Web development at Mail Online
27th February 2009
The managing director of Mail Online has called the company's latest web development "an obvious extension of our brand".Commenting on the announcement that the newspaper website has launched a new dating service, MailDating.co.uk, James Bromley said the matchmaking tool is located on a...
Mobile and computers converging, says Nokia chief
27th February 2009
Hundreds of millions of people are experiencing the internet for the first time via mobile phones, according to Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, chief executive of mobile phone firm Nokia.This highlights the relationship between the two technologies, which has seen services provided by laptops and phones...
Targeted ads 'accepted by MySpace users'
27th February 2009
Targeted online marketing is more acceptable in the eyes of some social networkers than it is for others.At least that is the opinion of Nielsen Online's communications director Alex Burmaster, who told the BBC that MySpace members have been dealing with this form of advertising for some time and...
Report: Mobile search usage rising
26th February 2009
Usage of mobile search engines is on the increase, according to a new report from ABI Research.Seven in ten mobile web users conducted a web search on their handsets last year, up from 14 per cent in 2007, the study revealed.Furthermore, mobile web users are increasingly accessing a wide range of...
New website for War on Want
26th February 2009
A new website has been launched by the London-based War on Want charity.Unveiled ahead of a large-scale demonstration in London, the new site features a breaking news feed, an image-heavy homepage and integrated video and picture galleries.The site search function has also been improved, while a...
New Android app unveiled by imeem
26th February 2009
Social music website imeem has launched a new version of its app for Android mobile phones.The free imeem Mobile app comes with a new feature, MyMusic, that lets users stream their personal imeem music library through their handsets.Its other offerings include the ability to create custom web radio...
Apple Safari 4 released as public beta
25th February 2009
Apple has released its Safari 4 web browser in public beta, offering a range of new features for users.The browser makes use of the Nitro engine to execute JavaScript significantly faster than the current versions of Safari, Internet Explorer and Firefox, according to Apple.New features include...
Mobile web 'seeing strong global growth'
25th February 2009
The mobile internet is seeing strong growth in usage around the world, new figures have suggested.According to Opera, usage of its Mini mobile browser saw particular growth - over 2,800 per cent - in Armenia last year.Mobile internet use also surged by 1,854 per cent in Nigeria and by 1,391 per...
Guardian set for new mobile website
25th February 2009
The Guardian is to relaunch its mobile website, it has been announced.According to the newspaper, the site at m.guardian.co.uk will be redeveloped to work across all of the main mobile web browsers, including those on the iPhone and the Blackberry.Traffic to the Guardian's mobile site has increased...
Success of internet-spread vouchers assessed
24th February 2009
Marketing discount vouchers on a website has been described as a "cost-effective" way of promoting.Forum of Private Business (FPB) spokesperson Phil McCabe said that online marketing is a useful way for companies offering vouchers to reach the required audience."It's certainly true...
IAB hopes to drive change in marketing
24th February 2009
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has formed a new taskforce, which has been given the responsibility to drive change in the marketing industry.Various representatives from the sector are included in the group, and they will aim to create a model contract that will foster a good relationship...
Website-based marketing analysed
24th February 2009
Last month, digital marketing research firm eMarketer claimed that UK online ad spending would hit £3.58 billion in 2009 - now it is suggesting that websites are adapting their adverts to use all the benefits a high-speed broadband connection offers.Businesses are apparently opting to create...
'All firms can benefit' from web analytics
23rd February 2009
An online marketing expert has suggested that firms of all sizes are able to benefit from the use of web analytics.While many firms already use these web-based tools to track the traffic on their websites, companies of all sizes can also use them to hone their marketing strategies, according to...
Functionality 'most important part' of website design
23rd February 2009
The "key criteria" of good websites are usefulness and usability, according to a newspaper writer.Jack Schofield of the Guardian wrote that while there is a place for attractive design, more important factors include speed, content quality, reliability and readability.He added that sites...
Commercial websites 'need formal strategic thinking'
23rd February 2009
Companies looking to establish a commercial online presence should take care that their e-commerce partner is willing to support them with strategic analysis, according to an advertising expert.The Irish Times reported that Mark Cassin of DMA Response Advertising said that many websites suffer...
SMEs 'failing to make good use of the web'
20th February 2009
More than half of small and medium-sized enterprises are losing out on £20 billion in revenue because they are failing to take advantage of online selling, a study has shown.Research by BT Tradespace entitled The Voice of Small Business has highlighted that 67 per cent of small firms feel that...
Google brings mobile search app to Windows devices
20th February 2009
A new application promising 50 per cent faster search results on mobile devices has been made available to Windows Mobile users.Google's Mobile App is designed to give easier access to the company's applications than navigating to google.com in the mobile browser.According to the firm, the new...
Websites now able to add Facebook comment boxes
20th February 2009
Web developers can now add boxes to their sites that allow Facebook users to post comments on their content.The social network's new Comments Box widget is the first such application to be launched as part of its Facebook Connect initiative, which lets users log in to participating sites with their...
T-Mobile reveals top Android apps
20th February 2009
T-Mobile has unveiled a list of the most popular Android apps in the UK.According to the mobile operator, the most popular app available on Android Market is the Weather Channel, which lets users take advantage of customisable maps and alerts.MySpace Mobile and price comparison service ShopSavvy...
Most searched-for celebs revealed
19th February 2009
Financial expert Martin Lewis has topped a list of the most searched-for celebrities on the internet compiled by Hitwise.The research company revealed that the man behind the popular Money Saving Expert website beat off competition from the likes of Barack Obama, Diana Vickers and Britney Spears to...
Yahoo! lets marketers embed rich media in ads
19th February 2009
Yahoo! is now enabling certain of its pay-per-click advertisers to embed rich media elements into their search ads.The company's Rich Ads in Search scheme allows companies to include videos, images and custom search boxes in their sponsored ads on Yahoo!'s search engine listings.According to a test...
More Android phones announced at MWC
18th February 2009
The Mobile World Congress has seen further announcements made regarding new mobile handsets capable of running the Android platform.Samsung Electronics revealed that it is to launch three Android phones by the end of 2009, as well as a handset that uses Linux software from the LiMo Foundation.While...
Web domain name registrations soar
18th February 2009
Registrations of website domain names rose by 16 per cent in 2008 compared with the previous year, according to VeriSign.The security company said that there were 177 million new top-level domains (TLDs) registered last year, 24 million more than in 2007.Over ten million new domain names were...
Retailers look to boost websites with blogs and Web 2.0
17th February 2009
Global retailers are planning to invest more in social networking and rich media technologies for their websites over the next year.This is according to new research from Adobe Scene7, which revealed that a third of online retailers intend to spend more on blogs for their websites by the end of...
Windows Mobile 6.5 launched by Microsoft
17th February 2009
Microsoft has revealed the latest edition of its operating system for mobile phones at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.Windows Mobile 6.5 boasts a redesigned user interface and improvements to its touch-screen functionality.It comes with a new version of Internet Explorer Mobile for...
E-commerce spending rises in January
17th February 2009
Britons spent just over £4 billion on purchases from e-commerce websites last month, new figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index have revealed.This represented a 19 per cent increase compared with January 2007, although online sales dropped compared with December 2008, according to...
Second Android phone announced
17th February 2009
The second mobile phone to be powered by Google's Android operating system is to be launched by Vodafone this spring, it has been announced.Vodafone said at the Mobile World Congress that the HTC Magic smartphone will be made available to users in the UK, Spain, Germany and France.The touch-screen...
Flash 10 set for smartphones
16th February 2009
Adobe has announced that it is to release a full-featured version of its Flash player for smartphones running Windows Mobile, Android, Nokia S60/Symbian and the new Palm operating systems.The technology will be launched by the end of the year and will allow mobile users to watch the same videos and...
Paid apps launched for Android
16th February 2009
Google has officially announced the launch of paid-for Android apps produced by developers in the UK and US.Developers can select pricing for their own mobile apps, with these apps to initially be made available to US end users from next week. The move comes after months of speculation over when...
National Portrait Gallery website relaunched
16th February 2009
The website for the London-based National Portrait Gallery has been redesigned and relaunched.Focused on displaying the gallery's online collection of 120,000 portraits more prominently, the new site offers enhanced zoom options and bigger visuals than seen previously.Users can search for portraits...
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