Global internet users surpass 3bn… but mainly in rich countries
Over 3 billion people are now connected to the internet, marking an increase of 6.6% over last year, according to new research.
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UK to become first country to spend half of ad budget on digital- report
The UK set to be first country spending over half of ad budget on digital as Brits ditch traditional media for gadgets, social networks and online shopping, according to new research.
Black Friday in Nigeria: Konga sees record sales
Despite starting as a US tradition, Black Friday has taken off in Africa too, with online shopping mall Konga seeing a huge increase in sales over the sales period.
Mobile ‘pub crawl’ test: 4G still falling short in Central London
Mobile internet access is still unavailable in many parts of central London, contradicting the recent findings of an Ofcom report, according to new research across many of the capital’s pubs.
Top brands on Pinterest: ASOS leads the way for retailers
For the second year in a row, online fashion retailer, ASOS, is the most popular UK online retail site when it comes to having web content shared on Pinterest, the pin-board style social network, in the run up to Christmas.
More than half of Christmas purchases to come from mobiles- report
During Christmas 2014, more than half of online purchases in the UK are made on a mobile device, according to the 2015 predictions report from global technology analyst company CCS Insight.
UK shoppers set to smash online records this Christmas
‘Manic Monday’ to outstrip Cyber Monday with 151 million visits to online retail sites and £676.5 million spend
Back to its roots: Huffington Post opens in Greece
Going back to her roots, Arianna Huffington, President and Editor-in-Chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, has launched the Greek edition of the online news publication.
Netflix accounts for third of traffic in North America
Netflix accounts for about a third of Internet traffic in North America on “fixed” connections, but the video streaming service also accounts for a tenth of all uploaded traffic too, second only to BitTorrent, according to new research.
Firefox ditches Google for Yahoo as default search engine
Mozilla has selected Yahoo as the new search provider on its Firefox browser, ending a decade-long relationship with Google.