ONE major retailer whose latest sales figures provided evidence that online sales are performing well was Marks & Spencer. In a good quarter for the stores group, it reported that, while overall sales grew by 2.7 per cent in the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Visit England launches social media wizard for tourism industry
Administrators of websites specifically designed to attract tourists to the UK are being given a chance to tap into the potential of social media to spread their message by tourism experts. Visit England, a non-government body which oversees activity promoting … Continue reading
Online advertising overtakes TV for first time
The amount of money being spent on online advertising in the UK overtook the total spent on television for the first time in the first half of 2009, according to the Internet Advertising Bureau. Its bi-annual online marketing expenditure study, … Continue reading
Stars back moves to squeeze file-sharers
Almost 100 British musicians, including top names such as Lily Allen, George Michael and Annie Lennox, have rallied against Government plans to cut the broadband connections of illegal file-sharers. Instead, the stars say persistent culprits should have their bandwidths ‘squeezed’, … Continue reading
Partnership deal to herald new dawn for online audience measurement?
Less than a week after being acquired by Adobe, Omniture is partnering with comScore to provide a digital audience measurement service. Specifically, Omniture’s Web analytics will be paired up with comScore’s new Media Metrix 360 hybrid audience measurement to provide … Continue reading
Microsoft smiling amid dull Irish weather
Microsoft’s €340m ($500m) European Data Centre in Dublin had only been open a week - and already the IT giant was counting the savings, thanks to Ireland’s cool weather. It estimated that it could save up to one-third on the … Continue reading
Google comment function a big step forward for 'webocracy'?
User comments have always been one measure of a website's search engine ranking, but it seems they may be about to become even more relevant, with Google's introduction of Sidewiki. This lets visitors to every website read and comment on … Continue reading
Dell eyes former presidential candidate's system
A FORMER American presidential candidate is set to pocket a small fortune if a takeover of the company by Dell is given the green light. Perot Systems Corp is the subject of a US$3.9billion bid as Dell aims to expand … Continue reading
Facebook petition spurs council into action after cyclist’s death
Facebook has become an established weapon in the campaigner's armoury when trying to get action over community concerns. A recent example concerned a dangerous road not far from Lakestar Media’s offices, in Urmston, a typically busy Manchester suburb. After a … Continue reading
New Africa broadband link 'ready'
People living right across east Africa are poised to join the high-speed internet revolution, with the completion of work on a new undersea cable connecting the region with the rest of the world. The East African Marine System (Teams) is … Continue reading
