News Stories from October 2007

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News Stories from October 2007

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Visitors dig social tools: 31 October 2007; Social Media tools are attracting more business visitors to websites, according to new research.The Pluck Corp ...; Categories: Internet Marketing, Web 2.0, E-commerce
Facing East: 31 October 2007; Facebook has registered a local web address in China in a move to fight off future copyright arguments, Reuters reports. ...; Categories: E-commerce, Internet Marketing, Web 2.0
Lords calls, government ignores: 31 October 2007; The government has disagreed with the House of Lords over its assessment of personal online security.The peers ...; Categories: E-commerce
Big Facebook Brother?: 30 October 2007; According to reports on Valleywag, the popular Silicon Valley blog, employees at Facebook have been violating members' p ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Google deal gets second look: 30 October 2007; The European Commission is asking for more information from the industry before it decides on Google's proposed purchase ...; Categories: Search Engines, Internet Marketing
MySpace shows its age: 30 October 2007; MySpace co-founder Tom Anderson has lied about his age according to information obtained by Newsweek.When you ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Muslim lovers search for love online: 29 October 2007; The internet is an increasingly popular place for British Asians to find love without breaking Islamic law, the Times re ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Online bank job: 29 October 2007; A gang of online bank robbers are 'at large' after hacking into victims' bank accounts and spending their money, the Tim ...; Categories: Web 2.0, E-commerce
Making a dash for it: 29 October 2007; A new application lets mobile users control their phones and change settings from their home computer.US compa ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Official 'social not-working': 26 October 2007; Workers could be allowed time to spend on non-work related activities after a survey revealed the extent of 'social not- ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Facebook goes mobile: 25 October 2007; Co-founder of Facebook, Dustin Moskovitz, has introduced a mobile version of the site and encouraged companies to develo ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Gates keeps face: 25 October 2007; Bill Gates' Microsoft has bought the international advertising rights on social network site, Facebook.The cor ...; Categories: Web 2.0, Internet Marketing
Surfers searching for more info: 25 October 2007; Most online searchers looking for consumer packaged goods (CPGs) are after more product information, new research has fo ...; Categories: Internet Marketing, Visitor Conversion, E-commerce
Face to face: 24 October 2007; Google and Microsoft are bidding for a stake in social networking site, Facebook, and a deal is expected in the next two ...; Categories: Search Engines, Web 2.0
Illegal website gets the chop: 24 October 2007; OiNK, an illegal music-sharing site, has been closed down after a combined operation by British and Dutch police. ...; Categories: Web 2.0, E-commerce
Netski's can surf with Post Office: 24 October 2007; The Post Office is hoping that the Netski generation will choose its new broadband package.The service goes li ...; Categories: Web 2.0, E-commerce
Your space goes mobile: 23 October 2007; Mobiles, marketing and social networking are dominating the Cellular and Internet Telecommunications Association (CITA ) ...; Categories: Internet Marketing, E-commerce, Web 2.0
Mothercare delivers social network: 23 October 2007; Mothercare has launched Gurgle, a new social networking site aimed at parents.The company say they started the ...; Categories: E-commerce, Web 2.0
Ding-dong merrily online: 23 October 2007; Internet traffic from social networks to retailers increased by 153 per cent between December 2006 and September 2007. ...; Categories: E-commerce, Web 2.0
A con to catch you out: 22 October 2007; Trading Standards has warned of a new 'phishing' scam that asks for bank details before stealing money from accounts. ...; Categories: E-commerce
EU opens Gates to competition: 22 October 2007; The European Commission has announced that Microsoft has 'finally' agreed to open its operating system to open source de ...; Categories: E-commerce, Web 2.0
Facebook expects more: 22 October 2007; Facebook, the social networking website, will make changes to its user ID allowing not billons, but quintillions more us ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Cyberslander threat: 19 October 2007; A small business has highlighted the threat to all firms from defamatory internet campaigns and called for greater prote ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Microsoft launches Popfly beta: 19 October 2007; Chief executive officer of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, has announced that the company's new mashup tool is ready to go. ...; Categories: Web 2.0, Web Design
Life-changing Web 2.0 gaming: 19 October 2007; Role player online gaming is proving so captivating it can change players' lives, a new study has claimed.Rese ...; Categories: Web 2.0, Rich Media
Hatebook?: 18 October 2007; If you thought Facebook was too friendly a way to maintain your contacts and share your world then look to Hatebook, a n ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Google Analytics gets extras: 18 October 2007; Google has improved its Analytics web service and added new site searchcapabilities.The company announced ...; Categories: Internet Marketing, E-commerce, Visitor Conversion
Britain pushes Intel to profit: 18 October 2007; The UK's demand for wireless goods has helped chip maker, Intel, secure its record third quarter results.The c ...; Categories: E-commerce
Post Office goes online: 17 October 2007; The Post Office has launched its ADSL-based broadband with three 12-month packages.Offered as two bundled voic ...; Categories: E-commerce
US surveys reveal expanding e-market: 17 October 2007; Three separate surveys have reported a significant increase in internet commerce and commercial activities in the US. ...; Categories: Internet Marketing, E-commerce
MySpace and Skype collaborate: 17 October 2007; MySpace, the social networking website, is to integrate Skype internet phone services and allow its users to call each o ...; Categories: Web 2.0, Rich Media
Europe 'digitally divided': 17 October 2007; Europe is still experiencing a 'digital divide' according to a EuropeanCommission report.The continent ha ...; Categories: E-commerce, Web 2.0
You blocked: 16 October 2007; YouTube has released filtering tools that can automatically removecopyrighted movie clips from the site.T ...; Categories: Rich Media
BBC offers free Wi-Fi content: 16 October 2007; The BBC will make its online services available for free in Wi-Fi hotspots around the country. Users of PC lap ...; Categories: Rich Media
O2 launches 'better' broadband: 15 October 2007; Mobile operator O2 has launched its broadband service hoping to provide a better service than other ISPs.The c ...; Categories: Internet Marketing
China's virtual shopping plans: 15 October 2007; The Chinese government is planning to open a virtual shopping world that would allow visitors to place orders online. ...; Categories: E-commerce
Bloggers donate advertising revenue: 15 October 2007; International Blog Action Day will see bloggers give their day's advertising earnings to environmental charities. ...; Categories: Internet Marketing, Web 2.0
Pay-per-day mobile broadband launched: 12 October 2007; Mobile phone operator T-Mobile has launched what it claims to be the first pay-per-day mobile broadband service. ...; Categories: Rich Media, Internet Marketing
UK network addicts: 12 October 2007; A new survey has revealed that the UK has more people visiting social networking sites than the rest of Europe. ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Cameron thanks Google: 12 October 2007; The opposition leader, David Cameron, has addressed the annual Google conference and thanked the search engine for helpi ...; Categories: Search Engines
Censorship still blocks Chinese sites: 12 October 2007; Current censorship measures in China control the editorial and news content of websites based in its capital, a new stud ...; Categories: Search Engines, E-commerce
Migration to Facebook continues: 11 October 2007; A leading engineer from Google has left the company and moved to work for social network website developer, Facebook. ...; Categories: Web 2.0, E-commerce
Broadband providers quizzed over speed claims: 11 October 2007; Colette Bowe, chairman of the Ofcom Consumer Panel, has contacted the UK's top broadband providers asking them to clarif ...; Categories: E-commerce
Google tops global search rankings: 11 October 2007; A study by analysts comScore has revealed how often we search the internet and which search engine we prefer to use. ...; Categories: Search Engines
Intel votes for cool software: 10 October 2007; Intel has launched CoolSW, an internet voting site which the company hopes will allow it to monitor the latest software ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Nokia teams up with Telefonica: 10 October 2007; Mobile phone manufacture Nokia will work with telecommunications group Telefonica in a deal announced yesterday. ...; Categories: Rich Media
Hard disk pioneers win Nobel Prize: 10 October 2007; Two pioneering scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for research that led to today's high capacity ha ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Google allows video adverts: 09 October 2007; Internet company Google has announced it will offer video advertising to companies using its advertising program, AdSen ...; Categories: Search Engines
Vodafone spreads into Europe: 09 October 2007; Vodafone, the telecommunications firm, has spent £537 million and expanded its broadband business into Europe. ...; Categories: Rich Media
Radio ahead with download release: 08 October 2007; Radiohead will release their next album online and allow buyers to decide how much they should pay.The band's ...; Categories: Web 2.0, Internet Marketing
eBay removes Jajah buttons: 08 October 2007; Online marketplace eBay has removed 'call me' buttons from its website offered by internet telephony company Jajah. ...; Categories: E-commerce
Gone phishing?: 08 October 2007; PayPal, eBay and Yahoo! have united to protect customers from fraudulent emails and phishing scams.Using Domai ...; Categories: E-commerce
Yahoo thinking of 'strategic options' for Kelkoo: 05 October 2007; Kelkoo, the internet shopping-comparison website, could be on the brink of being sold off, according to the Financial Ti ...; Categories: Search Engines
Female 'uber networkers' boost Facebook's profile: 05 October 2007; Facebook has become the most popular website amongst American college students - and a survey claims that its women's in ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Time about to run out on US internet tax ban: 05 October 2007; A US government deadline on legislation banning local and state governments from taxing internet access and other online ...; Categories: E-commerce
holidaylettings.co.uk reports soaring traffic: 04 October 2007; Since its majority acquisition by Rightmove, holidaylettings.co.uk has reported that it has driven more traffic to its p ...; Categories: Visitor Conversion
Google news deals could hurt British press websites: 04 October 2007; MSN executive producer Peter Bale has warned major British newspaper websites that they may see a slide in their user tr ...; Categories: Search Engines
Microsoft buys innovative online shopping firm Jellyfish: 04 October 2007; Microsoft has bought the US online shopping firm Jellyfish in a bid to improve its internet search market position. ...; Categories: E-commerce, Search Engines
Google Sky to receive new images of distant galaxies: 03 October 2007; A global project mapping a distant strip of the universe is releasing new images that will be used as part of Google Sky ...; Categories: Search Engines
Washington Post to revamp website: 03 October 2007; The Washington Post is planning to revamp its website next spring and says it will develop "web 3.0" features ...; Categories: Rich Media, Visitor Conversion, Web Design, Web 2.0
Fans crash Radiohead website: 03 October 2007; Demand for Radiohead's new album was so huge that it caused the band's official website to crash.After the ban ...; Categories: E-commerce, Internet Marketing
New and improved Yahoo! search engine: 02 October 2007; Yahoo! has upgraded its search engine to help alleviate users' "web search fatigue".The new Yahoo! s ...; Categories: Search Engines
Thomas Cook e-commerce director highlights online trends: 02 October 2007; The new e-commerce director of Thomas Cook has been stressing the importance of online expertise in the company's growth ...; Categories: Visitor Conversion, E-commerce, Web Design
Online advertising spend rockets: 02 October 2007; Online advertising spend in the UK has surged by 41.3 per cent in the first half of this year compared to last year, rea ...; Categories: Internet Marketing
Tesco expanding online sales: 01 October 2007; Tesco has announced that it will start selling clothing online. The Sunday Times has reported that the supermarket giant ...; Categories: E-commerce
Facebook is UK's fastest growing website: 01 October 2007; Facebook is the fastest growing site in the UK, according to new figures released by comScore.According to com ...; Categories: Search Engines, Web 2.0
FT.com makes more content free: 01 October 2007; FT.com will offer readers 30 free stories a month, in a decision which follows the revelation that its unique users and ...; Categories: Visitor Conversion