Cyberlocker service Filesonic has disabled all file-sharing functions on its site, and shut down its affiliate rewards program, following the Megaupload shutdown and arrests last week.
Of the 379.4m Europeans who went online in November 2011, nearly half (47.8%) visited at least one newspaper site,, with a considerable number visiting the top 5 newspaper sites preceded by a visit to Facebook, according to new research.
Twitter has bought social news application Summify, for an undisclosed sum.
Hacker group Anonymous struck down government and industry Web sites this week, in what they claim was their biggest operation yet.
Facebook has reached the top spot in the Brazilian social networking market following a year of exceptional growth, according to new research.
Brands are continuing to invest in Facebook advertising and focusing on fan acquisition, with spend in social media advertising is now additive to existing budgets rather than subtracting from other digital media channels, according to new research.
As e-commerce and affiliate marketing continues to gather momentum worldwide Penny Mather, Marketing Director at LinkShare, analyses the best performing sectors in LinkShare’s network and reveals four emerging trends that will be significant to retail in 2012.
YouTube attracted 606m visitors in the UK in December, one in four visits to social networks and gaining ground on market leader facebook in the process, according to new research.
The head of a consumer online privacy watchdog says US regulators should look into Google’s new personalised search to see whether there are antitrust or privacy issues.
Google has begun offering users ‘personal results’ alongside its standard search results, as the internet giant continues its efforts to rival Facebook as the dominant social media destination.