Facebook’s Latest Scoop: Thousands Of Journalists Use Subscribe Feature
For many news sites, Facebook has become one of the biggest sources of referral traffic to its stories, and today the social network reveale… Read more at paidContent »
iBooks 2 Is ‘A Huge Missed Opportunity’, Publisher’s Developer Says
Apple’s new big play for the education textbook market is a big letdown, according to a developer for one of the leading interactive kids’ e… Read more at paidContent »
Update 2: Privacy Alert: O2 Fixes Hole That Shared Users’ Phone Numbers
Update: Mobile operator O2 says that as of 2pm Wednesday, it has fixed the part of its mobile web browsing service that was reporting mobile… Read more at paidContent »
Future’s Newsstand Transformation: 75,000 New Subscribers
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UK magazine publisher Future made $1 million in new tablet magazine revenue within a month of debuting 65 of its titles on iTunes’ Newsstand… Read more at paidContent »
Kantar: Apple Back On Top As Bestselling Smartphone In The U.S.
Considering the staggering results reported by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) last night, this should come as little surprise: the company’s iPhone is b… Read more at paidContent »
Nokia Clears The Decks Of Its Burning Platform Ahead Of Results Tomorrow
One day before Nokia is due to announce its next set of quarterly results, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has made three announcements: a milestone reach… Read more at paidContent »
As Internet Explorer Wanes, MSN Tries iPad Route For Its Content
MSN UK wants to be a self-contained content brand, and it’s not afraid to use Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) rivals’ devices to do it. Read more at paidContent »
News Website Silicon.com Set To Vanish After Almost 15 Years
The once high-profile technology news website Silicon.com is set to disappear after almost 15 years, as parent company CBS (NYSE: CBS) rolls… Read more at paidContent »
Netflix’s UK Moneyball Scores Yonks-Old Fremantle Fare
The latest addition to Netflix’s UK and Ireland content lineup is 115 hours of archive FremantleMedia Enterprises comedy and drama. Read more at paidContent »
Now Samwer Bros clone Fab and target European rollout
The team behind design sales site Fab.com was outraged to discover a U.K.-based rival that seems to mimic not only their business but also their look. But outrage may not be enough to stop Germany’s Samwer brothers from going big with their latest clone. Read more »
Chart: Apple iPhone Sales Through The Years
In its best iPhone sales quarter to date, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) sold a staggering 37 million iPhones in the quarter ending December 2011. Here,… Read more at paidContent »
Does Square Have A Doppelganger In The UK? Meet mPowa
Square, the high-profile mobile payments company started by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, has yet to launch outside the U.S. But in the meantime, a… Read more at paidContent »
7digital Intros Streaming Web Player
As its co-owner HMV (LSE: HMV) struggles to manage a fall in physical sales, digital music retailer 7digital is borrowing a trick from new m… Read more at paidContent »
Sony Ericsson’s Loss Is Apple’s Gain: iPhone Maker Hires Latin America Head
Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), as it winds up as a troubled joint venture to become fully part of Sony, is spinning out some talent… Read more at paidContent »
Bestsellers: Android’s Paid Market Is Alive, But Skews To Techie Tweaks
Media operators go on grumbling about their prospects for payment on the world’s most-used smartphone platform.
But a glance at Android’s a… Read more at paidContent »
WPPs Digital Spending Spree Comes Ashore In Turkey
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The world’s largest advertising agency has been announcing almost an acquisition a day in the digital and emerging markets fields. Read more at paidContent »
Jon Miller, News Corp.: It’s All About Video For Us Right Now
Jon Miller, the chief digital officer for News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), described his company’s digital strategy today as very “focused on v… Read more at paidContent »
Orange To Provide Wikipedia Free In Middle East And Africa
Orange has struck a deal with Wikipedia to make its digital encyclopaedia available free of data charges to millions of mobile phone users a… Read more at paidContent »
Mecom To Launch Digital Paywall And Review Future Of 65 Free Titles
Mecom is to introduce digital pay models across its top newspaper titles, slash costs by €70m and potentially close or sell 65 free titles… Read more at paidContent »
Huddle tries to reel in big fish with unlimited deal
Cloud collaboration service Huddle is targeting huge corporate customers, bringing them a new tier of service that allows an unlimited number of users for no extra charge. Can it help win new business and take on the industry’s biggest beasts? Read more »
Who telecommutes the most? Not developed nations, new survey finds
Globally, nearly one-in-five wired workers telecommute on a frequent basis, but the number working from outside the office varies enormously between regions, with those in the developing world reporting far more mobility than Europeans and North Americans. Read more »
The Digital Piracy Problem Is Riddled With Hypocrisy
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In the summer of 2009, I found myself invited to a small party in an old bourgeois apartment with breathtaking views of the Champ-de-Mars an… Read more at paidContent »
Updated: Rutberg: Mobile Accounted For Over 40% Of All Tech VC In 2011
Some revealing numbers out from the analysts at Rutberg & Co. that point to how big mobile is in terms of tech investments today, and how co… Read more at paidContent »
Digital Opportunity And Creativity In China’s Year Of The Dragon
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Monday marks China’s new year. The dragon, whose year it is this year, is the only mythical creature in the calendar but, as Europe’s digita… Read more at paidContent »
Digital Music Growth Re-Accelerated In 2011 Thanks To New Services
The six-year slowdown in digital music’s commercial growth rate ended in 2011, when digital trade revenue grew eight percent to $5.2 billion… Read more at paidContent »
Updated: Can HuffPo Pull Off A Double Whammy With A New Video News Service?
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Update: HuffingtonPost today (January 23) confirmed details of the story below, as it began to send out official invites to the February 2 l… Read more at paidContent »
Yahoo: The Rise And Fall Of An Internet Pioneer
When Jerry Yang’s family moved from Taipei to San José, the billionaire Yahoo founder was just 10 years old. Fatherless by the time he was… Read more at paidContent »
WSJ Poaches Narisetti From Washington Post
The reverb from Kevin Delaney’s departure from the Wall Street Journal for Atlantic Media Group just hit DC: WSJ alum Raju Narisetti is head… Read more at paidContent »
Europe Says It Won’t Adopt ‘Bad’ Digital Policy Like SOPA
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Don’t expect the European Commission to introduce its own version of America’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Read more at paidContent »
Music And Movie Studios Take A Slice Of HMV To Save Disc Sales
Struggling UK entertainment retailer HMV (LSE: HMV) is giving equity worth 2.5 percent to its key suppliers – music and movie studios – to a… Read more at paidContent »
Research: Professionals With iPads Are Deserting Printed Media
Stark new research statistics suggest digital replacement of analogue content is now very high amongst tablet owners. Read more at paidContent »
Over 9,000 Hackers Join Anonymous DDoS SOPA/Megaupload Protest
Things appear to have calmed down significantly since last night — when the FBI, Department of Justice, France’s Hadopi, record labels and… Read more at paidContent »
Google’s German Engine Is Slowing
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Google’s Q4 UK revenue rose 21 percent from the previous year to $1 billion, though German revenue growth slowed during the quarter, the sea… Read more at paidContent »
Interview: News Int. Hacking Scandal Has Spurred Innovation
News International’s recently-appointed digital product director is trying to make the publisher more agile and innovative in digital media… Read more at paidContent »
SOPA Blackout, Anonymous-Style: FBI, DOJ Sites Downed In Megaupload Protest
A day after the SOPA protest on the web, the hacker group Anonymous has taken the blackout theme to a whole new level: in retaliation for th… Read more at paidContent »
