The founder of Russia’s biggest social networking site VKontakte has been fired following an alleged censorship and surveillance row with the Russian government, with claims that allies of President Putin have now taken over his site.
Just who is a typical UK YouTuber? Nearly one-fifth of those watching YouTube are watching less TV according to new research looking into the top myths and realities of users of the video sharing platform.
Many UK organisations are fialing to get the most out of their online newsrooms, missing a trick in getting vital free ‘earned media’ exposure as a result, according to a new report.
Tesco plans to increased sales at its UK business through online shopping, rather than bricks and mortar, as it announced a 3.6% drop in trading profit to £2.2bn last week.
Despite media hype around the future of Bitcoin and high-profile mobile payments providers such as Square and Stripe preparing to accept the virtual currency this year, new research warns of consumer distrust of the virtual currency.
People are more likely to trust banks to protect their data than politicians, security agencies, mobile phone companies or online and social media providers, according to the findings of a new poll.
UK marketers have rated Facebook as the most “marketing-friendly” social platform, beating LinkedIn and Twitter into second and third places, according to a new survey.
The Internet Advertising Bureau UK has unveiled its guidelines for ‘viewable impressions’ for online display ads, defining an ad as ‘viewable’ if half of it appears in the browser for one second.
US Airways has apologised after a pornographic photo was sent from its official Twitter account in response to a customer complaint.
Google AdWords has teamed up with a number of advertisers to test ways to track whether consumers who click on their ads online follow up with in-store purchases, according to a news report.