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Tablet usage has surged faster than anyone could have expected and smartphones are becoming more sophisticated than ever. Media businesses of every kind have good reason to be worried: Mobile devices offer a new competitive landscape, add complexity to online advertising and demand investment in product development. But there are also huge monetisation opportunities. New [...]
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Almost all new cars will be connected with mobile technology by 2025, according to a research survey. Safety is a key feature of the connected cars, allowing vehicles to automatically call emergency services and provide location details after an accident. The mobile technology will also provide traffic information and call centre support, as well as [...]
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WhatsApp, the mobile service that has established itself as a free alternative to texting, has reached new heights. The company announced on its Twitter page that in the previous 24-hour period, it had set a new one-day record of handling 27 billion messages. According to the company, its users sent over 10 billion messages during [...]
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Facebook has just introduced clickable hash tags to drive more conversations on its site, as it copies another feature popularised by rival social network Twitter. Brands that use hash tags on other platforms that are connected to a Facebook Page will now be automatically clickable and searchable on Facebook.The news comes just two weeks after [...]
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Burberry and Google have launched a new platform that lets users personalise messages to loved ones using the pair’s products, in a move aimed to make “digital personal”.Kisses.Burberry.com lets Google Chrome and mobile users share “kisses” via a desktop camera or touchscreen device, which they can personalise, by adding a Burberry Beauty lip colour for [...]
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MTV is starting a digital content lab called MTV Other to produce short-form programming that will live on its new iPhone and iPad app as well as MTVOther.com.The network described the studio as it introduced the app, which will also let viewers stream full episodes of shows like “Catfish” and “Teen Wolf” and interact with [...]
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A freshly redesigned Myspace has opened to the public after several months as an invite-only platform. The former dominant social networking site was bought in 2011 by Specific Media, with investment from pop star Justin Timberlake. It first launched to a closed group in September, but today the revamped website has been opened to all.Users [...]
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Performance Marketing Insights: London (More Info)is the new name for the now infamous performance marketing conference, a4uexpo . The event’s latest branding gives it additional scope to cover even more of the pay-on-performance digital marketing model and brings it in line with the recent US event, Performance Marketing Insights: New York City. Affilliate Window has [...]
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a way to hack into iOS devices through a modified charger. Billy Lau, a research scientist at the institute, together with two Ph.D. students, will present a paper on this at Black Hat USA 2013, to be held in Las Vegas on 27th July through the [...]
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With Apple possibly gearing up to unveil its much-talked-about ‘iRadio’ music streaming service at next week’s Worldwide Developers Conference, news has emerged that the tech giant is set to serve up audio ads with its new offering.The ads, which will play between each track, will help Apple to offer iRadio as a free service as [...]
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