The founders of YouTube, Skype, Lastminute and even the world wide web face their toughest grilling yet in this humourous video from Code Club, a new UK initiative to try to get more kids learning to code. See why it’s our video viral of the week below.
Mobile is accounting for 7.85% of all online sales in the UK, according to new research.
UK Internet users made 2.3 billion visits to search engines in May 2012, up by 82 million visits compared to April 2012, according to new research.
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has banned a Nike Twitter campaign, featuring a Tweet from Wayne Rooney using the brand’s slogan.
Faith in the England football team is growing following this week’s win against Ukraine, with flight searches to Poland and Ukraine increasing by 51% and a 51% uplift in searches for Sharp TV’s, according to new data.
Online shoppers in the UK are most likely to browse and buy on Monday evenings, but also enjoy boozy late night browsing on Fridays and take less than a minute to make a decision on clothes and books purchases according to new research.
Vodafone and O2 have announced plans to merge their networks into a single grid, to improve coverage and accelerate the move to 4G. However, the deal does not mean customers can expect to roam between the two networks just yet.
Digital is becoming key to driving luxury sales, with consultancy McKinsey finding that about 15% of luxury sales are directly driven by digital (€25bn). In addition, 20% of in store sales directly influenced by digital (€34bn). Mark Haviland, MD of Rakuten LinkShare UK, explains why online shopping is no longer just a realm for bargain … [Read more…]
This weekend the UK will celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, with bunting, concert tickets and cake topping the party planning lists, according to new data on the top UK search terms.
Digital formats have now overtaken physical music sales in the UK, with downloads accounting for 55.5% of total industry revenues of £155.8m in Q1, according to new data.