Industry News for Digital: Technical
Stephen Carter Warns Government to Invest in Digital Britain
“Former Labour minister and author of the Digital Economy Bill Stephen Carter said that the coalition government must consider whether investing in the UK’s broadband infrastructure can afford to be delayed. Carter spoke at the Westminster Media Forum on Britain’s Digital Future, yesterday. He said: “All governments, like all management teams, have a chance when they are new to decide where the priorities are. This government is going... [Read More...]
Facebook might announce location based service on Wednesday – affecting social media marketing
Mashable predict Facebook will announce a location based service on Wednesday. If this is true it will strengthen the Social Networking giant’s position in the industry, potentially making it a one-stop shop for Social Media activity. This would have a major effect on the development of location-based marketing. “We’ve just received an invitation to visit Facebook’s Palo Alto campus on Wednesday to get “an update on the service’s... [Read More...]
Apple hires Vigier as Mobile Commerce Product Manager – Could lead to iPhone swipe payment
“Apple has just hired Benjamin Vigier, an expert in the field of near-field communications, as its new product manager for mobile commerce, reports NearFieldCommunicationsWorld.com, a trade publication for NFC-based products. NFC is a short-range, high-frequency wireless technology which lets devices, primarily mobile phones, communicate with other NFC devices in order to exchange data. This allows for a number of applications including mobile... [Read More...]
Press Association make Bauer’s Operations and Tech Director Andrew Dowsett CTO
“Press Association is picking Bauer Consumer Media’s operations and technology director Andrew Dowsett to be its first chief technology officer. Dowsett, naturally, will be responsible for all aspects of IT infrastructure, based in London and reporting to CEO Clive Marshall. Dowsett’s LinkedIn profile says he had a £16 million IT budget at Bauer. He had been with Bauer and, prior to that, Emap since 2003 and had previously spent six years... [Read More...]
Hirehive Launches Video Response to Hiring Process – An end to Monster and Craigslist?
““Good on paper” just became “good on video” with the latest double launch from the Y Combinator crew. With Hirehive, founders Dave Albert and Nick Bergson-Shilcock are attempting to replace at least some part of the unwieldy hiring process with browser-based video questionnaires, on a web platform where applicants can submit video, text or image responses. On the backend, employers can submit a series of questions they want applicants... [Read More...]
The Rise of Vevo
“Vevo, the music video site created as a partnership between the record industry and YouTube, just released impressive statistics showing its growth since launching in December 2009. The site says it attracted 62 percent more monthly viewers in the United States than it did at the start. That statistic comes from the monthly numbers already released by comScore, but Vevo has repackaged the data to show the growth over time, and it fleshed... [Read More...]
iAd Update – What we know
“Apple’s iAd mobile advertising program continues its rollout: The newest feature, iAd for Developers, will allow iPhone developers to buy iAds to promote their apps within other apps. Until now, Apple has focused on getting big brands to advertise in iAds, such as its two launch advertisers, Nissan and Dove. But the new iAd for Developers program is Apple’s way of getting more (albeit cheaper) ads in its system to fill its inventory... [Read More...]
The Bing and Yahoo Alliance
“The Yahoo-Bing search alliance is gathering momentum. Watching this coverage from the U.K., where Google has close to 90 percent market share, I can’t help asking: will the deal succeed for both parties — and what does success look like? Focusing on the Numbers For Yahoo, the obvious win is cost saving — no longer employing staff or maintaining systems to process billions of searches a year and monetize them. We’ve... [Read More...]