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Gumtree launches London radio campaign

GumtreeDigital classifieds website Gumtree is to jump from the web to the airwaves from today in London as part of a bid to boost awareness and drive site traffic in the capital.

Four new 20 second radio ads will be broadcast over a month long campaign on more…

New Baidu Mobile Browser Takes Aim at Google, Apple

Chinese search giant Baidu has launched a mobile web browser to cash in on Chinese smartphone users.

Baidu, the dominant search engine in China, has launched the Baidu Mobile Browser, which will go up against Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome. The Baidu Mobile Browser is more…

Microsoft to build more than 3 million Surface tablets, says IDC

Microsoft is expected to build a little more than 3 million Surface tablets, market researcher IDC told CNET. An IDC analyst also offered his views on the likelihood of a $199 version of the tablet.

Production plans are for a few million units for calendar 2012, said IDC analyst Bob O’Donnell in a phone interview. more…

Groupon stock dives 20 percent after poor earnings report

Groupon’s stock took a sharp turn today, falling 20 percent in after hours trading. The daily deals company missed Wall Street estimates in its second quarter earnings.

The stock hit a low of $5.95 a share after Groupon announced $568.3 million in revenue, when Wall Street more…

Germany Investigating Facebook’s Face-Recognition Features Again

Data privacy officials in Germany have reopened a probe to look deeper at Facebook’s face recognition technology and determine if the social networking giant was collecting member photos without their knowledge.

In June, an investigation into Facebook’s database more…

Bing-hoo Search Down 4 Percent In Past Year, Hitwise Says

June and July haven’t been very kind months for Bing and Yahoo.

What Hitwise calls “Bing-powered search” had about 28.1 percent of all U.S. searches in May, but that dropped to less than 27 percent for July. And what was a five percent more…

10 Tech Skills That Will Instantly Net You A $100,000+ Salary

If you have the right tech skills, you can command a great – and maybe even a fantastic – salary.

But it’s an ever-changing target. One day a skill is hot and the next it’s not. more…

Olx brings ‘Bech de’ campaign to radio & outdoor

olxOlx has taken to the radio and OOH medium for greater visibility. The free online classified site recently released new radio commercials to take its ‘Bech de’ campaign further. The ads are currently on all major FM channels.

Olx, along with its creative agency Saatchi & Saatchi, more…