Baidu debuts virtual assistant to take on Google Now
Baidiu has launched ‘ Duer’, the first Chinese voice assistant to go against Siri, Cortana, and Google Now.
Mail Online digital ad growth slows from 49% to 16%
Mail Online’s digital advertising grew 16% in the last 11 months ending August 2015, marking a significant drop on the same period last year for one of the world’s biggest online publications.
‘YouTube Red’: The new name for Google’s paid music video service?
YouTube could be about to rebrand its paid-for music video service under the name ‘YouTube Red’, according to a new report.
Amazon strikes back at Android with ‘Underground’ shopping app
Amazon has launched a new shopping app on Android called Underground, which is a collection all of the free apps offered throughout the Amazon Appstore.
Rugby World Cup app: Learning from the design mistakes of FIFA
With the Rugby World Cup in full swing, how are the official app and website faring? New research suggests lessons have been learned from design flaws in last years FIFA football World Cup app.
Google ‘charges advertisers for fake YouTube views’
Google has been accused of charging AdWords advertisers for YouTube clicks even when its own systems have correctly identified the viewer as a bot, according to new research.
Facebook outlines plans to monetise Messenger app
Facebook is considering ways to make money from its popular Messenger app, possibly taking a cut in sales from click to call messages and ecommerce sales.
Google’s right to be forgotten could be extended worldwide
A French privacy watchdog has rules that Google should extend its Euopean ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling to the rest of its search engines worldwide.
New Facebook ad service charges only after full-scroll
Facebook is developing a service that will let advertisers pay for ads only when a user scrolls through the ad from top to bottom on its news feed.
Google’s Android accused of ‘monopoly’ in Russia
Russia’s anti-monopoly watchdog has accused Google of abusing its dominant position in the market by forcing phone-makers to pre-install its apps on Android phones.