Imagine if one of the biggest film distributors teamed up with one of the biggest online movie streaming networks. That’s what Reuters are reporting this week, claiming US movie rental giant Netflix are close to a deal with Miramax to stream their massive back-catalogue. The rumours are that the deal would top $100m over five … [Read more…]
Amazon.com has unveiled an online service that would enable its customers to securely store and access music through their smartphones and computers.
The legal wrangling over brand name purchases on Google AdWords rages on, with InterFlora embroiled in a legal battle with Marks & Spencer. But who is in the right, and what precedents will the eventual court ruling set for future search campaigns?
The legal wrangling over brand name purchases on Google AdWords rages on, with InterFlora embroiled in a legal battle with Marks & Spencer. But who is in the right, and what precedents will the eventual court ruling set for future search campaigns?
Domain registrar 123-Reg has partnered with GlobalSign (www.globalsign.co.uk), to launch the new GlobalSign Website Passport – designed to help businesses generate more customers and build consumer trust.
SMEs and large enterprises in the technology sector could benefit from the Budget unveiled by chancellor George Osborne yesterday, as he seeks to foster growth in the UK economy.
Regulators are flexing their muscles as concern grows about the dominance of the global digital media players. The latest announcement is from the US where a judge ruled this week to block the $125m settlement Google had made with publishers to digitise millions of books no longer in print. The reason? That it would ‘further … [Read more…]
France is the latest market where the consumer data protection issues surrounding Streetview have caused controversy. This week the French data protection agency fined the Google €100k for the unauthorised collection of consumer data through wi-fi networks. Find out why data protection fines are getting larger…
Last month saw Google update its search algorithms to filter out duplicate content, in a bid to produce higher quality results and combat so-called ‘content farms’. But have some good quality sites suffered as a result? Emily Hill, Managing Director of Write My Site, looks at the case of one publisher, ezinearticles.com.
Hot at its heels of an algorithm update to combat duplicate content last month, Google has followed up with “Panda”, another algorithm change that hits purveyors of “low quality content.” To avoid being slammed with little or no warning, search marketing firm Greenlight is urging businesses to take the necessary steps now to ensure their … [Read more…]