Industry News

Twitter in advanced integration talks with Google and Microsoft
Twitter is in the advanced stages of discussion with both Google and Microsoft to offer a Twitter feed for their competing search engines.

Click fraud sophistication revealed
Click fraud prevention agencies have found organisations far more advanced than previously believed to be in existence

Rupert Murdoch demands Google must pay
News Corp managing director Rupert Murdoch has laid down his belief that Google and other search engines that link to news stories in their results must pay for the right to do so.

Sky launches digital music service to rival iTunes
The launch of Sky Songs on 19 October sees the broadcasting company offering direct competition to music download and streaming services such as iTunes and Spotify.

KartOO search evolves
The innovative and quirky French search engine Kartoo has launched a re-designed search interface.

Two thirds of the UK population needs to switch on to switch off
A new study has revealed that two thirds of the UK population feels anxiety when denied constant access to technology.

Bing loses advertisers as Google achieves record high
Microsoft's search engine Bing has lost 8 per cent of front page advertisers, while Google achieves a record market share.

Creator of the internet Berners-Lee apologises for slashes
The creator of the WWW has given a tongue-in-cheek apology for the two forward slashes that appear at the beginning of every URL.

Spotify CEO announces long-term vision for packaged music
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek believes that including music as a standard package of bills will see online transactions enter the "trillions."

Facebook receives one in seven UK page views
During September 2009, one in every seven online page views in the UK was accounted for by Facebook