In the latest edition of our look back at the news of the week, we look at updates to Google's data on North Korea, why social media is increasing the cost of Superbowl advertising and a flurry of tweets from HMV which caused controversy.
In the latest edition of our look back at the news of the week, we look at updates to Google's data on North Korea, why social media is increasing the cost of Superbowl advertising and a flurry of tweets from HMV which caused controversy.
Find out what the UK has been searching for on Google in January, including snow, schools, cancelled flights, reality TV and HMV.
Google Hotel Finder and Google Flight Search have been around for a while without making a big splash - but changes in 2012 and more in the pipeline may see it compete more seriously with Expedia and similar travel search staples.
Our look back at the week's news takes in Google's first Panda update of 2013, a rise in government data requests to the search engine and the 86-year-old UK grandmother who counts playing Playstation 3 games among her hobbies.
In the latest weekly news review, we look back at a legal ruling on the ownership of Twitter photos, the results of a survey into Chinese social media habits and why an American man outsourced his own job.
This week, theEweekly Wrap looks at Google Play allowing developers the right to respond to criticism, Monopoly's plans to introduce a new playing piece voted for by fans and the sporting icon moving to London for a career in advertising.
With over a hundred billion page views per year Wikipedia is one of the most popular websites in the world. We take an in-depth look at Wikipedia's performance in 2012 along with the threats and opportunities it faces in 2013. Will Google chip away at it's traffic, and what if the site carried advertising.
theEword CEO Al Mackin analyses the most popular Wikipedia articles in 2012 and pulls the curtains back on it's reliance on celebrities, movies and entertainment topics.
In theEword's weekly review of the most interesting technology stories, we discover more on the anticipated release of the Xbox 720, how British colony St Helena is desperate for broadband access and how Adam Pacitti's job hunt went viral.
In our Christmas news roundup, we look at our favourite seasonal stories of the week, including festive fun for Reddit users, the Queen's Christmas address in 3D and Wallace and Gromit's Google+ hangout.
Google+ has recently increased its focus on niche communities and photos, following the explosive success of image-based social network Pinterest and reports that Facebook's most popular posts are those with a visual element.
Yahoo to potentially invest in Tumblr Friday 17th of May, 2013by Lauren KnowlesIs Marissa Mayer set to make a possible game-changing acquisition to target a more mobile demographic?
Schmidt says Google supports tax reform Monday 20th of May, 2013by James RichesGoogle executive chairman Eric Schmidt has used a column in The Observer to suggest that the search engine is in favour of UK tax reforms.
Google launches AdWords Keyword Planner Tuesday 21st of May, 2013by Ben DudleyGoogle AdWords Keyword Planner has officially been released, with the tool expected to make the planning of PPC campaigns easier.