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AccuraCast Facebook Fan Box
22nd July 2009
We now have a Fan Box from Facebook that we can promote on all websites that we control… More »
R.I.P. Michael Jackson
26th June 2009
He was the world’s greatest entertainer. We salute him, in our own little way:
What’s New With AccuraCast?
15th April 2009
A lot has been going on outside of our main website, and I thought I’d write a quick post to update our readers about some of these new developments. More »
Interview With Matt Colebourne, CEO of coComment
10th March 2008
Farhad Divecha, Director of AccuraCast interviewed Matt Colebourne, CEO of coComment to find out more about his company, the advantages of unified conversation management and the future of blogging worldwide. The conversation took some very interesting turns, especially when the discussion turned to censorship and how services like coComment could help or hurt vulnerable groups in third world countries. More »
Facebook Clamps Down On Sneaky Application Promotion
3rd January 2008
Starting from the 1st of January, Facebook will block links in Mini-Feed, Notifications, and Notification Emails which lead to the installation of another application. The announcement made on the Facebook Developers blog hopes to focus developers on user experience and engagement rather than deceiving users in an attempt to grow the popularity of their apps. More »
Google Checkout Overtakes Paypal In UK
28th December 2007
A recent report from Hitwise found that traffic to Google Checkout has overtaken PayPal in the first two weeks of December and has held its lead since then. The number of downstream visitors from Google Checkout has also grown rapidly, which might indicate that while people visit the site they don’t necessarily buy using Google Checkout. More »
Season’s Greetings
25th December 2007
Merry Christmas & a very Happy New Year to all our readers! Enjoy the little festive video we have picked for you… More »
News Corp May Acquire LinkedIn
29th November 2007
A post on the popular TechCrunch UK blog indicated that a possible takeover of the fast growing social network, LinkedIn, by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp may be in the pipeline. More »
New Rumours Surface – Microsoft Might Buy Yahoo!
16th November 2007
Kevin Johnson, President of Platforms and Services Division at Microsoft, leads over 12,000 employees responsible for product development, marketing and strategy for the Windows and Online Services businesses. At the UBS Investor Conference in Seattle on Thursday, Kevin outlined Microsoft’s ambition to grow their online search business to 30 percent. More »
Google Maps Gets New Logo
15th November 2007
Localisation and personalisation have been Google’s mantra for 2007. Google personalised home rebranded to iGoogle and got its own logo in May. Localised results with mini-maps made their way into the organic search results page as far back as November last year. And now Google Maps has got its own new logo. More »
Official Google Announcement: Forget GPhone. Hello Android
6th November 2007
2.7 Billion people could potentially use Google’s latest offering next year. It is not the highly speculated GPhone. Instead, Google yesterday announced the Open Handset Alliance and the Android open platform for mobile devices. More »
Yahoo! UK Becoming A Distant Second
2nd November 2007
Hitwise data for September 2007 shows that Yahoo! served only 4.91 per cent of all Internet searches in the UK, Microsoft served 3.95 per cent and Ask.com got 3.55 per cent. There is only one clear leader in the UK search market, and its lead is growing by the day. More »
AdMob Launches Facebook Mobile Advertising
1st November 2007
Facebook Platform for Mobile allows developers to build applications that integrate with Facebook via user profiles and canvas as well as through SMS. Application developers can now monetise their apps by including mobile advertising from AdMob. More »
AdWords Keyword Analysis Tool Diagnoses Quality Score
23rd October 2007
Inside AdWords, the official Google AdWords blog announced the availability of a new keyword analysis tool yesterday. The new tool builds on information presented in the already available keyword status tool, which told advertisers whether their ads were being served or not. More »
Google News App On Facebook Doesn’t Quite Cut It
22nd October 2007
Facebook Applications allow third-party programmers to create useful or entertaining little widgets that can be integrated into a person’s Facebook account. Google News has released a Facebook app that allows users to read news, post stories to their profile and share news with their friends. More »
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