Q1 2013 desktop-based US retail e-commerce spending, up 13%

RESTON, US: comScore, Inc has released its estimates of Q1 2013 US retail e-commerce sales. 15 May 2013 13:42

Twitter plug-in stops shows being ruined

LOS ANGELES, USA: Fed up with Twitter friends ruining the plots of her favorite TV shows, high school senior and budding software engineer Jennie Lamere took matters into her own hands. 10 May 2013 07:47

Outlook not good for Hotmail

SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Microsoft's Hotmail, the free webmail service used by hundreds of millions of people around the world, was phased out last week after Microsoft completed its re-branding to transform it into Outlook.com. 7 May 2013 09:04

US newspaper industry limits revenue drop to 2%

NEW YORK, US: US newspapers saw revenues fall 2% in 2012, an industry association said on Monday, suggesting an easing of the woes of the beleaguered sector. 11 Apr 2013 11:06

Authors oppose Amazon's internet bid

SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Groups representing US authors and publishers called on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to deny online retailer Amazon exclusive rights to websites ending with .book, .author, or .read. 12 Mar 2013 08:23

Android is top target for malware

WASHINGTON, USA: The Android operating system accounted for 79% of all malware infections on smartphones and the threat is multiplying, a security firm said last week. 11 Mar 2013 06:34

Facebook's personalised 'newspaper'

MENLO PARK, USA: Facebook last week began transforming the stream of updates from friends at homepages into a "personalised newspaper," with news ranging from personal to global. 11 Mar 2013 06:04

Google hasn't stopped music pirates

WASHINGTON, USA: Google's revamping of its search formula last year has failed to live up to its promise of discouraging consumers from visiting illegal music websites, an industry group says. 22 Feb 2013 07:14

US consumer online travel spending surpasses US$100bn for first time in 2012

RESTON, US: Total online travel spending up 9% to US$103bn, led by Air Travel Southwest, Expedia and Marriott led respective travel sub-categories in 2012 web page views. 21 Feb 2013 13:13

Big Mac hack attack on Burger King

WASHINGTON, USA: Burger King sustained a virtual Big Mac attack on Monday (18 February) when its Twitter account was hacked then redesigned with a bogus claim of a corporate takeover by McDonald's. 20 Feb 2013 09:15

25bn songs - where do they all go?

SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Apple on Wednesday (6 February) announced that the number of digital songs downloaded from its iTunes Store has topped 25bn. 8 Feb 2013 10:25

Study highlights digital wallet market potential and current adoption barriers

RESTON, US: comScore, Inc has the 'Digital Wallet Road Map 2013', a study which measures consumer awareness, perceptions and intent to use current digital wallet offerings. The study found that digital wallets, which store a virtual copy of the contents of a consumer's physical wallet to facilitate online or offline retail transactions, only had awareness among 51% of US consumers for wallets other than PayPal. 5 Feb 2013 06:31

Cybercrimes rise but Internet speeds fall

WASHINGTON, USA: Global Internet connection speeds around the world slowed in late 2012, according to a survey released on Wednesday (22 January) that suggested a temporary stall in broadband gains. 24 Jan 2013 07:27

Apple can't claim exclusive right to App Store name

OAKLAND, USA: A federal judge on Wednesday (2 January) rejected Apple's claim of false advertising after Amazon.com referred to its online shop for mobile gadget applications as an Appstore. 3 Jan 2013 11:16