News stories from November 2007

63 News Stories
Stories 1 - 10

Internet in black and white
30 November 2007
Consumer activity on Black Friday and Cyber Monday has resulted in a huge increase in the value of goods sold online, according to new figures.Black Friday is the start of the traditional shopping sea...
Category: E-commerce,
About face
30 November 2007
The social networking site, Facebook, has changed its advertising policy after pressure from users.Previously the site's advertising function had operated an 'opt out' policy, where users were asked t...
Category: Web 2.0, Internet Marketing,
Kindle could start fire
30 November 2007
The use of e-books will increase over time but requires a 'leap of faith', according to one publisher.Amazon recently launched its Kindle electronic book reader to widespread acclaim however, Martyn F...
Category: Web 2.0, Rich Media,
It's down to you
29 November 2007
Social networking sites do not have to moderate their content and have little obligation to protect their users, according to one solicitor.The sites could be liable if they misuse data that is provid...
Category: Web 2.0,
Lets get social
29 November 2007
The potential of Google's OpenSocial platform could soon be seen across the web as media companies get linked up.Pluck, a provider of social media tools has announced it will use the platform. The fir...
Category: Internet Marketing, E-commerce,
Global cyber crime threat
29 November 2007
A rise in international spying will pose the biggest single security threat in 2008, a top level report has warned.The McAfee annual cyber security study found that "governments and allied groups...
Category: E-commerce, Web 2.0,
The G-file
28 November 2007
Google wants to create a backup facility that allows people to store all their files on its computers, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.The facility would let users access their data f...
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News Corp making ad moves
28 November 2007
Fox Interactive Media will launch its new advertising platform next year and wants to get its mobile version of MySpace embedded onto the mobile phones of US wireless operators.Peter Levinson, preside...
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Not so quiet off-shore?
28 November 2007
Companies who off-shore their marketing operation often won't admit it, says the founder of Anderson Analytics.Tom Anderson made the claim while reviewing the Top Marketing Trends for 2008 survey. His...
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Moof, Moof! Workers unite
27 November 2007
Moof (Mobile out of Office) is a new interactive website which has been launched to encourage people to debate mobile working practices.Designed by Microsoft and The Work Foundation, the half-blog, ha...
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£26.5 billion was spent on online shopping by UK consumers in the first six months of 2008, representing a 38 per cent increase compared with the same period in 2007.

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