Tagged: Online Advertising
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Facebook halts secondary share trading, about to hit the road News
29.03.2012 Facebook’s decision to halt trading of shares on secondary markets is a necessary calming manouvre intended to pave the way for the necessary investor road show ahead of May’s IPO.Categories: Social Media, Research, R&D, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Groupon ordered to change its ways by UK’s Office of Fair Trading News
16.03.2012 Daily deals giant Groupon has been ordered by the UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to change its trading practices. After an investigation, the OFT ruled that Groupon breached...Categories: Social Media, Online Business, eCommerce, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer TechTags: Groupon, Online Advertising, -
Yahoo! launches massive patents lawsuit against Facebook News
13.03.2012 Facebook – the largest consumer brand online today – is being sued by internet portal firm Yahoo! for patent infringement. The lawsuit alleges Facebook stole Yahoo!’s patented...Categories: Social Media, R&D, Legal, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Consumer Tech, Communications, Web -
Google’s privacy changes – should you be worried? News
02.03.2012 The changes to Google’s privacy policies – effectively whittling 70+ down to one cohesive policy – has certainly caused a furor that I’m sure the search giant had been... -
Online advertising to increase by 12.8pc in 2012 News
28.02.2012 Global advertising spending is expected to grow by 4.9pc in 2012 to US$465.5bn, with global online advertising forecast to grow 12.8pc to US$83.2bn in 2012, accounting for 18pc... -
Irishman to spearhead Twitter’s global advertising drive News
23.02.2012 Twitter’s global advertising expansion will be driven by a former Google executive named Stephen McIntyre, it has emerged. McIntyre will direct the global ads expansion from... -
Microsoft sniffs an opportunity in Google iPhone tracking affair News
17.02.2012 Allegations that Google and other online advertising players have been bypassing the privacy settings of Apple’s Safari browser on iPhones and tracking users have turned out to...Tags: Microsoft, Apple, Online Advertising, Google, internet explorer, Advertising, Browsers, iPhone, Safari -
RTÉ Player claims more than 1.1m users – app downloaded 200k times so far News
17.02.2012 Some 1.1m Irish adults (42pc of the Irish online population) have used the RTÉ Player, the broadcaster says. RTÉ says this group also represents 91pc of the video-on-demand user... -
Facebook files papers for US$5bn IPO in May News
01.02.2012 In what will go down as the biggest IPO in tech history, social networking giant Facebook today filed for its flotation in May. In the filing, Facebook said it hoped to raise... -
Google Q4 revenues hit US$10.5bn – Google+ has 90m users globally News
20.01.2012 Internet search and advertising player Google reported Q4 revenues of US$10.5bn, up 25pc on the previous year. Its Android and Gmail divisions are going from strength to... -
Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang leaves company News
18.01.2012 A boardroom upheaval, spurred on by negotiations over the sale of Yahoo!’s stakes in Asian portals, is understood to be a contributing reason as to why Yahoo! co-founder Jerry...Categories: Web, Multimedia, Mobility, Leadership & Management, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Marketing -
Facebook plans major changes to ads platform, including mobile News
14.12.2011 Facebook is working on two exciting new developments that could transform its online advertising capabilities. The social network is expected to launch mobile ads in March and...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Marketing, Internet, Apps, Computers, Digital Business, Digital Marketing -
Twitter’s major new design includes brand pages News
09.12.2011 Twitter has developed an entirely new version with simpler design and the ability to connect much easier with others. In addition, Twitter has ramped up its monetisation...Categories: Apps, Computers, Design, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Internet, Media, Mobile, Mobility, Phones, Social Media, Software & Web Development -
WordPress.com to let users earn money from blogs with WordAds News
29.11.2011 Blogging platform WordPress.com has introduced WordAds, letting people carry ads on their blogs and make money from them. -
In the eye of the Europe vs Facebook storm News
28.11.2011 Whether it intended to or not, Ireland has found itself in the eye of the brewing Facebook versus the EU storm that will see the European Commission possibly issue a new EC...Categories: Security, Internet, Government, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Social Media -
Microsoft back in talks with a view to acquiring Yahoo! News
23.11.2011 Microsoft is understood to have signed a non-disclosure agreement with Yahoo! that could pave the way for the software giant to re-open talks about buying the internet company. -
Online now third-highest channel as ad spending rises 20pc in H1 News
11.11.2011 Irish online advertising showed its highest level of growth yet at 20.5pc in the first half of 2011, according to a new study. By comparison, spend on other media is actually... -
Google revenues hit US$9.7bn – Google+ has 40m users News
14.10.2011 Google reported a 33pc increase in third-quarter revenues of US$9.7bn. CEO Larry Page revealed that the search giant’s new social networking service Google+ has just passed the... -
TV3 unveils new HTML5 ‘3 Player’ that plays on any device News
10.10.2011 Broadcaster TV3 has launched its new catch-up TV player that combines HTML5 tags to enable it to play pre-roll advertising on a multitude of devices, including the iPhone and...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Media, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Apps Zone, Apps