Spotify mobile application for iPhone approved
28th August 2009
Apple has accepted Spotify's app for the iPhone into the iTunes store.The approval comes after weeks of speculation over whether the company would allow the app to compete with its own iTunes service.Only premium users of Spotify - those who pay a monthly a fee for ad-free streams - can download...
Quick ecommerce website tweaks 'benefiting the market'
28th August 2009
The ability to quickly tweak ecommerce website design strategies is one of the main factors behind the continuing growth of online shopping.This is according to James Roper, chief executive of IMRG, who explained that online retailers are better able to defend their margins than high street stores...
Android users download ten mobile applications a month
28th August 2009
Owners of Android mobile devices download an average of ten new applications a month, new figures have shown.According to AdMob's Mobile Metrics report for July, Android was on par with the iPhone in terms of monthly downloads, although iPod Touch users were found to download 18 apps a month on...
Web development execs 'need to do more to improve security'
27th August 2009
Web development professionals need to step up their game if they are to counter the increasing threat posed by malware, according to one expert.The most recent IBM X-Force Trend and Risk Report shows that malware creators are increasingly looking to advanced tactics to infect web users by linking...
BlackBerry is most popular platform for downloading mobile applications
27th August 2009
New statistics from mobile application store Handango have shown that BlackBerry is now the most popular platform for which to download smartphone apps.BlackBerry replaced Windows Mobile in the rankings for the first six months of 2009, representing 44 per cent of all apps sold during this period....
Tips offered on making ecommerce web design more usable
27th August 2009
Web design professionals have been urged to make ecommerce websites more usable to boost sales.According to ZippyCart, it can be a good idea to limit any distractions in the online checkout process, such as ads, shipping and customer information, and confirmation of address.Web developers should...
Large fonts and images 'dominating ecommerce web design'
26th August 2009
Large images and fonts are the order of the day in the world of ecommerce web design, it has been suggested.According to Armando Roggio of Practical eCommerce, web designers are making greater use of larger-than-life logos, text and pictures to emphasise online retailers' product offerings.This...
Opera Mini 'is most downloaded mobile application'
26th August 2009
GetJar has revealed Opera Mini to be the most popular application to be downloaded from its store.With more than 25 million downloads, the mobile browser is more in demand than any other application available via this method.GetJar also reported that Opera Mini has been downloaded for a number of...
Expert: Online video should play a part in web design strategies
26th August 2009
An expert has urged web designers to take full advantage of the medium of online video.Speaking after the release of figures from Pew Research that show more than twice as many people are now watching online videos compared with two years ago, Robert Proctor outlined the benefits of the media for...
People using mobile internet "more intensively"
25th August 2009
A mobile internet solution that can work on virtually every handset is needed to ensure the web is available to everyone, the chief executive of Opera has asserted."People are using the mobile web more intensively," said Jon von Tetzchner, who added that the latest findings from the...
Microsoft OneApp 'improves mobile application experience'
25th August 2009
Consumers with feature phones will find their experience of the web is further enriched thanks to a new software application from Microsoft, the firm has said.Microsoft OneApp, announced yesterday (August 24th), allows feature phones in emerging markets to access a range of mobile applications,...
Ecommerce website sales up in July
25th August 2009
New statistics have revealed that online sales rose by 16.8 per cent in the 12 months to July.According to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, UK shoppers spent £4.2 billion on purchases from ecommerce websites last month, up 15.7 per cent compared with June.The clothing, footwear and...
Mobile TV viewership 'to reach 54m'
24th August 2009
Some 54 million people across the globe will be watching television on their mobile phones by the end of the year, analysts have predicted.According to the BBC, while take-up of the technology has been slower than expected on smartphones, 20 per cent of people who currently use mobile TV watch it...
Facebook 'to increase staff by 50%'
24th August 2009
Facebook creator and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg said that the social media site has benefited from a surplus of engineering workers amid the recession and is planning to expand its workforce by up to 50 per cent in the next year.He told Bloomberg that "no-one else has been...
'Smart retailers' invest in website improvements
24th August 2009
The wisest retailers are investing in improvements to their websites as more shoppers are heading online amid the economic downturn.According to Google UK managing director Matt Brittin, consumers are looking to the web to find the best deals, encouraged by lower prices and faster broadband...
Ecommerce websites 'popular among mums'
21st August 2009
A new study by comScore has revealed that British mums frequently visit ecommerce websites.Six of the top ten website categories for mothers aged between 25 and 54 were retail-related ones, with the toys sector coming out on top.Other popular ecommerce website categories included...
Hilton praised for website design
21st August 2009
A new study has ranked the Hilton as having the best hotel website when it comes to the customer experience.Conducted by benchmarking company Global Reviews, the research rated Hilton.com highly when it was examined against criteria for the hotel selection and booking processes, customer support...
New Android mobile application listens for web content
21st August 2009
Google Labs has launched a new Android mobile application that lets users search for and find podcasts and online audio content.The Listen app also enables users to stream music or download content for later, as well as subscribe to content from favoured feeds and searches. It additionally lists...
Mobile application advertising guidelines urged by COI
20th August 2009
The Central Office of Information (COI) has urged industry bodies to do more to offer guidance and best practices on how to best deploy advertising within mobile applications.According to new media age, advertisers are concerned that mobile app ads may damage brands' reputations if they link out to...
Mobile applications 'good for small firms'
20th August 2009
Mobile applications are increasingly being used by small firms to keep existing customers.This is according to the Wall Street Journal, which says that some companies are using smartphone apps to reach a wider audience and advertise their goods and services.Other apps are being used to enhance...
Unofficial Spotify Android mobile application launched
20th August 2009
Android users can now download an unofficial Spotify mobile application while they wait for the official version to be made available.Droidify enables playlist and song synchronisation via Wi-Fi or 3G networks, but does not have offline playback capabilities.Only those with a premium Spotify...
Wikipedia launches official iPhone mobile application
19th August 2009
The Wikimedia Foundation has rolled out a new iPhone mobile application for Wikipedia.Numerous unofficial Wikipedia apps are already available for the iPhone, but this is the first official app for the platform. The app was built by the community and is open source.The aim of the app is to offer a...
Twitter shopping cart 'is a bad move for ecommerce websites'
19th August 2009
A new tool allowing ecommerce website customers to use Twitter to complete transactions is likely to be more trouble than it is worth, it has been claimed.TwoTweet lets businesses deploy a shopping cart that is closely integrated with the microblogging site and enables customers to 'reply to buy'....
Language translation 'vital' for ecommerce website expansion
19th August 2009
Retailers looking to expand internationally should carefully consider how they go about translating their ecommerce websites into different languages.This is according to Armando Roggio of Practical eCommerce, who advised ecommerce website owners to rewrite their English page copy so that it is as...
Ecommerce website usage 'set to increase'
18th August 2009
Ecommerce website usage will rise in the UK during the next four years, a new report from eMarketer has predicted.According to the research firm, 72.5 per cent of UK web users over the age of 14 will make a purchase from an ecommerce website this year, rising to 75.7 per cent of users in 2013.Some...
Web 2.0 'can aid ecommerce website design'
18th August 2009
Ecommerce web design professionals could benefit from using Web 2.0 and social media to enhance their sites, it has been suggested.Linda Bustos of the Get Elastic blog noted that certain forms of Web 2.0 - such as shopping widgets and social networks like Twitter and Facebook - can improve the...
TomTom mobile application 'could come to Android'
18th August 2009
TomTom has hinted that it may launch a satnav mobile application for Android after it recently unveiled such an app for the iPhone.Speaking to Pocket-lint, Benoit Simery of TomTom said that the company is unable to ignore the success of the Android platform.TomTom has previously worked with HTC to...
Videos 'can boost website marketing'
17th August 2009
Businesses could benefit from adding online video elements to their website marketing strategies, according to one expert.While sectors such as the entertainment and fast-moving consumer goods industries are the most likely to be able to make the most of online video, other markets can also use the...
Website marketers look to mobile advertising
17th August 2009
A new study by Forrester Research has found that mobile marketing usage is increasing in the US.About one-quarter of interactive marketers in the country now use mobile marketing, with 47 per cent of this set to up their mobile spending in 2009 in spite of the economic downturn.The research also...
Two-fifths of ecommerce firms hire website design professionals
17th August 2009
New research has revealed that a significant proportion of ecommerce firms hire web design professionals to work on their websites.The poll by Practical eCommerce found that about four in ten online retailers had used the services of a professional web designer for the purpose of coding HTML, CSS,...
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