Britain is re-looking at the question of how adult internet content is regulated. A recent report in The Times said that the U.K. government is planning to review the current rules to consider whether explicit content could be better screened from children and is pushing the possibility that in future households will have to opt [...]

Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment has said sales jumped tenfold to $100 million last year as gamers flocked to download its titles. The Finnish startup making Angry Birds games, in which players use a slingshot to attack pigs who steal the birds’ eggs — has been valued by analysts at up to $9 billion, just [...]

The British online payday loans provider Wonga.com launched a credit service for small businesses last week, aiming to fill a gap in the market left by banks since the credit crunch. Wonga, which has made 4 million short-term loans to consumers since its launch in 2007, will offer small business loans of £3,000 to £10,000 [...]

FreermantleMedia is bringing in-app voting to this year’s Britain’s Got Talent live. Viewers will be able to use the iOS app – which has received over 500,000 downloads already and seen peak traffic of up to 130k users interacting per episode, to vote for their chosen contestant. Mobile Interactive Group has worked together with app [...]

Blowfish Digital, (www.blowfishdigital.com) which provides digital marketing services for brands including Reiss, TM Lewin, Laura Ashley, eBay and many more, today announced record revenue growth of over 88 percent in 2011. Over £2M in revenue has come from international marketing. In addition, the company grew its team by 30 percent over the same period. Growth [...]

The Asian mobile operatpr Beeline Laos has launched a text-to-win campaign, with the mobile marketing company BigTime. The Gold SMS campaign offers daily and weekly prizes, as well as a grand prize of gold, to subscribers who text in between 30 April and 16 July.

RBK Money, one of the top payment platforms in Russia, has picked London to base its new European operations. RBK Money is an electronic payments company that offers online payments via e-wallet, credit and debit cards, instant money transfers, as well as services for online businesses. The service has been used in Russia for a [...]

New research firm IDC, shows that Samsung sold 42.2 million smartphones worldwide during the first three months of 2012, bringing them to a 29.1% market share. Apple sold 35.1 million iPhones, securing a 24.2% market share. That time last year, Samsung shipped just 11.5 million smartphones, while Apple shifted 18.6 million units. The race between [...]

Mobile  is capturing a big share of the online retailer sector in the US, according to a new report from IBM. Mobile commerce grew to 13.3 per cent of all online retail sales during the first quarter. Mobile devices generated 17.1 per cent of all online sessions on retail sites, making a significant jump from [...]

London, May 9th – BirdSong unveils robust analytics for social media. Brand interaction with social media will no longer be based on the latest ‘big idea’ but on analysis of hard data. BirdSong brings accountable marketing to Twitter, putting insight back into the hands of the brand.   Digital Tomorrow Today has announced the launch [...]