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51% of UK online banking users interested in mobile banking

Forrester Research found that 51% of existing online banking users in the UK ages 16 to 34 would like to try mobile banking. 25% of those users would switch to a new bank if it offered mobile capabilities.

Tags: mobile marketing, mobile, UK Online

Blog posts 2005-12-23

54% of UK Christmas spending is happening online

Nielsen//NetRatings reports 50% of UK online shoppers will not sell the unwanted Christmas gifts on shopping or classifieds sites. 35% don't know what to do with them, and 15% are positive on going to online flea markets. 72% of online shoppers in the UK have already, or are likely to,...

Tags: Christmas Present, UK Online

Blog posts 2005-12-07

Only 57% of UK online retailers offer order tracking

Only 57 out of 100 Internet retailer sites in UK offer online order tracking, according to Snow Valley.

Tags: UK Online

Blog posts 2005-07-18

7% of UK online users and 8% of online Americans research genealogy

Searching for ancestors on the web is becoming increasingly popular, says Nielsen//NetRatings, with 1.7 mln surfers, or 7% of the total people online in the UK logging on to research their family history in April 2005. This makes the Genealogy category in the UK almost as popular as in the...

Tags: UK Online

Blog posts 2005-05-25

Brits bought 5.26 mln digital music tracks in Q1 2005

Between Jan 1 2005 and Apr 16 2005, 5,263,995 tracks were downloaded from UK online music stores, more than the number sold in the whole of 2004. 70-80% of the market belonged to the UK version of Apple iTunes Music Store.

Tags: UK Online

Blog posts 2005-04-19

Brits bought 5.26 mln digital music tracks in Q1 2005

Between Jan 1 2005 and Apr 16 2005, 5,263,995 tracks were downloaded from UK online music stores, more than the number sold in the whole of 2004. 70-80% of the market belonged to the UK version of Apple iTunes Music Store.

Tags: UK Online

Blog posts 2005-04-19

UK online advertising grows 60% in 2004, surpasses radio

UK online advertising spending surged by more than 60% in 2004 and edged ahead of radio in terms of market share for the first time, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau. Online ad spending in 2004 was 653.3 mln pounds ($1.2 bln). Online ads made up 3.9% of total UK...

Tags: radio, UK Online

Blog posts 2005-04-04

UK online advertising grows 60% in 2004, surpasses radio

UK online advertising spending surged by more than 60% in 2004 and edged ahead of radio in terms of market share for the first time, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau. Online ad spending in 2004 was 653.3 mln pounds ($1.2 bln). Online ads made up 3.9% of total UK...

Tags: UK Online, radio

Blog posts 2005-04-04

Additional Resources

Is Google the Center of the Universe?

It's not even a year since the triumphalism of Jeff Jarvis's Google 'reverse engineering' book 'What Would Google Do?' hit the book shelves, but it seems an age ago now. Jarvis's publisher Harper Collins claims this book is 'all about you' in their promo blurb - how you...

Tags: Google Inc., Rupert Murdoch, Jarvis, Wiki, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-24

Is Apple being too precious about the App Store?

If by precious you mean fascistthen yes they are...great...Get ready for the Jobs cultist starting another holywar because you "tarnished" their cyber-religion.Precious.The marketplace is what it is because of ownership. Apple owns the store they built and has the identical right that Disney or The Atlantic or Toyota does to...

Tags: Public relations, Microsoft Windows NT, Balmer, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Beware business cloud dangers, says EU agency

Businesses should use caution when procuring cloud services, according to the European agency charged with promoting IT security good practice. Businesses should use caution when procuring cloud services, according to the European agency charged with promoting IT security good practice. The European Network and Information Security...

Tags: Agency, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Strategy, Networking, Marketing, Management, cloud, business, Tom Espiner ZDNet UK

News items 2009-11-23

A Chrome OS Video Tour

Microsoft: Watch Out, We're Coming to Getcha!Open Source is like water, you can't stop it.Bwahahahahahhhhhhhhhh................Man this OS is a POS.There is nothing this OS can do that I can't do already with Windows 7. It looks like a piece of crap and I really wanted to give Google the...

Tags: Operating systems, INTERNET, NaCl, Chrome, Chrome OS, Chrome OS Video Tour, operating system, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Google makes Chrome OS open source today

I like itThe ChromeOS demo looked pretty cool!I'm almost 100% webapp-based already, so I could see myself using a simple, fast & no maintenance OS like that the majority of the time.I like it too, but, for me, I need to compile and run programs locally. I would imagine that...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, open source, Google Inc., Chrome, operating system, ChromeOS

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Selling customer information leads to prosecution

What's the big deal?Isn't this how everyone does it? My boss would routinely buy millions of data records from companies to conduct email campaigns.Ah, but in Great BritainThey have made it TOTALLY illegal to sell data records. You cannot do stuff like this period over there, and I applaud...

Tags: Asset management, INTERNET, Big Deal, asset, customer information

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Pressure tactics don't always work

The key words are ..."don't always". Has always and still works for Microsoft.^o^How about an piece on DOA hard drivesIf you truly resist manufacturer pressure then I would love to see a truly objective piece on the quality and failure rates on SATA hard drives being marketed today. ...

Tags: Manufacturing, Storage management, cloud computing, Virtualization, manufacturer, DOA, hard drive, failure rate

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

GOOG could lose more than Murdoch

Thanks, this was insightfulWhat if Murdoch and minions stroke a deal with a more desperate Google competitor - and blocked Google. That would be a very real threat. If users suddenly finds that Google returns fewer quality results than competitors, Google could lose search share, fast. That would strike directly...

Tags: Operational accounting, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Understanding Enterprise 2.0 Tolerances & Scale

We're at an interesting intersection in the collaboration world where projects both large and small tend to be discussed with the same terms. This can be very confusing to the lay person since it's hard to know what sort of scale is being described. ...

Tags: Environment, Enterprise 2.0, Small And Medium Business Need, European Enterprise 2.0 Scene, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-14

SteelSoft Mobile TV&&Radio (Mobile)

SteelSoft Radio can be listened to radio online on mobile phone. There are unlimited number of live streaming radio stations from all over the world. SteelSoft TV provides users with many channels in multiple languages with easy-to-use features and settings. No subscription fee! Radio Features: Available channels: All News Talk...

Tags: Channel, Mobile, Radio, Steelsoft, SteelSoft TV, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-13

News to know: HP-3Com; AMD; Google; Blockbuster; Bing 2.0

News to know intro: Sam Diaz: HP announces $2.7 billion acquisition of 3Com; raises outlook Larry Dignan: Cisco vs. HP: 3Com acquisition ups the ante John Morris: AMD updates roadmap, promises "supercomputer in your lap" ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Blockbuster Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Games, Linux, Open Source, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-11-12

Survey: Cloud confusion among IT could slow enterprise adoption

Security - Connectivity?Can the connectivity be guaranteed, if a glitchoccurs and thousands of customers are lefthanging saving $500 is hardly worth it.Plus, the security holes when dealing with data... Instead of worrying about....whether your are using the cloud or any other "buzz word" technology IT pros need only worry that...

Tags: Marketing research, information technology, good-IT pro, Well HERE, IT Pro, survey

Discussion threads 2009-11-09