Our Stories
- BT to introduce ultra-fast broadband
- Retail veteran warns of high street death spiral
- Tesco exec who sold shares moved from role
- Tesco market share slips
- UK consumer confidence recovers
- Gary Speed talked of suicide before death
- Tesco scraps carbon-label pledge
- UK university applicant numbers fall 8.7%
- Stelios blasts easyJet bonuses
- Train staff to get Olympic bonus
- New house buyers drop by 10.5 per cent
- US economy sees fourth quarter growth increase
Popular Topics
afghanistan al qaeda Apple ASDA bank of england barack obama BBC british airways china david cameron Debenhams Egypt facebook george osborne Google India ipad iphone ivory coast japan Libya London M&S Marks & Spencer Morrisons nhs North Korea Office for National Statistics pakistan protests russia sainsburys Sainsbury’s South Korea terrorism Tesco Tunisia UK UK retailers UK retail news UK shopping us Waitrose Wikileaks x factorArchive
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- January 2009
Facebook usage in Britain has dropped by over seven per cent during the past year, sparking concerns that it could have reached saturation point. The widely-used social network still attracted considerably more online activity than its nearest rival, making up 52.6 per cent of all social network visits in December. However, Facebook – which is [...]
(Read More)14th Dec 11
EU delays Google takeover of Motorola Mobility
by Harry Oldfield
EU regulators have suspended the review of Google’s takeover of Motorola Mobility, thus causing delays in a new deal. Last week, the European Commission stopped the approval process in request for more information. Motorola was split into two divisions this year. Subsequently in August, Google offered $12.5bn for the half that builds tablet computers and [...]
(Read More)26th Sep 11
Facebook to focus on media sharing
by Paul Russell
Facebook has revealed that its plans to urge users to share more media which they consume – including movies and music – with friends. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder, also unveiled the website’s dramatic redesign, putting an audio visual timeline of users’ lives in place of their profiles. The updates were announced at Facebook’s yearly F8 developer [...]
(Read More)16th Aug 11
Google to acquire Motorola Mobility to supercharge Android ecosystem
by Paul Russell
Google is set to take over Motorola Mobility, the American company’s smartphone business, in a cash deal worth $12.5bn (£7.6bn). The acquisition will boost the emergence of Google Android within the blossoming smartphone market. The $40 per share deal – the biggest acquisition which Google have ever agreed – is a premium of 63 per [...]
(Read More)13th Jul 11
EBay told to stop users selling counterfeit goods
by Natasha Redman
EBay suffered a shock legal blow when Europe’s highest court stated that it may be liable for vendors selling fake products through its site, potentially clearing the way for numerous lawsuits to be brought against it. Cosmetic group L’Oreal brought the case against eBay after complaining that users of the online retail giant’s site had [...]
(Read More)6th Jul 11
Apple to make decision on Google+ app
by Adam Richards
Google has asked for Apple’s approval for a mobile version of its Google+ social networking site for iPads and iPhones. The news that Google had tendered an iOS app was announced by a company employee on her personal page. If + is to be successful alongside Twitter and Facebook it will need to be made [...]
(Read More)5th Jul 11
Microsoft agrees deal with Baidu
by Harry Oldfield
Microsoft has agreed a deal with the largest search engine in China, Baidu, to provide search results in English – but they are set to be censored in order to meet demands from the Chinese government. The deal’s announcement comes as a boost to Microsoft as it has been finding it difficult to raise the [...]
(Read More)30th Jun 11
Google launches new Facebook rival
by Katie Naylor
Internet search giant Google has unveiled a new social networking site in its latest effort to challenge Facebook, which now claims over 500 million users. Google+ enables users to share messages, comments and photos but also integrate the search engine’s images and maps into the service. In addition it aims to help individuals easily organise [...]
(Read More)16th Jun 11
Google attempts to up search engine
by Katie Naylor
Google has altered its search engine in an attempt to get users the information they are looking for more quickly. Its new Instant Pages programme will cut from two to five seconds off the time taken to load a web page, said the company. It also intends to offer enhanced image and voice-activated searching. Google, [...]
(Read More)2nd Jun 11
Jobs to appear at Apple Worldwide Developer Conference
by Katie Naylor
Steve Jobs is set to appear on stage next week at Apple’s Worldwide Development Conference in San Francisco to introduce the next generation of the company’s mobile software, iOS 5, Apple confirmed. It will be only Job’s second public appearance this year. He announced in January that he was taking temporary medical leave from Apple [...]
(Read More)