Morrisons buys baby goods website Kiddicare
Morrisons has bought baby goods website Kiddicare for £70m, marking the supermarket chain’s first move in building an online non-food business.
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First ‘press release search engine’ goes live
PRFilter, the first press release search engine, has been launched this week, designed to let web users find recent and relevant press releases.
UK’s LittleGossip network shut down after cyber-bullies take over
LittleGossip, a UK based social Network which allowed young people to anonymously spread rumours about their peers online, has shut down after claims of cyber-bullying.
UK survey: Which Premier League manager would your boss be?
Over two in five (44%) of employees say that their bosses’ management style is the same as relegation zone Wolverhampton manager, Mick McCarthy, or dismissed Liverpool manager, Roy Hodgson. Whilst over a third (35%) also admitted that their manager’s methods don’t get the best out of their organisations workforce, according to a new survey.
UK shopping searches for lingerie uncovers ‘Bridget Jones’ phenomenon
With Valentine’s fast approaching, shopping search engine Twenga has compared the most popular lingerie searches in the UK, France and Germany. The findings show that women in all three countries are putting comfort first.
YouView web TV platform postponed until 2012
The launch of web TV service IPTV service YouView has been delayed until early 2012 due to the ‘growing scale and complexity of the project’.
New service offers one-stop shop for international rail tickets
Dolphin Dynamics and SilverRail Technologies have established a partnership that will enable UK domestic and international rail tickets to be researched and via the Dolphin reservation platform.
Firms opting for web conferencing over face-to-face meetings
Businesses across the globe will increasingly rely on web conferencing instead of traveling to meet face-to-face in a bid to cut costs in the aftermath of the recession, according to a new study.
User-generated video campaign captures Children’s’ reactions to Disneyland trip
Disneyland Paris and Walt Disney World this week launch their first major portfolio marketing campaign entitled ‘When Are You Going To Tell Them’, showing the reaction and real emotions by children when they are told they are going to visit a Disney park.
Mobile broadband providers ‘need lessons from online retailers’
Mobile companies need to learn how to become online retailers to be able to sell mobile broadband online, according to a new study.