributions on Wikipedia.

Gmail was mistaken as an elobrate April Fool’s joke when it launched on 1st April 2004. But Google’s webmail service went on to become one of the most widely used and pioneering communications tools in the world. The mark the occasion, Google has posted an infographic on the Gmail blog which depicts all of the … [Read more…]

Controversial electronic currency Bitcoin has lost half its value on Wednesday due to a panic sell-off.

This week’s IAB figures showed that UK video advertising grew 46% to £160.0 million from £109.0 million, accounting for 12% of online and mobile display in 2012. In the last three years video ad spend has increased almost six-fold (471%). Adrian Moxley, Co-Founder & CMO at WeSEE, looks at why video now needs more sophisticated … [Read more…]

UK marketers prefer online or social media channels as the best routes to reach target audiences, with only 3% choosing cold-calling as their preferred means of reaching prospects.

Apple and Yahoo are reportedly in talks over extending the level of co-operation amongst the two companies on the iPhone and iPad, as Apple looks to reduce its dependence on rival Google’s web services.

General Motors is returning to Facebook after a high profile decision to pull its $10m per year social media ad budget last year.