Today’s web news…

Barnes & Noble’s Smart Strategy
Forget tablets, e-readers are where the growth is at
Seven multichannel retail success stories
Santander turns to social media to help address “poor” service perception
O2, Orange & Vodafone team up to develop m-payment standards
Android Activations Now Top Half-Million Per Day
Copyright group targets web users
FTC puts spotlight on data collection in mobile apps
Should You Buy Facebook Fans? Maybe Not…
PayPal Predicts The End of the Wallet By 2015
Card 2.0 Maker Raises $35 Million To Change the Way You Pay
‘Smart’ Car Key Uses NFC Technology To Unlock New Applications

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Today’s web news…

Inside Google+ — How the Search Giant Plans to Go Social
Today’s Top 10 Ecommerce Re-Platforming Mistakes
Daily Deals Faceoff: Groupon vs. Living Social vs. Google vs. Amazon vs. Facebook
Multichannel retail: US and UK trends compared
MySpace Nears Sale For Just 5% Of The $580M That News Corp Paid For It
Marketers ignoring valuable older generation in pursuit of youth
Apps To Bring In $14 Billion Of Revenue Next Year
Fanta sponsors Jenga app to drive brand awareness among teenagers
Zynga to File IPO as Soon as Tomorrow, Will Raise up to $2B
Square Raises $100 Million, Now Worth More Than $1 Billion
5 Ways the Advertising Industry Is Preparing for a Digital Future
How to (Actually) Delete Your Facebook Account
Google Swiffy Converts Flash to HTML5

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Today’s web news…

Personas 101: What Are They and Why Should I Care?
Virtual Shopping In The Subway
Google Brings Its +1 Button To Rest Of World With 19 Media Partnerships
Over 50-s drive Facebook growth, study says
How can retailers appeal to mobile users in store?
UK ad agencies endure another barren year at Cannes Lions festival
Scan-to-Pay Features Coming Soon To a Mobile App Near You
HOW TO: Unify Your SEO & SEM Strategies
Ritz-Carlton Puts Concierge Tips on Foursquare
Facebook has 750 Million users – as talk of user exit grows
Groupon May Expire Sooner Than Expected
Does Social Media Have A Return On Investment?

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Today’s web news…

Danish police proposal: Ban anonymous Internet use
On Programming Deadlines
Want to learn C++ or Python yourself? Google has its own Code University
Number of U.S. tablet owners to double by early 2012: report
GroupM Moves to Adopt Mobile Privacy Guidelines for Mobile Marketing Campaigns
Google ‘faces US antitrust probe’
Finger-manipulating device uses Alien Hand effect to tutor musicians
Twitter to introduce advertising into your tweet stream
Foursquare Announces Nationwide Partnership With American Express
We Spent $1,138 on Facebook in 6 Days: Numbers and Lessons Learned
Card.io – fast and easy mobile credit card scanning

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Today’s web news…

How UK e-commerce sites have changed in the past five years
Mobile use not just for on-the-go consumers: study
Coca-Cola kick-starts summer season via interactive mobile challenge campaign
What’s Happening Around You? Banjo Knows
5 More Handy Web Apps to Save You Time at Work
Find Music By Snapping Album Art With Phone
Square Adds Former Obama Economic Advisor Larry Summers To Its Board
5 Proven Twitter Marketing Strategies
Eric Schmidt: Mobile payments at retail to explode
A field guide to the cloud
1 Facebook fan = 20 additional visits to your website
An “Open” Perspective on Near Field Communications
Study Shows Google Directly Informs 15.4% of Brand Conversations
Naratte launches ultrasonic contactless payments
Facebook Gets New VIP Sections
AdMob campaign drives unprecedented user engagement for Unilever

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Today’s web news…

British phone booth updated with Skype
What the new top-level domains mean for you
GigsWiz & The Human League Help Disrupt The Ticket Industry
Multi-channel campaigns are the most effective
UK ad spend growth weaker than forecast, says AA/Warc
Bitcoin ‘will recover’ from crash
We7 wins funding to be ‘European Pandora’
SocialApps HQ Cooks Facebook Tab For Restaurants
SHOCKER: Only 3% To 7.5% Of Fans See Your Page’s Posts
Diesel makes Facebook look like Excel with its slacker app
Experience porting 4k lines of C code to go
Foursquare: How New Businesses Are Using It [Stats]
Why Small Businesses Should Get Into Facebook Ads
Programmers urged to code with their toes
Dropbox Left User Accounts Unlocked for 4 Hours Sunday

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Today’s web news…

New rankings of world’s fastest supercomputers released: Japan, China, US take top three spots
What Happened to Blackberry? RIM reports 10% decline in smartphone unit sales for Q2
NY Post: dumbest iPad strategy ever?
VibeDeck Raises $2 Million For Free, No Fee Music Sales Platform
SMS Loyalty Program the Next Acquisition for Groupon?
App usage outstripping desktop and mobile web
Trump Hotels rolls out mobile check-in to highlight customer service – Luxury Daily
UPDATED: Microsoft to buy Skype for $8.5 billion
Facebook And Skype Integrate Even Further
Foursquare Surpasses 10 Million Users
Opportunities to Dive into Travel APIs
World+dog yawn over NFC smartphone shopping
How To Make YouTube Part Of Your Social Media Marketing

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Today’s web news…

10 essentials of e-commerce optimization & attribution
“Brand Everywhere” – the next big thing in digital marketing?
Gartner Says Mobile Ad Sales on Pace for New Record This Year
National Geographic Successful Mobile Marketing Campaign
T-Mobile exec: Privacy must come first in mobile
Facebook Motivates 1 In 5 Purchase Decisions
Spotify now worth $1bn
New Net addresses mean new trademark issues
Check Your Code with CSS Lint
Salesforce.com’s Chief Scientist on Why Gamification is the Future of Work
Useful Resources, Tools and Services for Web Designers

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Today’s web news…

30 Social Media Marketing Tips
9 Tools to Get the Most Out of Foursquare
Google wants to help you with your finances
Guardian Aims To Double Digital Revenue In Five Years, CEO Says
AT&T Introduces Mobile Barcode Services
Who’s Behind the Bitcoin Bubble?
Facebook Ads Get 20 Times More Clicks In Context
Apple patents mobile camera that other people can shut off
Moments in Needless Bi-Polarity: Apps vs the mobile web
c++ operator overloading guidelines..
Digital ad spend to overtake newspapers by 2012

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.