Google to restart Realtime search… without Twitter?
Google is aiming to resurrect its Realtime search feature, a month after its contract with Twitter ended.
Top tips: Loyalty 2.0 and beyond
Loyalty services such as ‘dynamic segmentation’ and reward present new opportunities for digital marketers. Grass Roots’ Digital Marketing Consultant Anthony Monger takes a look at what’s changed since Loyalty 1.0, and what those numbers really mean.
Baidu profits up 95% as ad revenues soar
Chinese search giant Baidu posted second-quarter profits up 95% on a year ago at $253m, following rapid growth in advertising revenues.
Google debuts ‘AdWords Express’ for local businesses
Google has launched ‘AdWords Express’ in the US, an updated version of its paid search designed to get local businesses in the US up and running with online advertising in under five minutes.
Blackberry maker to axe 2,000 jobs as profits decline
Research In Motion is to cut about 2,000 jobs, representing 11% of the Blackberry-phone maker’s workforce.
Top 5 tips: Facebook page management for celebrities and VIPs
Celebrities and other high profile VIPs must ensure that their Facebook pages are continually managed and monitored for abuse and misuse if they want to provide fans with a safe online environment and protect their own reputation. Tamara Littleton, CEO of social media management agency, eModeration, provides guidance on how this can be done.
Google closes down Labs to focus on existing products
Google is closing down its iconic Google Labs site- the place for many of the internet giant’s experimental products, and the birthplace of popular services such as Gmail and Google Calendar.
Google+ attracts nearly 20m users in just 3 weeks
Google’s new social network, Google+ already has nearly 20 million users, just three weeks after its launch.
Right to reply: O2 say no shame in self-gratification
O2’s new app Priority Moments launched this week, to rave reviews. The problem was, many of these reviews were from O2 employees, posted before the app went live. Justin Schamotta from Choose looks at the dangers of dabbling in the dark side of online reputation management…
AVG debuts MultiMe- one-stop tool to manage ‘digital life’
AVG Technologies has launched MultiMi, a dashboard for consumers to manage files, e-mail, social media and cloud contentfrom a single platform.