Despite a report on Yahoo! News asserting that tweeting would be banned from the Royal wedding (the news site claimed that Metropolitan Police were to use signal blocking technology in Westminster Abbey during the proceedings) no such extreme methods were utilised to contain the use of social media by William and Catherine’s wedding guests; the speculation however, was the precursor to the effect that the Royal Wedding had across social media platforms, and the impact of the days events on sites such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as search engine Google; the results were measured across a global scale.

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Having received funding from Amazon in the region of £105 million earlier this year, the ‘daily deals’ web-advertising site LivingSocial has amassed an estimated £245 million in investments, in a bid to compete with industry leader Groupon. (more…)

The Commons Procedure Committee has agreed to allow the use of hand-held appliances such as tablet PCs and iPads in the House of Commons chamber. (more…)

Salesforce.com announced today that they have agreed the acquisition of Radian6, for the value of £203m. (more…)

New rules have come in to force across the UK, which enable advertising watchdogs to monitor the way in which companies advertise through social networking sites including Twitter and Facebook. (more…)

A recent news article on the BBC website is questioning whether digital technology is causing the demise of the traditional business card. (more…)

Barack Obama, the US President, recently held a meeting with key players from across the world of technology, the web and SEO. (more…)

A feature writer for online experts SEOMoz has argued that the morality of SEO activities could be in question, for the way in which it influences the content delivered to the key search engines as an advertising mechanism. (more…)

According to a leaked report on the development of global software and copyright rules, ACTA (the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) has been holding discussions relating to the way in which countries approach pirated materials, globally. (more…)

New research in to the efficacy and impact of online advertising has suggested that this form of promotion is still not as good at promoting goods and services as traditional printed marketing. (more…)

According to a new study, tobacco advertisers are circumnavigating advertising bans by utilising social networking and digital media to promote their products. (more…)

According to statistics, mothers are the newest to take up blogging across the globe. Apparently, the ‘mummy blogger’ has become an unstoppable force when it comes to writing online diaries and sharing their experiences with the world. (more…)

Just days after Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was wanted for arrest under a rape charge, news reports suggest that the accusation has been withdrawn. (more…)

With the huge uptake in online media, it’s inevitable that consumer preferences within the UK are changing quickly. We are becoming accustomed to getting our own way when it comes to receiving high-quality news and information at lightening speeds. (more…)