Zara owner puts smartphones and tablets at centre of online sales venture

BufferSpanish fashion retailer Inditex has announced it will start online sales later this year. The company, which owns brands including Zara and Massimo Dutti, is due to open an online store on September 2 covering the United Kingdom, France, Germany, … Continue reading

More browser users take a shine to Chrome

BufferGoogle’s Chrome browser continued to make inroads into its rivals’ share of worldwide browser usage in May, new statistics show. Chrome rose 0.3 percentage points to take seven per cent of the market, said Net Applications, which monitors browser usage … Continue reading

Australia’s top legal official confirms Street View investigation

BufferA dispute in Australia between members of the public and photographers gathering data for Google’s Street View service has been referred to the country’s police, the country’s Attorney General (senior law officer) has said. Robert McLelland told journalists ahead of … Continue reading

Retail sales via mobile internet forecast to more than double in three years

BufferMobile phone users bought nearly £123million of goods in the UK in 2009 using their smartphones, according to a new report, and this figure looks set to more than double in the next three years. As total online retail spending … Continue reading

Apple’s Jobs says people must be persuaded of merits of paying for online content

BufferApple top man Steve Jobs fears that the internet will be reduced “into a nation of bloggers” unless a sustainable way of persuading people to pay for online content is devised. Speaking at the Wall Street Journal-organised D8 conference near … Continue reading

World Cup fans warned over costly roaming charges

BufferFootball fans heading to South Africa for the World Cup have been warned by a watchdog group to keep an eye on the cost of their mobile internet use while there. Consumer Focus says that mobile operators levy huge charges … Continue reading

Serial Tweeter Fry boosts health body’s mental illness awareness campaign

BufferComedian Stephen Fry boosted the number of pledges for a UK health trust’s campaign to raise awareness of issues surrounding mental illness, after he tweeted details about it. The 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, which covers areas in the … Continue reading

Times iPad edition is another brick in the paywall

BufferThe Times newspaper of London has launched an iPad edition on the same day as the device went on sale in the UK. The move also came just days after the launch of the News Corporation-owned newspaper launched its revamped … Continue reading

The tweet goes on – five billion messages in less than three months and Twitter shows no sign of slowing

BufferThe 15 billionth Twitter post was sent over the weekend of May 29 and 30, just a few months after the social networking site passed the 10 billion message mark. According to social media and marketing blog The Wall, it … Continue reading