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BT Steaming Ahead With Phorm Trials - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 17 Jul 2008 07:05 AM PST

Despite the controversy that’s been kicked up, BT is going ahead with more trials in the coming weeks with Phorm, the behavioural ad technology firm that has developed software that…

Property Search’s Nestoria Makes Hay In Spanish, Italian Markets - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 07 Jul 2008 06:17 AM PST

As the UK’s housing market goes in to reverse, property search startup Nestoria is looking overseas for growth. Founded by former Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) execs Javier Etxebeste and Ed Freyfogle…

BBC Dumps Microsoft-Backed Skinkers Apps, Switches To Adobe - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 02 Jul 2008 01:36 AM PST

The BBC is moving away from desktop apps made by Microsoft-backed Skinkers and instead bringing production in-house, switching to Adobe’s (NSDQ: ADBE) Flash-based cross-platform Flex and AIR frameworks. John O’Donovan,…

3G Penetration Rate In Europe Hits 11 Percent; Does That Mean It Trails The U.S.? - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 24 Jun 2008 08:29 PM PST

In Western Europe, the number of subscribers using 3G have surpassed the 100 million mark, but what’s surprising is that this translates to a low penetration rate of 11.1 percent,…

UPDATED: Nokia Offers To Buy Up Partners’ Stakes In Symbian For £209 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 23 Jun 2008 08:50 PM PST

UPDATED: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) wants it all. The Finnish handset maker said today that it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian, that it…

Sorrell: Google Going From ‘Frenemy’ To ‘Froe’; WPP CEO Grills GOOG, YHOO, MSFT At Cannes - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 20 Jun 2008 04:56 PM PST

Perhaps the title of the Cannes International Advertising Festival panel—“From Metrics to Brand: Online’s Next Challenge"-- was deliberately bland. But the chance to see the outspoken WPP Group’s CEO Sir…

Russia’s Yandex Opens Silicon Valley Lab, Led By Yahoo Search Chief - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 19 Jun 2008 09:14 PM PST

Vish Makhijani, the SVP and GM of Search at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is joining Yandex, the number-one Russian search site, as the CEO of Yandex Labs, a new Silicon Valley…

We Can, Too: Russian Portal Mail.ru Also Plans IPO, in London - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 21 May 2008 08:25 AM PST

If Yandex can mull a $2 billion IPO, so can Mail.ru: the Russian online portal Mail.ru is planning an IPO on London’s stock market which will value the business at…

Updated: BBC Commits iPlayer To Kontiki - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 08 May 2008 05:24 AM PST

The BBC has refuted a report it is to abandon the Kontiki content delivery product that powers its iPlayer desktop application. C21 yesterday claimed: “The BBC iPlayer will cease using…

Tesco To Take “High Moral Ground” On Trademarked Keywords On Google - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 29 Apr 2008 03:48 AM PST

Will other brands join Tesco on “the moral high ground?” Or, will the supermarket chain find itself standing alone following its decision not to bid for trademarked keywords on Google?…

UK Bits: BBC Mulls OpenID; Mirror.co.uk Does ABCe - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 22 Apr 2008 08:11 AM PST

-- BBC mulls OpenID: The BBC is announcing support for OpenID. Sort of. The broadcaster said it had joined the OpenID Foundation, leading the decentralised identity system that allows users…

Irish Search Developer Gets $25 Million To Fund Google Rival - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 16 Apr 2008 07:28 AM PST

Joseph at our sister site paidContent.org reports Cuill, a start-up promising “a new approach to search”, has raised a big $25 million second round led by Madrone Capital Partners. Still…

Fon Raises $9.5 Million For Russia Launch, Making Big Losses - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 11 Apr 2008 08:48 AM PST

WiFi-sharing community Fon has raised a $9.5 million third round of funding to take the service to Russia and upgrade its product offering. Spain-based Fon, launched in February 2006, lets…

Israeli Search Marketer Kenshoo Raises Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 09 Apr 2008 03:47 PM PST

Kenshoo, an Israeli search engine marketer, has raised an unspecified second round from VC firm Arts Alliance. The investment follows closely on the heals of its first round, from Sequoia,…

O2 Caps 3G Speeds At 128 Kbps, Unless Requested Not To - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 09 Apr 2008 02:55 PM PST

UK operator O2 has admitted limiting the speed of most of its customers’ 3G connections to 128 kbps, instead of the 384 kbps the technology is capable of, reports The…

Nokia’s Navteq Purchase Gets In-Depth EC Anti-Trust Probe - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 28 Mar 2008 10:30 AM PST

The European Commission just confirmed earlier reports it will begin an in-depth inquiry in to Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) proposed $8.1 billion acquisition of GPS mapping provider Navteq. It was always…

UK Endorses In-Flight Mobile Voice, Data Plans - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 26 Mar 2008 11:43 AM PST

The days of “flight mode” could be numbered. UK telecom regulator Ofcom today ratified plans to allow mobile communications on airplanes in Europe. The proposal first have to be agreed…

Broadband Content Bits: Virgin 50 Mbps, Kangaroo Ads, Velocix P2P - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 26 Mar 2008 05:23 AM PST

- Virgin 50 Mbps: Nine million VMED customers will have access to 50 Mbps cable this year, the company said, considering best methods for rollout: “Unlike big routed networks, we…

Quaero Vs. Google: The Search Equivalent of Airbus Vs. Boeing? - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 25 Mar 2008 08:14 AM PST

Europe’s internet search project—Quaero—has gotten a lot of flak for taking government money to create an alternative to Google (NSDQ: GOOG). The noise level has only increased after the EU…

Music Labels Go To Court To Force Irish ISP To Monitor P2P - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 17 Mar 2008 11:14 AM PST

In a further sign of increasing music industry aggression on the piracy issue, the four major labels - martialled by the Irish Recorded Music Association - are suing Ireland’s largest…

Voice To Text Mobile Firm SpinVox Eyeing Float Again - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 11 Mar 2008 05:28 AM PST

Never mind the weak financial markets. SpinVox the mobile phone firm that turns voicemails into text is reportedly considering floating the company again. The five-year old company, which operates in…

Babelgum Becoming Film ‘Studio’ In Latest Strategy Shift - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 11 Mar 2008 12:58 AM PST

It seems Babelgum is enjoying the search for quality content so much, it’s becoming a content company. The heavily-financed P2P platform is creating a 10 million euro (£7.64 million) fund…

Last.fm Gets Half Of Users Off-Site, Targets US Market - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 28 Feb 2008 09:40 AM PST

Nineteen million people use Last.fm through off-site widgets and third-party hacks, the company says (via release). That’s almost as many as the entire 21 million on-site monthly user base from…

BBC Monetising Its Long Tail With Mochila Motion Gallery Deal - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 27 Feb 2008 04:21 AM PST

BBC Worldwide will earn revenue from ads placed on its video content by New York-based content syndication middleman Mochila. Mochila has licensed footage from the BBC Motion Gallery to distribute…

Livestation P2P TV Cautiously Considers Public Launch - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 26 Feb 2008 07:10 AM PST

Microsoft-backed live P2P TV platform Livestation is due to complete a technical trial phase in “the next few weeks” - but is under no illusions as to its chances of…