The latest craze for both online and offline retailers definitely seems to be the daily deals phenomenon which is taking off around the globe.
Websites such as Groupon, LivingSocial and even Travelzoo have been getting in on the act, promoting local businesses and more…
Norway’s Schibsted Media Group is to take a stake of just over 50% in Irish online classifieds adverts site DoneDeal, it has been announced.
The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. more…
A couple of years ago Twitter co-founder Biz Stone told me that the company was keen to stay small: “maybe we can be a company of hundreds and still bring Twitter to a huge number of people around the world.”
Stone, of course, is no longer at the company, more…
Google’s Chrome is Britain’s second most popular browser, a sign of the internet giant’s increasing grip on the UK search market.
Three years after launch, Chrome last month captured 22% of UK users and marginally overtook Mozilla’s Firefox browser, according to the web metrics firm Statcounter. more…
Carroscomerciais.com, online since the 30th of June, is dedicated solely to the buying and selling of commercial vehicles, including agriculture and construction machinery. The high activity in this area seen on the Grandemercado website, has brought the company to venture in this niche market. more…
iBuyWeSell.com is a free classifieds platform that allows individuals to buy or sell their unwanted goods or find a great bargain via blogs, tweets, and social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Plaxo.
iBuyWeSell.com won the “Global Developer Challenge” for their combination of web 2.0 technology and social media mobile phone apps which enable users to buy, sell and watch for items of interest using their mobile phone devices. more…
NEW YORK – Russia’s largest Internet company and most visited website goes public today with an initial public offering (IPO).
Yandex, a popular search engine and web portal that has shown a profit since 2002, will offer 52.2 million shares priced between $24 and $25. more…
ISTANBUL – Thousands of Turks gathered in some 40 cities and towns around the country on Sunday, to join marches organized on Facebook against state Internet censorship.
The trigger for the protests was a decision by Turkey’s Internet regulator, the Information and Communication Technologies Authority, or BTK, to introduce more…