Google Doodle costs American economy

Posted - 25th May 2010 in Internet News

A new study has calculated the economic cost of an interactive Google Doodle.

by Tom Mason

Internet Explorer browser share drops

Posted - 5th May 2010 in Internet News

New statistics show IE’s browser share is down by over 30% while popular browsers Firefox and Google Chrome experience rises.

by Carli Harris

Google unveils Government Requests tool

Posted - 22nd April 2010 in Internet News

Information on data and content removal requests is made public by search giant.

by Carli Harris

New Chinese cyber attack

Posted - 1st April 2010 in Internet News

Another Chinese cyber attack has been reported. The Yahoo email accounts of several journalists have been hacked, according to the Foreign Correspondent's Club of China.

by Richard Frost

Fast track for Firefox patch

Posted - 24th March 2010 in Internet News

Firefox 3.6.2 has been released a week earlier than scheduled. The patch fixes a critical security flaw that alarmed the German government.

by Richard Frost

Google Chrome starts translating

Posted - 18th March 2010 in Internet News

Google's latest browser release can automatically translate millions of web pages. Chrome incorporates the technology behind Google Translate.

by Richard Frost

Icann reconsiders adult domain

Posted - 10th March 2010 in Internet News

The .XXX extension could be on sale later this year. Icann, which dismissed the original application in 2007, will reconsider its position this week.

by Richard Frost

UK gears up for iPad

Posted - 8th March 2010 in Internet News

The iPad will arrive in the UK next month. That means Europeans will be offered the tablet just a few weeks after the Americans.

by Richard Frost

Microsoft is top B2B brand

Posted - 25th February 2010 in Internet News

Microsoft has been named the UK's top B2B brand. Last year's winner Google dropped to fifth in the Top 50 Business Superbrands Survey 2010.

by Richard Frost

Microsoft offers browser choice

Posted - 22nd February 2010 in Internet News

Internet Explorer users will be asked if they wish to change browsers. Microsoft's action follows competition talks with the European Commission.

by Richard Frost

Sex.com for sale

Posted - 20th February 2010 in Internet News

The most expensive domain in history is back on the auction block. Sex.com will be sold on March 18th 2010.

by Richard Frost

SeeSaw battle for VOD viewers

Posted - 17th February 2010 in Internet News

A new ad-supported video-on-demand service has launched, offering TV programming from BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and Channel 5.

by Richard Frost

Doritos ad smashes viewing record

Posted - 11th February 2010 in Internet News

Doritos' Snack Attack Samurai has become the most viewed TV ad of all time. It was watched by 116 million people during Super Bowl XLIV.

by Richard Frost

Online safety campaign launched

Posted - 9th February 2010 in Internet News

A government-backed initiative aims to make children safer online. The launch has been timed to coincide with EU Safer Internet Day.

by Richard Frost

Google runs Super Bowl advert

Posted - 8th February 2010 in Internet News

Google took the unusual step of advertising its search engine during yesterday's Super Bowl contest in America. The advert was thought to have cost over £3 million.

by Tom Mason

American teens shun blogging

Posted - 5th February 2010 in Internet News

A new study has revealed that teenagers in the United States are less likely to blog than in previous years. The change has been attributed to the rise of sites such as Twitter.

by Tom Mason

BBC series explores the internet

Posted - 30th January 2010 in Internet News

A major new BBC2 series charts the rise of the internet. The Virtual Revolution starts tonight by focusing on the trend towards user-generated content.

by Richard Frost

Britain will not issue IE warning

Posted - 20th January 2010 in Internet News

The British government will not make browser recommendations. Germany and France have already advised computer users to switch away from Internet Explorer.

by Richard Frost

Online gaming tops Disney survey

Posted - 12th January 2010 in Internet News

A Disney study reveals that online gaming is the most common web activity for children. Homework came second in the poll.

by Richard Frost

Search engine giant in video venture

Posted - 9th January 2010 in Internet News

China's biggest search portal is expanding into online video. Baidu's new ad-funded website will only feature licensed content.

by Richard Frost

Online video breaks record

Posted - 6th January 2010 in Internet News

Almost 31 billion online videos were watched in November 2009. It's the first time that online video has passed the 30 billion threshold.

by Richard Frost

Download tops Christmas charts

Posted - 21st December 2009 in Internet News

Rage Against the Machine has beaten X Factor to the Christmas number one. Their song was only available as a digital download.

by Richard Frost

E-tailer visits up by a third

Posted - 10th December 2009 in Internet News

There has been a 35 per cent rise in visits to the UK's leading online retailers. France, Germany and the US have also experienced growth.

by Richard Frost

Google rolls out DNS service

Posted - 7th December 2009 in Internet News

Google has moved into web infrastructure. Public DNS is a faster and safer way of matching domain names to IP addresses, according to the company.

by Richard Frost

Cyber Monday hits historic high

Posted - 4th December 2009 in Internet News

Cyber Monday online sales hit a new high-watermark in 2009. Total online retail expenditure matched the biggest single day on record.

by Richard Frost

Online retailers prepare for Cyber Monday

Posted - 23rd November 2009 in Internet News

Conversions set to hit new high as online marketing teams and retailers gear campaigns towards busiest day of the year.

by Dan Nolan

Online adspend boom

Posted - 17th November 2009 in Internet News

Despite the recession, online adspend continues to rise. More than four-fifths of marketers increased online budgets in 2009, according to the Marketers' Internet Ad Barometer.

by Richard Frost

Murdoch hints at pay-wall delay

Posted - 9th November 2009 in Internet News

Pay-walls may not reach News Corporation sites on time. Rupert Murdoch said he "wouldn't promise" to meet the original June 2010 target.

by Richard Frost

Google trebles monetised videos

Posted - 4th November 2009 in Internet News

The number of YouTube views that can be monetised has trebled in the past year. Google attributes the rise to its revenue-sharing copyright system.

by Richard Frost

International web addresses approved

Posted - 31st October 2009 in Internet News

Icann has approved plans for internalised domain names. The internet regulator will accept non-Latin scripts like Chinese and Arabic for the very first time.

by Richard Frost