Facebook gives Brits local offers as ‘Deals’ launches in UK
Facebook has launched its ‘deals’ service in the UK, giving users of its Places app local offers sent to their mobile phone, ready to redeem.
Italy
LivingSocial buys Letsbonus, expands to 25 new countries
Social commerce sites LivingSocial has acquired a majority stake in LetsBonus, one of the original European social shopping sites.
Christmas gifts: Women still on top
British women start their Christmas shopping well before the men, according to a new online poll.
Cloud computing ‘could boost EU top 5 by €763bn’
Research by the Centre of Economics and Business Research (CEBR) reports that widespread adoption of cloud computing could give the top five EU economies a 763bn euro boost over five years and create 2.4m jobs.
Xmas shopping online: Free returns boost sales by letting users touch the products
Nearly half of all Brits (45%) find the inability to touch products online is the biggest barrier to shopping online for Christmas, according to new research.
Global broadband: Hong Kong tops list for best service
Hong Kong offers the best value for consumer broadband – while Singapore joins the top ten nations worldwide for the first time, according to new global data.
Christmas Gifts 2010: “No sextoys please, we’re British”
Two in five (42%) of British consumers would be disappointed with a sextoy as their gift, and 38% would not like a scented candle, according to a new survey.
Sony takes VOD service to Europe, but PS3 users miss out
Sony has launched its video-on-demand service Qriocity in Europe, making its catalogue of movies available via its internet connected TVs, but not its popular PS3 console.
Qype gets €6.5m funding boost from Vodafone and VCs
User-generated local review site Qype has raised 3.5 million euros from Vodafone Ventures and a further 3.0 million euros from its existing three investors, Advent Venture Partners, Partech International and Wellington Partners.
World online ad market: Search marketing set to soar further
Search marketing accounts for more than half of all global online advertising, and is forcast to take an even bigger slice of the market in four years time, according to a new report looking at the global internet ad industry.