News stories from April 2008
56 News Stories
Stories 1 - 10
- Mobile Web 2.0 set to hit $412m by 2012
- 28 April 2008
- Mobile phones are seeing the next phase of Web 2.0 development as handsets and PCs continue to converge.A new report from Frost & Sullivan indicates that mobile social networking is growing in val...
- Category: Web 2.0,
- Microsoft set for hostilities as Yahoo! deadline expires
- 28 April 2008
- The deadline for Yahoo!'s response to an offer by software giant Microsoft has expired this morning, suggesting a hostile takeover could be about to commence.Microsoft had said it would give Yahoo! un...
- Category: Search Engines,
- Govt: Courts will Phorm their own opinion
- 25 April 2008
- The Home Office has backed off its claim that Phorm's advert tracking software is illegal and left it for the courts to decide.Tech news source, the Register, reported it said its recent guidance note...
- Category: Internet Marketing,
- Murdoch says iPlayer stops competition
- 25 April 2008
- James Murdoch, chief executive of News Corporation, has claimed iPlayer stops competition.He revealed his opinion after a speech to the Marketing Society, which champions free markets and competition....
- Category: Web 2.0,
- Microsoft sticks to its bid
- 25 April 2008
- Microsoft has stuck to its bid for Yahoo! and is pushing for a decision from the search company ahead of tomorrow's deadline.Its initial offer was rejected and chief financial officer, Chris Liddle, h...
- Category: E-commerce,
- 'Speed up or lose out' warn ISP monitors
- 24 April 2008
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs) need to quicken their service or lose customers, consumer site Top 10 Broadband has warned.Its research revealed connection speed is the number one consideration for ...
- Category: Web 2.0,
- Yahoo!-Google alliance 'under investigation'
- 24 April 2008
- The two-week alliance between Yahoo! and rival Google is under investigation by authorities in the US, it has been reported.Justice department officials are said to be examining a trial between the pa...
- Category: E-commerce,
- Apple reports record profits
- 24 April 2008
- US computer manufacturer, Apple, has reported record second quarter results.It sold 2.2 million computers, 10.6 million iPods, 1.7 million iPhones and returned 43 per cent revenue growth, the most in ...
- Category: E-commerce,
- Govt to check on Euro ad laws
- 24 April 2008
- The government will launch a consultation into Euro advertising laws, which could allow product placement on television.The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will investigate the European...
- Category: Internet Marketing,
- SNS launched for older music fans
- 23 April 2008
- GetBack, a new social networking site (SNS), has been launched for older music fans, the Hollywood Reporter revealed.The site offers community tools for people aged 35 to 55-years-old, a timeline of n...
- Category: Web 2.0,
