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US investors gripped by dot com hysteria
Mike McCudden, Head of Derivatives at Interactive Investor, gives his thoughts on the last week of trading and looks ahead to what we can expect next week.
UK Spamdemic: 111 million spam attacks made every day
Britain's ‘Spamdemic' - the deluge of unsolicited ‘spam' messages - is spreading, according to new research from independent price comparison and switching service uSwitch.com.
Win a portable music station with Petplan
Petplan, the UK’s favourite pet insurance provider, is giving pet owners the chance to win a brand new iPod Touch and a Sony iPod Dock when you ‘Like’ their PetplanUK Facebook page*.
Expedia improves mobile shopping experience
Expedia.com, leading online travel agency, has announced two new milestones in mobile shopping for travel. The company launched a hotel booking app for Android devices called "Expedia Hotels."
Flickr hosts the 'People’s Royal Wedding Album'
The People’s Royal Wedding Album – a group on Flickr that aimed to capture the people’s take on the Royal Wedding with a £5,000 prize to the best photo from UK users – hosts over 1500 images, more than 1,200 of which were shared by people either on the day or over the Royal Wedding weekend.
BT launches worldwide TV voting via Facebook
BT Agilemedia has announced the integration of its Online Participation Media platform (OPM) with Facebook, to offer real-time online voting and interaction, on a mass scale, to audiences of TV entertainment shows in the UK and around the world.
Royal Mail to offer digital watermarking
Royal Mail has become the world’s first postal company to help businesses make their post interactive using digital watermarking technology.
M&S joins National Walk to School Week
M&S today launches a new online campaign to help encourage UK children to walk to school. Working in partnership with charity Living Streets, M&S has created a free downloadable game for parents to play with their children, along with useful safety tips to use on their walk to and from school.
Internet banking more popular than Facebook and Twitter
New research from N&P (Norwich and Peterborough Building Society) reveals that UK adults spend a massive 143 million hours (or 173 minutes per person) of their own leisure time online each day, with general research websites and Internet banking being the most used types of website, relegating Facebook and Twitter into third place.
Twenga unveils the latest version of its website
Twenga, the open shopping platform with the biggest choice online, today unveils the latest version of its website, offering shoppers a visual, sensory and instinctive shopping experience.
BMW makes buying easier with new eBay store
BMW will start selling parts and accessories direct to owners for the first time, thanks to a new partnership with eBay, the leading online retailer. ‘BMW Direct’, now live on eBay.co.uk, will satisfy the growing demand from motor enthusiasts for purchasing original parts online.
Lifestyle Europe to begin selling new cars online
Multi award-winning dealer group Lifestyle Europe is taking a lead in the online revolution currently sweeping the UK motor trade, by commencing sales of new cars via its website (lifestylefordonline.co.uk).
O2 signs up the Co-operative for location-based marketing
O2 Media has announced that The Co-operative Group has signed up to its You are Here location-based marketing service, becoming one of the first major UK supermarket chains to take advantage of mobile proximity marketing.
Cashback site provides £1 billion boost to retail industry
After six years, Quidco, the UK’s biggest and most established cashback site, today celebrates its £1 billion impact on the retail industry.
Skoda aims to ‘puzzle’ with new marketing campaign
Following the success of its recent award-winning marketing campaign to support the launch of the Fabia vRS, Skoda has launched a major new national interactive campaign centered around its TV sponsorship of the US Crime Drama on Channel 5.