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Skype celebrates Internet Week Europe with a week of free public WiFi across the UK

By Sue Keogh // 3 November, 2010 – 11:13 am // 2 Comments

Internet Week EuropeAs part of the first Internet Week Europe Skype is to enable free public WiFi throughout the UK next week.

The five-day festival celebrating the best of Europe’s digital industry hopes to replicate the success of Internet Week New York.

It will see over 80 events taking place, from parties, creative breakfasts and talks to cycle tours, hack sessions, exhibitions and meet-ups, with hosts including like the BBC, Yahoo!, Creative Review, Google, Lonely Planet, Channel 4 and other members of the European internet community. Read More »

Bing and Facebook risk privacy row as new social search features launched

By Polly Becker // 3 November, 2010 – 10:35 am // 2 Comments

Micorosoft’s search engine Bing says it is launching its new social features today that it has built in partnership with Facebook and there could be privacy trouble ahead.

The changes mean Facebook users will start showing up in Bing profile searches, and get this, even if they’ve selected to not have their profile show up in public searches.  Read More »

Google writes to users over Buzz privacy settlement (but don’t expect a payout)

By Sue Keogh // 3 November, 2010 – 10:32 am // 2 Comments

Google Buzz logoGoogle has taken the slightly unusual step of writing to Gmail users via email, to say they’ve reached a settlement in a lawsuit regarding Google Buzz in which they were sued by a group of users concerned about privacy.

The full details of the settlement are outlined on the website BuzzClassAction, which explains that it is alleged that Google ‘automatically enrolled Gmail users in Buzz, and that Buzz publicly exposed data, including users’ most frequent Gmail contacts, without enough user consent.’ Read More »

Google Analytics reporting no clicks yesterday

By Duncan Parry // 3 November, 2010 – 10:07 am // 2 Comments

Many digital marketers are running their daily reports this morning in Google Analytics and double-taking in surprise when it appears they received no site visits or conversions yesterday Tuesday, 2nd November. Read More »

Ted Baker uses Twitter and bloggers for US online push

By Jennifer Whitehead // 3 November, 2010 – 8:59 am // 4 Comments

Ted Baker, the clothing brand, is going to attempt to use Twitter in a live marketing challenge this week, for a campaign that is different to any I’ve heard of to date.

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Is the Facebook phone on the way?

By @gordonmacmillan // 3 November, 2010 – 8:49 am // 4 Comments

The rumour mill is buzzing again that the Facebook phone could be on the way. Last month there were several reports here and there about Facebook working on the launch of a branded mobile phone.

Facebook denied this was so, but the story is bubbling again ahead of today’s Facebook Mobile Event this evening (UK time). The speculation is it could be that branded phone. Read More »

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