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Mobile Internet Services Nearing Collapse

9th February 2010

Mobile Internet usage has grown by leaps and bounds, as predicted by several analysts. What they probably did not foresee, was the ramifications of this growth. More »

Social Media More Popular With Teens Than Blogs

8th February 2010

A study conducted by the Pew Research Center, has shown that the once popular blogs are now unsurprisingly taking a backseat, while social networks like Facebook are taking centre stage on the Internet. More »

Google Planning App Store

5th February 2010

Undisclosed sources at Google have revealed to the New York Times that Google is planning to set up their own online store, to sell business applications. More »

Social Media Still Not Considered Important By Marketers

4th February 2010

A survey of 250 U.K. marketing professionals has found that social media is still not being given enough importance by marketers. More »

Google Offers Glimpse Of Chrome OS For Tablets

3rd February 2010

Since Apple launched the iPad last week, their newly-turned rival, Google, certainly cannot afford to be far behind. There has been a lot of speculation lately about what the tablet version of Google’s Chrome OS will eventually look like when it is released. Google has now offered a first-hand look at it. More »

Click To Call On Mobile Local Ads

2nd February 2010

Google mobile advertising has for a long time included the option for advertisers to run pay per call campaigns where users can click to call a number. Google AdWords has now added the ability for advertisers to run pay per call campaigns via local search ads on mobile. More »

How Social Is Google Social Search?

1st February 2010

Google has now released Social Search in beta for all users. While this could mark the start of an exciting new era in organic search engine optimisation, there is one severe limitation to this feature. More »

Will Apple Put Bing On iPhone?

29th January 2010

With the recent release of Google’s smartphone, the Nexus One, their relationship with Apple seems to be changing. The competition that the Nexus One provides to the iPhone is causing some friction between the two companies.As a result, Apple might sever ties with Google and find a new provider for search on the iPhone. More »

Social Networks More Popular Than Search In Australia

28th January 2010

Data released by Hitwise has shown that over the last few weeks, social networking sites have become more popular than search engines in Australia. More »

Facebook Privacy Stance Raises Federal Eyebrows

27th January 2010

Facebook changed user privacy settings on their site late last year, classifying a lot of user data by default as “publicly available information”. The FTC has been alerted and are now probing the matter. More »

Twitter To Release Usernames

26th January 2010

Twitter plans to release usernames from inactive accounts on their site. Interested users will then be able to register for these usernames once they’ve been released. More »

Is Microsoft Following Google’s Footsteps In Mobile?

25th January 2010

All along, Microsoft has always maintained that as far as mobile phones are concerned, they are more interested in providing software solutions rather than hardware. Now, however, if reports from All Things Digital are to be believed, Microsoft is in the process of making their own phone, and is expected to launch it within this quarter. More »

AOL Ranked Top US Ad Network

22nd January 2010

According to data released by comScore, AOL Advertising was the top ad network in the USA in December 2009. ComScore’s reasearch results show that AOL Advertising had access to 187 million U.S. Internet users. More »

Twitter Might Mimic Facebook Connect

21st January 2010

Following reports that the growth of Twitter has tapered off considerably and the fact that they are no longer considered a significant threat to Facebook, new rumours have surfaced indicating that Twitter might be all set to launch a service that could challenge Facebook’s popularity outside its own domain. More »

Microsoft Plans To Make Hay While Google Battles China

20th January 2010

Following Google’s recent declaration that the search engine might pull out of China if it is not allowed to show uncensored search results, the spotlight has also fallen on rival, Microsoft, who has also started operations in China. More »

Mobile Internet Access To Overtake PCs In 2013

19th January 2010

Analysts have long predicted that mobile Internet access will overtake the PC. Gartner has now predicted when this will happen. More »

Major Growth Reported In Mobile Commerce

18th January 2010

Not only has mobile Internet usage continued to grow steadily through the recession, but mobile shopping has also seen major gains in recent times. eBay, in particular, saw a big jump in mobile shopping during the holiday season. More »

Google Docs Launches File Storage Facility

15th January 2010

Over the next few weeks, Google will start rolling out a new feature to enhance the online file storage capacity on Google Docs. More »

Google China Backtracks On Censorship Decision

14th January 2010

Following a spate of highly sophisticated and targeted attacks on Google’s infrastructure, which originated from China, Google has decided to review their business operations in that country. More »

Facebook Allows Comments Via Email

13th January 2010

Facebook has made it possible for users to send in comments or replies to posts via email. They started testing this feature last month, and it has now been launched for general use. More »