First Facebook ecommerce website launched by US florist
31st July 2009
Facebook users will now be able to make flower and gift purchases online, following the launch of an ecommerce site on the social network.The first of its kind, 1-800-Flowers.com's Facebook page now offers customers the opportunity to buy flowers from the social networking site.In partnership with...
Report: iPhone mobile application development trends changing
31st July 2009
Trends in iPhone mobile application development are beginning to shift due to changing demands.This is according to a report from iPhoneAppQuotes.com, which has highlighted some of the newer iPhone requests.Development inquiries are increasingly focusing on medical applications, as well as those...
RIM launches mobile application development tools
30th July 2009
A new set of mobile application development tools has been launched by Research In Motion (RIM).The offerings are aimed at web development executives looking to build apps for BlackBerry smartphones and include new plug-ins for the Eclipse platform and Microsoft Visual Studio version 1.2.According...
Social media 'affecting ecommerce website usage'
30th July 2009
Ecommerce website usage is changing as a result of the growth of social media, according to a new report.Hill & Knowlton's Future of Commerce study found that younger web users in particular rely on social media as a way of spreading and hearing the latest news and information via word of...
Half of small firms lack a tailor-made website, says study
29th July 2009
Over 50 per cent of small businesses do not have their own website, a new report has revealed.Research conducted by Paypal shows that 52 per cent of small businesses do not have a site, which could be losing companies up to £52,000 every year.Cost factors were among the reasons given by businesses...
Report warns firms over ecommerce website customer service
29th July 2009
Ecommerce websites should be sure to maintain good customer service to prevent losing business.This is according to a new report from nGenera, which revealed that 38 per cent of consumers claim they would not return to a company if they experienced bad customer service.Customer service is...
Spotify plans Android app
28th July 2009
The music-streaming site Spotify has developed an application which would allow it to be run on phones using the Google Android operating system as well as on the iPhone, it has been revealed. With the company having revealed that the app will be free to download, but only available for use by its...
Teens 'most receptive' to mobile marketing
28th July 2009
With the typical Western teenager now spending as much as 19 per cent of their free time engaged with some sort of media, mobile marketing techniques are becoming increasingly important in reaching younger consumers. That is the verdict of a new report which has compiled the data captured through...
Google's mobile application launched for iPhone
27th July 2009
A tracking service in the form of a mobile application has now been released for the Apple iPhone. The Google Latitude app allows users to broadcast their exact location to their friends and family over the web.Owners of Android, Blackberry and Symbian S60 handsets have all had access to the app...
Websites should act like a "digital shop front"
27th July 2009
Online retailers are being urged to treat their websites like a "digital shop front for brands" when considering their web design.This is according the chief executive officer of Moderna Sim Vipps, who said that companies should be investing extra effort into their websites, especially in...
Android usage overtakes Windows Mobile globally
24th July 2009
New figures have revealed that usage of Android-powered mobile phones has overtaken that of Windows Mobile devices for the first time.According to AdMob, Android now accounts for five per cent of the global mobile operating system market, with total ad requests from Android phones soaring by 25 per...
Google Latitude launched for iPhone
24th July 2009
Google has announced that iPhone users can now access its Latitude mobile app through the Safari browser.The offering allows mobile users to display their current location on a map for their friends to see, while also viewing the locations of their contacts.It was first launched in February this...
Google launches new version of Maps for mobile
23rd July 2009
The latest release of Google Maps for mobile has been launched.Version 3.2 of the tool makes use of layers to allow users to view many different types of information at the same time. For example, users could see data on public transport, traffic, local search results, friend locations on Latitude...
Mobile web use 'set to soar in US'
23rd July 2009
Usage of the mobile web will increase significantly over the next four years, it has been predicted.According to eMarketer, 73.7 million American consumers will access the mobile internet by the end of this year, surging to 134.3 million by 2013.This will occur as a result of lower costs,...
Websites 'important in beating the recession'
23rd July 2009
Businesses looking to up their game during the recession should make sure their websites are up to scratch.This is according to Alistair Gibb, author of How to Beat the Recession, who said in a column for Real Business that websites must be kept as up to date as possible to avoid turning away...
Online marketing 'key to e-commerce success'
22nd July 2009
Retailers looking to move into the e-commerce channel should ensure they focus their marketing efforts on the web, it has been advised.In a column for Computing magazine, Freeform Dynamics research director Martin Atherton said that marketing efforts should focus on driving word-of-mouth exposure...
Yahoo! reveals new homepage design
22nd July 2009
Yahoo! has launched a beta version of its redesigned homepage.Visitors to Yahoo.com in the US can now take advantage of the ability to add third-party apps and content to their homepages, such as widgets for Facebook and Gmail.Yahoo! users in the UK, India and France will also be able to view the...
E-commerce sales up in June
21st July 2009
Spending on purchases from e-commerce websites rose by 12.3 per cent in June compared with the same month last year, new figures have revealed.However, online expenditure dropped by 1.3 per cent compared with May, the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index showed.Overall, some £22.9 billion was spent...
Google Earth takes to the moon
21st July 2009
Google Earth is now allowing users to navigate the moon via a new feature.The Moon in Google Earth offering allows web users with Google Earth 5.0 to explore a virtual representation of the moonscape and view panoramic images similar to those seen in Street View.It also includes guided video tours...
Dedicated mobile websites 'a must for usability'
20th July 2009
Website owners must ensure they offer a specific mobile version of their sites to offer the best user experience possible, it has been urged.A study by the Nielsen Norman Group found that the success rate for tasks conducted on mobile-specific websites averaged at 64 per cent, compared with 53 per...
E-commerce sites 'should make it easy to leave reviews'
20th July 2009
E-commerce website owners should make it as easy as possible for shoppers to leave product reviews on their sites.This is according to Linda Bustos of the Get Elastic blog, who explains that customer reviews are often more trusted by shoppers than website copy provided by the retailer itself.As...
Mobile e-commerce sites 'need to be simple'
20th July 2009
Simplicity is the key to good mobile e-commerce web design, it has been suggested.According to Graham Charlton of Econsultancy, mobile websites offering shopping capabilities need to be easy to find via search engines and should prominently display a site search box as there is less room for...
Symbian to launch mobile app developer hub
17th July 2009
Symbian has announced plans to enter the mobile app market by launching a one-stop shop for developers to help them build their apps for the platform.The Symbian Horizon app publishing scheme will be fully launched in October this year and help developers to create and promote the apps via existing...
Mobile web will win out over apps, says Google
17th July 2009
Google has predicted that the main mobile internet trend of the future will be a shift towards more powerful web browsers rather than a greater focus on mobile apps.Speaking at the Mobilebeat conference in San Francisco yesterday (July 16th), Google Engineering vice-president and developer...
BBC iPlayer's popularity soars
17th July 2009
The BBC's iPlayer service now receives more hits from UK web users than social networking site MySpace.This is according to new figures from Hitwise, which show that the iPlayer leapfrogged MySpace to become the 20th most popular UK site in the week ending July 11th.Its statistics also reveal that...
US e-commerce web design 'focusing on checkout'
16th July 2009
A new report has revealed that US online retailers are increasingly focusing their e-commerce web design efforts on their checkout processes.The latest State of Retailing Online report from Shop.org and Forrester Research showed that 79 per cent of the 117 retailers surveyed intend to prioritise...
Google launches slew of new mobile services
16th July 2009
Google has launched a number of new mobile services and tools for its users, including Google Voice for Android and BlackBerry devices.US users of the app can send text messages and make outgoing calls from their Google Voice number on their Android and BlackBerry handsets.Google said that it is...
Firefox financial contributions pilot for add-ons launched
16th July 2009
Mozilla has announced the launch of a pilot scheme through which Firefox add-on developers can request voluntary financial donations to help support their work.The Contributions feature is powered by PayPal and the success of the pilot will be gauged through feedback from the Firefox development...
Apple App Store downloads boom
15th July 2009
Apple has revealed that its App Store has seen consumers make 1.5 million downloads in the last 12 months.It also announced that it now has more than 100,000 members in its iPhone Developer Program and over 65,000 apps currently available in the store to consumers in 77 countries.Furthermore, over...
GetJar celebrates 500m app downloads
15th July 2009
Independent mobile app store GetJar has announced that over 500 million apps have been downloaded by its customers since its launch.The store has some 50,000 mobile apps available to users in over 200 countries, with its most popular apps including Opera Mini, eBuddy, Nimbuzz, mig33 and Google Maps...
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