YouTube reveals biggest videos of 2014
YouTube has revealed the most popular videos of 2014, marking the occasion with a video assembling some of its most popular Vloggers.
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Tax new year nightmare for small online firms
If you’re creating digital content or services that are sold to consumers, Europe’s 2015 tax laws will be a crushing blow for small businesses as they become forced to adopt the tax position of the countries where their target consumers are buying from. Here’s why…
New York Times ramps up mobile strategy
The New York Times this week hired Kinsey Wilson, formerly of USA Today and NPR, as its new editor for innovation and strategy as the publisher looks to boost its mobile efforts as well as developing new digital products, including mobile applications
Apple to add Beats streaming to all iPhones next year
Apple is planning to pre-install Beats streaming music service on iPhones and iPads from next year, according to a news report.
Video viral of the week: Asos lets viewers change colours of YouTube video
Asos’ latest marketing campaign for its autumn/winter collection generated nearly half a million views in a week. See why its our video viral of the week below…
Spotify partners Uber for personalised cab radio
Spotify has struck a deal with crowd-sourced taxi app Uber to play passengers personal music selection during their cab rides.
YouTube takes on Spotify with ‘Music Key’ subscription service
YouTube is taking on Spotify with a new paid for service that offers ad-free music, offline play and background listening on smartphones and tablets.
Taylor Swift Vs. Spotify: Is streaming killing or saving the music industry?
Taylor Swift is one of the biggest selling music artists on the planet right now- so last week when she decided to pull her entire back catalogue from Spotify, it sent shockwaves around the world. Is music streaming killing music by paying paltry royalties to artists, or is it saving a stagnating industry riddled with … [Read more…]
Top of the Christmas pops: John Lewis music Shazams down 35% on last year
John Lewis is widely regarded as the ‘King’ of the Christmas ad, known for using tracks (generally covers) from up-and-coming singers. This year is no different, with the track of choice being Tom Odell’s cover of John Lennon original, ‘Real Love’. But new research indicates that track requests on Shazam have fallen substantially this year.
Waitrose crowdsources digital choir for Christmas campaign
Waitrose is calling on the nation, and its own staff, to lend their voices to its Christmas advert this year in a new initiative called ‘Donate Your Voice’, which launches this week.