Marketing

Advertising Watchdog To Regulate Facebook

The advertising regulator's powers will be extended to cover social media marketing from 1 March

14 years ago

Greenpeace Asks Facebook To ‘Unfriend’ Coal

Greenpeace's director, and 500,000 Facebook users, ask the company to use clean energy

14 years ago

Google Launches Priority Gmail Inbox Tool

Google has launched Gmail Priority Inbox to help users designate some messages as more important than others

14 years ago

US Government Scrutinising Google ITA Purchase

Google said on 27 Aug. that the Department of Justice filed a second request for information about the search engine's…

14 years ago

Google Increases Pressure On Facebook With Start-up Buy

Google's acquired Angstro, building on the search engine's Zynga investment and acquisitions of Slide and Jambool

14 years ago

Facebook Rival Diaspora Set For September Launch

The developers of 'privacy-conscious' Facebook rival Diaspora claim the social network will be open-sourced on 15 September

14 years ago

Google Launches Standalone Real-Time Search

Google is following up on its real-time search efforts by giving Google Realtime Search its own address

14 years ago

Google Keeps Mum On UK Rollout Of VoIP Service

Google is staying quiet about its expansion plans for its Gmail VoIP service, despite clocking up more than 1 million…

14 years ago

10 Reasons Google VoIP Is A Serious Threat To Skype

Gmail now has a VoIP phone-calling option that could pose a serious challenge to Skype's Internet phone service

14 years ago

Cisco Buys ExtendMedia For Online Video Management

As part of its belief that online video will dominate Internet traffic, Cisco has acquired ExtendMedia to help it manage…

14 years ago

Google Launches Skype-Killer Phone Service

Google's new Gmail phone-calling service presents a challenge to Skype, as well as Gmail's email competitors

14 years ago

BT Rapped Again By ASA Over Broadband Advert

BT has been pinged by the Advertising Standards Authority yet again, following complaints over BT's advertised broadband speeds

14 years ago

Google Launches HTML5 YouTube In Europe

Google has extended the rollout of the HTML5 version of YouTube to give better access to mobile devices

14 years ago

Google Adds Push Notifications To Mobile App For iPhone

ā€ˇGoogle has upgraded its Mobile App for the Apple iPhone, which includes push notifications and pop-up reminders

14 years ago

Facebook Says Zuckerberg-Power Is Feature, Not Bug

Facebook users can't block founder Mark Zuckerberg, because of a feature which prevents malicious campaigns, the company says

14 years ago

Facebook Users Can’t Block Founder Mark Zuckerberg

Founder Mark Zuckerberg has the ultimate admin power on Facebook, and cannot by blocked by anyone, reports say

14 years ago

Google’s Chrome Tablet? Don’t Hold Your Breath

There's rumours of an iPad-killing Google Chrome tablet this November. Clint Boulton reckons Chrome will hit netbooks first.

14 years ago

Google Mobile Maps Passes 100 Million Users

Google said that more than 100 million people per month are using its Google Maps for mobile app

14 years ago

Google Shops For Fashion Search Engine

Google buys Like.com, whose visual search engine helps people match clothes and other apparel online

14 years ago

Nexus One Sold Out After Heavy Developer Demand

Google has depleted its remaining stocks of Nexus One smartphones after heavy demand from the development community

14 years ago

Cameron Diaz Ranked As Most Dangerous, McAfee Finds

Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz, who recently graced the Top Gear race track, is the celebrity most likely to lead you…

14 years ago

Android Paid-App Shortage ‘Fuels Piracy’

Android's lack of app payment infrastructure in many countries is creating a population of app pirates, observers say

14 years ago

Developers Add Apps Search To Google Gmail

Gmail users will be able to sift through Google Docs and Google Sites with Apps Search, thanks to a new…

14 years ago

Privacy Concerns Raised Over Facebook Places

Facebook's new location-powered Places feature could create risks and social pressures for users, analysts warn

14 years ago

Bing Search Growth Levels Off

Bing's market share is holding steady against Google, as Yahoo prepares to transfer its search to Bing's infrastructure

14 years ago

Google Faces Spanish Inquisition Over Street View

No-one expected that headline, as a Spanish judge summons Google to court and Germany asks questions over Wi-Fi data gathered…

14 years ago

Schmidt: Youngsters Will Be Haunted By Online Past

Young people may have to change their names to escape the shame of previous social networking activities, warns Google's CEO

14 years ago

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Turns 15

Over the last 15 years, Microsoft has held onto its browser market share through thick and thin. How much longer…

14 years ago

Google Wields 65 Percent Search Share

Google nabbed 65.8 percent of the US search market share in July, compared to Yahoo's 17.1 percent and Microsoft Bing's…

14 years ago

Hacked Widget Compromises Parked Domains

The compromised widget launched a drive-by attack against users running Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox and Opera

14 years ago