Google (now Alphabet) last month unveiled Eddystone, a software platform for Bluetooth beacons that demonstrates a serious push into the Internet of Things. Beacons are small devices that use Bluetooth technology to send notifications and other actions to a passing smartphone or other Bluetooth enabled device. It had looked as though beacons were at risk … [Read more…]
Alphabet Inc. is the new parent company in Google restructuring.
Having sold some 379,000 shares in November Twitter’s Jack Dorsey has just purchased 32,000 shares at a cost of $875,000 as demonstration of confidence in the company. Other board executives also purchased shares in what appears to have been a co-ordinated move. The move seems to have worked with Twitter’s share price rising 7% over … [Read more…]
Smartphones have overtaken laptops as the most popular device for getting online, Ofcom research has revealed, with record ownership and use transforming the way we communicate. Some key findings from the report: • Smartphones are now the preferred way to browse the internet • Around a quarter of mobile internet users make a purchase on … [Read more…]
Very has created a ‘shoppable’ YouTube video ads in the UK, featuring Rizzle Kicks singing a cover of ‘Summertime’. See why its our video viral of the week below.
Microsoft will roll out its hololens augmented reality headset to developers in 2016, with a commercial release planned later.
Google is now more focused than ever on giving higher search rankings to good quality web content that is easy to understand and relevant to the query, while the days are numbered for old-style SEO such as link building or keyword density, according to new research.
Google Glass is set to return, but not as we know it. A new version aimed at workers will come as a small attachment, letting people fix them to regular glasses.
Instagram’s mobile ad revenues are set to reach $2.81bn by 2017, overtaking Google and Twitter’s mobile revenues with a little help from parent company Facebook, according to new research.
Google Maps has launched a new feature that lets users see a business’ popular times for each day of the week.