War is over - processor giants settle longstanding feud
on Nov 20, 2009 in Advertising and Marketing market regulation Twelve years of legal wrangling between the world’s two largest computer chip makers could be at an end following an agreement by Intel to pay rival AMD US$1.25billion (GBP 750million). The settlement applies to all outstanding disputes...

Google Chrome ready to show its mettle - but will your PC take a shine to it?
on Nov 20, 2009 in Google Google Chrome After four months in which anticipation had been carefully nurtured, Google announced in mid-November that it was ready to take the wraps off its Microsoft and Apple operating system rival, Google Chrome. The news was broken on technology blo...

Times editor views online charging as part of fight for future of journalism
on Nov 20, 2009 in News Social Media The Times The Times newspaper is planning to start charging for its digital content in the spring, editor James Harding has announced. Harding told the Society of Editors conference the expectation was that publisher News International would implement a subscr...

Brands see user-generated content as key to Christmas success
on Nov 20, 2009 in Advertising and Marketing Online user-generated content Buyer-power will definitely be key to companies' sales success this Christmas, according to the findings of a new survey of online businesses. Many are seeking to leverage positive user-generated content as a more important part of their...

Social media gives us top new word of 2009
on Nov 20, 2009 in Social Media modern trends New words added to the Oxford Dictionary every year are increasingly related to the all-pervasive nature of technology in our lives … and in 2009 that’s no different. This year’s hottest new word, according to compilers of the American...

Divorced after eight years - TimeWarner announces date for final split from AOL
on Nov 20, 2009 in AOL Internet News business news Divorced after eight years - TimeWarner announces date for final split from AOL Time will be called on the biggest media merger in the world, and one-time symbol of the dot.com boom - the coming together of Time Warner and AOL - when...

ASOS figures show clothing is enjoying online sales boom
on Nov 20, 2009 in Online Shopping Another high street staple, the clothes store, is having its dominance whittled away by the growth in e-commerce, if the latest sales figures from online retailer ASOS are anything to go by. The company announced a 47 per cent growth in s...

Rollerskating babies online ad clocks up world record 45 million views
on Nov 17, 2009 in Advertising and Marketing Online brand marketing An advertisement for a bottled water brand starring a troupe of 'rollerskating babies' has become the most viewed online ad to date, clocking up more than 45 million hits. And the viral ad, for bottled water brand Evian, has been recognised...

ASOS figures show clothing is enjoying online sales boom
on Nov 17, 2009 in Online Shopping Company Results Another high street staple, the clothes store, is having its dominance whittled away by the growth in e-commerce, if the latest sales figures from online retailer ASOS are anything to go by. The company announced a 47 per cent growth in sales for...

The end of the world is not nigh, ad giant pronounces
on Nov 4, 2009 in Advertising and Marketing digital marketing Armageddon is not yet with us, the latest trading statement from advertising giant WPP said, rather tongue-in-cheek. The company revealed in late October a drop in quarterly revenues to the end of September 2009, but also said things were “...