Top 30 web properties in Europe
Google attracts the most web uses in Europe, but Facebook gets most of their time, according to new research from ComScore.
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Top 18 European countries by web use
Across Europe, 365.3 million unique visitors went online in April 2011 for an average of 24.2 hours per person, according to new research from comScore.
Email marketing mistaken as spam rises 50%
Email marketers’ lack of best practice forced a near 50% jump in emails not being delivered to the inboxes of UK customers of major Internet Services Providers (ISPs) over 2010, according to new research.
Rural broadband boost? Everything Everywhere and BT Wholesale test UK’s first 4G broadband
Everything Everywhere and BT Wholesale have joined forces to test next generation 4G ‘LTE’ high speed broadband to customers. If successful, the trial will see mobile and fixed broadband coming together for the first time in the UK, providing a significant boost to rural Britain’s access to high speed internet services.
Peak Games gets $5m funding boost for social games
Social gaming firm Peak Games has won a $5 million Series-A investment to foster continued growth in some of the fastest-growing markets in the world including Turkey and MENA (Middle East North Africa).
Roundtable report: Cloud hype giving way to adoption
No business should ignore the opportunities that cloud technology presents the results from those that have dabbled are compelling. This was the warning issued by a panel of business IT experts who gathered at a round table event held by hosting firm UKFast this month.
Yandex set for second biggest tech IPO of the year?
Ahead of its flotation on the US stock exchange, Russian search giant Yandex will be offering shares at roughly twice the price of Google, relative to earnings, it has been revealed this week.
Right to reply: UK superfast broadband faces setback
Britain’s ambitions to have the best superfast broadband in Europe have been hit by a double blow over the past six months according to leading broadband analysts Point Topic. The roll-out of next-generation broadband technology by BT and alternative networks has lagged a long way behind plans and take-up of the services where they are … [Read more…]
Orange and Barclaycard 'Quicktap' app turns mobiles into credit cards
Orange and Barclaycard have launched ‘Quick Tap’, a contactless mobile payment service which allows consumers to make purchases on the high street using their mobile phone for the first time.
Orange and Barclaycard ‘Quicktap’ app turns mobiles into credit cards
Orange and Barclaycard have launched ‘Quick Tap’, a contactless mobile payment service which allows consumers to make purchases on the high street using their mobile phone for the first time.