Moneysupermarket.com buys rival for £9m
Price comparison service Moneysupermarket.com has acquired rival company Financial Services Net in a £9million deal.
Travel
19.2m UK households online… but digital divide remains
Around 19.2 million UK households are now online, but just 26% of those on the lowest incomes have access to the web, according to new research.
Public sector-only travel site launches
A new travel portal, borne out of a two-year university consultancy project, has launched exclusively for organisations and employees within the public sector in the UK and Ireland.
TheTrainline app lets travellers buy train tickets via mobiles
Thetrainine has launched a free app that lets users buy tickets via their mobiles to collect at the station.
BT poll to find UK's top 5 Internet ‘not-spots’
BT is to map the demand for broadband across the country, and give the five keenest areas an upgrade by 2012
BT poll to find UK’s top 5 Internet ‘not-spots’
BT is to map the demand for broadband across the country, and give the five keenest areas an upgrade by 2012
Businesses rush to embrace smartphone technology to boost growth
Around half (48%) of UK small businesses are using smartphones for email or to use the Internet for business purposes, with a further 9% planning to adopt the technology this year, according to new research.
Google retains US Internet search share in July
Google’s share of U.S. Internet searches was essentially flat at 71.4% in the four weeks ended Aug. 1 from a month earlier, according to new research.
Right to reply: BAA strike- How SMS marketing can spare passenger travel chaos
In light of scheduled talks being held today about the threat of strikes by airport workers, it poses the question – is enough being done to keep holidaymakers fully informed as to exactly how they will be effected? It is quite obvious that in order to reduce chaos, airlines need to communicate effectively with their … [Read more…]
Right to reply: Google changes will make advertising attractive for comparison sites
Bigmouthmedia reports that Google’s latest changes to its trademark policy will make pay-per-click advertising more attractive for comparison sites.