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Facebook to File for $5b IPO Today

In Today’s Web News…Facebook’s long-anticipated IPO is due to be released today. Watch this space on how much it goes for…The Internet is still a buzz with post SOPA legislation apposition, now it is the turn of ACTA. Instapaper talks the App Economy, Angry Birds talks Piracy and Blackberry hopes for a comeback.

Facebook to File for $5b IPO Today

Internet Drowns in Inaccurate Anti-ACTA Arguements

Ocado’s Mobile Sales Growth

Instapaper Founder Marco Arment on the App Economy

Marketing Budgets 2012

Digital Storytelling

“Agile” Digital Music 2012

Angry Birds Boss: Piracy Gets Us More Business

The Platform Graveyard: Lessons Learnt

RIM Restyles Next Generation Blackberry

PhoneGap Build Support Comes to Version 1.4.0

Making an iOS App is Not Cheap

A House Designed Like Web Application

76 Storage APIs

Design Apps: Beauty & Functionality

Heineken’s Valentine’s Day ‘The Serenade’ Facebook App

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.

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 01/02/12 at 12:38 No Comments »

Apple’s Q1 Results: Record-Shattering Revenue and Profit

In Today’s Web News…Apple’s Q1 Results puts them up there amongst Oil companies, check out the business story that everyone’s been talking about today and the chart below that puts this into stark clarity. In other news take a look at how McDonalds fans have been showing little love for the brand in a social media ‘strategy’ by the fast food chain gone wrong. Elsewhere Wikileak’s rogue figurehead is planning a TV show…however who will broadcast it?

Apple’s Q1 Results: Record-Shattering Revenue and Profit

McFail: When Branded Twitter Hashtags Go #HorriblyWrong

Assange to Present Own TV Show

MySpace Has a Facebook App

Chart That Puts Apple Up There with Oil

Kindle Touch Software Update 5.0.3

Time Out Prepares to Launch Online Social TV Guide

Multichannel Boosts Email

Mobile Shopping Increases Nearly Threefold

Ubuntu HUD

Rasberry Pi’s GPU Double the Performance of iPhone 4S

Vox.io’s URL-Based Alternative to the Telephone

Facebook Timeline and What Marketers Need to Know

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 25/01/12 at 17:38 No Comments »

Murdoch vs. Google on Twitter

Today’s web news…

In Today’s News Rupert Murdoch’s foray into ‘Tweeting’ has already made waves, with a Twitter tirade against Google and the White House hitting headlines over the weekend and Google responding by branding the media mogul’s rant as ‘Nonsense.’ In other news Mobile Shopping has increased almost threefold when comparing 2010 to 2011, and Domino’s unveils a new Blogging Sponsorship programme…

Murdoch vs. Google on Twitter

Domino’s Blogger Sponsorship

Nokia & EA’s Major WP Game Push

CodeMash 2012 Report

Top 10 Tech: CES Edition

Foursquare Becomes Social Search Engine with New Explore Feature

FTC to Probe Google+

Mobile Shopping Increases Nearly Threefold

PR Resolutions for 2012

Four Seasons Unveils $18m Website

How Commercial Plugin Developers Are Using The WordPress Repository

The Future of Social TV is Now

Groupon CEO Interview

AT&T, Social Analytics and Online Learning

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 16/01/12 at 13:17 No Comments »

Facebook Bug Reveals Zuckerberg’s Private Photos

Today’s web news…

Facebook Bug Reveals Zuckerberg’s Private Photos

Broadcastr: The Crowdsourced Travel App

Internet Access and the American Divide

Engaging Children via an iPad Book

Time Out Targets London Underground

Global BBC iPlayer App Launching for iPhone & iPhone Touch on Thursday

Android App Download Hits 10 Billion

The Future of Search is Social: Q&A with Google

Future of Apps: Mindshape’s CEO David Begg

Persuasive Checkout Best Practice from ASOS

HTC Highlights How Fickle The Mobile Market Can Be

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 07/12/11 at 13:48 No Comments »

Financial Times Backs Android with New App

Today’s web news…

Financial Times Backs Android with New App

Lonely Planet’s Mobile Travel Startup Launches

e-Reader or Tablet for Christmas?

One in Four Transactions Completed via Mobile says Starbucks

Disguise Your iPad as an Apple II

Foursquare Tops 15m Users

Graphing Comes to Google

Spotify, Android, Apple TV & The New App-athy

How to: Pagination in Cassandra

EasyJest Enters Mobile Arena with ‘Speedy Booking’ App

POV: The End of Social

StumbleUpon Launches Major Redesign & Success

Auto-Save in Your Forms with HTML5 and Sisyphus.js

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 06/12/11 at 12:26 No Comments »

iPhone 4S Launched by Apple: Its What’s Inside That Counts

Today’s web news…

Its feeling Autumnal again after an unusual October heatwave…and its raining Apple!

As you might have noticed a certain company made an announcement yesterday evening British-time that the much-anticipated and hyped new technological handset to covert is the iPhone 4S. Some were disappointed that the exterior is exactly the same as the previous 4 model, however the changes have happened on the inside in software and unseen hardware changes.

Read the roundup of links below to be in the know on the Apple announcement and what it means for consumers and industry alike.

iPhone 4S Launched by Apple: Its What’s Inside That Counts

New iPods, Classic Discontinued, Siri & iTunes Cloud Coing to UK

Apple iOS 5 Out on 12th October: Challenge to Existing Apps?

Apple: 250m iOS Devices Sold

Google+ API Released for Search and +1s

Dunkin’ Donut’s Mobile Gaming Promotion

How to Create Custom Post Meta Boxes in Word Press

Twitter’s 1600 Brands Now Advertising

Pseudonyms and Anonymity Will Increasingly Disappear Online

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 05/10/11 at 10:37 No Comments »

Why Facebook Timeline Will Be Huge for Brands

Today’s web news…

Facebook’s new timeline and ‘frictionless sharing’ continue to hit the headlines this week with a storm of controversy building around Facebook’s announced plans. Read all the top stories below.

Zynga’s David Ko told the Guardian that they believe mobile to represent a “a new social gaming frontier” and that they aim to be “the best content creators in the world” with their successful gaming platforms and will focus on the rapidly expanding market for gaming on mobile.

On the topic of Mobile a study by Flurry in the US showed mobile apps to mirror TV usage, in that apps are used most around peak TV watching times in the evening. Another study in the US showed that 20 million people use mobile apps every hour.

Why Facebook Timeline Will Be Huge For Brands

Groups Ask For Ban on Facebook’s ‘Frictionless Sharing’

Zynga’s David Ko Talks Smartphone & Tablet Gaming

Web & Mobile App Use Peaks At Night

Google Analytics Adds Real-Time Traffic Data

Groupon Rewards: Groupon Customers Rewarded for Merchant Loyalty

Flurry data Shows Mobile Apps Used Hourly by 20m in US

Cognitive Psychologists to Gather Data from Smartphones

3G Turns 10

Halo Networks Get £1.6m First Round to Offload Mobile Data to Wifi

Michael Jackson Tribute to Stream Live on Facebook

Profile of a Social Strategy

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 30/09/11 at 15:47 No Comments »

Domino’s Pizza Receives Boost by Gourmet Pizza Range

Today’s web news…

Domino’s Pizza Receives Boost by Gourmet Pizza Range

Hipmunk Flight Search Takes Off on Android

Travel Ads Excel on iPads

Happy Hour Finder- Social Facebook App

Lovefilm Debuts Movie Streaming App

ASOS Named Best-Loved Digital Brand

Inside Google+

Why Every Brand Needs to Think Mobile

Can Youtube’s Founder’s Reheat Delicious?

What Frictionless Sharing Means

Kindle: Touch and Fire Released in US

Fashion Designer’s Crowd Sourced Instagram Print Ad

Survey: 41% of Smartphone Users Set to Buy iPhone5

Facebook Enriches Mobile with HTML5

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 29/09/11 at 14:31 No Comments »

Google Plus Users Can Now Share Circles

Today’s web news…

The debate rumbles on about whether Google+ will take off and rival Facebook. After opening registration to anyone last week they saw traffic rising hugely, and the site has added a new feature to circles which is one step ahead of Facebook’s seemingly reactionary ‘smart list’ settings. Facebook on the other hand may face obstacles in monetizing mobile while Spotify hops aboard to the social networking site.

To read more about Google+ and Facebook’s plans for monetizing Mobile both topics are covered in depth in this month’s Vexed Website, released today. It is available on the blog and via email subscription, covering the month’s hot topics.

Google+ Traffic Rose by 1269% Last Week

Facebook Faces Difficulties Monetizing Mobile

Google+ Users Can Now Share Circles

Spotify Ties Future to Facebook

Blippar: a QR Code Killer?

Ubuntu Launches App Store

Zynga’s Profits Down 95%

Europe Banks For e-Payments Monopoly

Disney Cars to get ‘Appmates’ toys that Work with New iPad

Zynga’s CityVille Arrives on Google+

FarmVille & Pizza Hut Want to Feed Hungry Children

A Flickr Founder’s Glitch: Wants You To Play Nice

Kobos New App Lets You See Who’s Reading With You

Domino’s Artisan Marketing

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 27/09/11 at 13:51 No Comments »