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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 »

Sky to Take on Netflix and YouView with Internet TV Service

In Today’s Web News…Sky’s plans to move into a pay-as-you-go model for content use by non-members has been seen as a call to competition with Netflix and YouView, as TV services continue to be fused with the web.

Twitter’s CEO has been talking; defending his company’s controversial moves towards censorship globally as well as talking about the nature of Twitter itself.  In case you were in any doubt, Twitter s not a Media Company despite selling advertising;

“We’re in the media business, but we’re not necessarily a media company.  We don’t create our own content; we’re a distributor of content and traffic. We’re one of the largest drivers of traffic to other media properties.” said Dick Costolo at a media conference yesterday evening.

Elsewhere in the US Obama’s promised ‘Hangout’ on Google+ yesterday US-time was an dubbed a high tech ‘townhall meeting’, check out the covered topics in the link below where you can watch his political ‘Plus’ session.

BSkyB to Take on Netflix and YouView with Internet TV Service

Twitter is Not a Media Company, CEO Says

Obama’s Google+ Hangout: Protect the ‘Fundamental Integrity’ of the Internet

Google Aims for Better Android Apps with New Google+ Page

New Flaming Lips Song Features Siri on Vocals

Apps to Help You Deal with Too Many Apps

Social’s Future

Square’s Mobile Payments Gain Obama’s Backing

Turn Your Facebook Timeline into a Movie

2012: Convergence is Here

OpenMEAP HTML5-Based Mobile App Versioning System

Twitter Launched New GitHub Page

AirDroid: Manage Your Android Phone from Your Computer’s Desktop

A Short Study of Identity in a World of Many Social Channels

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 31/01/12 at 16:11 No Comments »

Twitter Brand Pages to be Enhanced

In Today’s Web News…Twitter is abuzz with reaction to their new Censorship policy announcement and is also planning updates to how businesses use the site, complete with analytics.

Elsewhere in Social Media Facebook’s Timeline is creating controversy, with a backlash against the imminent mandatory change to everyone’s profiles causing one Guardian contributor to brand the site’s management as ‘sociopaths’ for their lack of care toward’s people’s privacy and many questioning whether it contradicts new legislation protecting people’s data in the US.

Twitter Brand Pages to be Enhanced

Twitter’s New Censorship Policy is Good for Activists

Almost Nobody Wants Facebook Timeline

Why is Software Development Estimation so Hard?

iOS Games Worthy of Attention

2011 Best App Ever Awards

Pinterest Becomes Top Traffic Driver for Retailers

Client Has a Problem with a Site: Send Them Here

The State of iCloud-Enabled Apps

Augmented Reality Poetry Book via a Webcam

Tiffany’s Instagram Campaign Could Go Much Further

Stella McCartney’s 360 Degree Geo-Targeted Campaign

Google Wallet Struggling to Gain Acceptance?

Samsung Boosted by Galaxy

FBI to Monitor Facebook, Twitter, MySpace

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 30/01/12 at 14:09 No Comments »

Twitter Will Become Available in Right to Left Languages Soon

In Today’s Web News…Twitter is broadening its Global reach into right to left languages, the lines between Television and web-streaming services continues to blur, Oglivy gives his tips as an advertising copywriter and Nokia scrambles to keep up in the mobile market.  As always, your thoughts on these or any other digital topics are welcome on our Twitter @vexeddigital or our Facebook wall.

Twitter Will Become Available in Right to Left Languages Soon

Smartphone Penetration Hits 42% Across ‘EU5′

Television to Become More Like Netflix

David Oglivy’s Copywriting Advice

Wikileaks Founder’s TV Show to be Aired on Russion Channel

Nokia Q4: Scrambling for a Grip

Building Games that Run on Poor Mobile Connections

Is Your Blog in this PR Database of 1.3m Blogs?

The Best Tools for Universal Note-Taking

What’s Cooking in Java8

Good Technology Report Shows Apple’s Domination

Developers Debate Android Gaming Potential

‘HTML5 Please’

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 26/01/12 at 17:50 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

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 25/01/12 at 17:38 No Comments »

Obama Hangs Out on Google Plus

Today’s web news…

In today’s news Obama keeps up his reputation as the most savvy Social Media user ever to hold office in the White House with a ‘Hang Out’ session on Google Plus scheduled today.  He will be answering questions via the new White House Google Plus page that have been submitted through YouTube, and will be streamed live on whitehouse.gov.  Multichannel expertise!

In other news, Anonymous is threatening a Hack on Facebook this weekend in a bid to excerpt their power after hacking several major sites following the Megaupload sting at the weekend.

Scroll down also to see one prediction in our newsletter this month for Augmented Reality, which has just been employed by Absolut Vodka in a new app and check out how QR codes can be used to measure conversion rates…

Obama Hangs Out on Google Plus

Anonymous Threatens Facebook Attack This Saturday

Absolut Vodka Launches Augmented Reality App

QR Code Stickers Turns Real World Objects into Digital Conversions

What the Decline of Print Means for Digital

Tumblr Hits 15 Billiong Monthly Pageviews

Google+ Finally Allows Pseudonyms

Amnesty Uses Shazam to Boost e-Petition Response

Android to Replace iOS for Developers

Mobile, the Future of Discounts?

Orange to Provide Wikipedia Free in Middle East & Africa

American Ruling Forcing Decryption of Laptops

Java Anti-Patterns

Whac-A-Banker

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 24/01/12 at 11:48 No Comments »

Nokia Lumia Sales Seen Topping 1m

In Today’s Web News…news that Megaupload has been taken down and will be prosecuted is sparking speculation of legal repercussions in light of SOPA and Protect IP legislation opposition.  In other news the Nokia Lumia is seeing healthy sales, in the region of a million and Google+ continues to cause debate, over its user number claims, social search and relevance. 

Nokia Lumia Sales Seen Topping 1m

The Death of Megaupload to Spark a ‘Spotify for Movies’

Work in Progress: Kirin Pipeline

Lazyweb: Git on Android

Why Google+ Matters to E-Commerce

Apple’s iBook Lockdown

Facebook’s New Open Graph Features Impact on f-Commerce

Nielson U.S Smartphone Numbers

How Bounce Rate Optimization Improves Search Rankings

Google+ Misleading Statistics

Google+ is Not a Social Network

Twitter Too Busy Growing to Worry About Google+

64% Would Pay-To-Stream Film in UK

London 2012 to be ‘Biggest Media Event in History’

Snicker’s Stupid Jordan Twitter Stunt

Domino’s Pizza Tracker

Search Plus Your World’s Impact on PPC

StumbleUpon for Power Users

BlueTrain Mobile Publishes “Mobile Marketing Map”

Facebook Timeline Apps: Should You Use Them?

iPhone Over Takes the Camera and Kodak Goes Bust

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 23/01/12 at 15:39 No Comments »

Major Websites to Blackout This Week in SOPA Protest

In Today’s Web News…SOPA and the Protect IP act continue to dominate headlines with the news that Wikipedia, Mozilla and Reddit are all joining a black out in protest of SOPA and related bills that are considered to threaten the internet as we know it.  Read about these proposed plans as well as why Adam Curry believes us to be missing the point.

In other news read about Steve Wozniak’s remarks that stirred the now-familiar iOS vs Android debate and why the World Bank is now counting on Google Data from Maps.

Major Websites to Blackout This Week in SOPA Protest

Protect IP Act: The Lowdown on How it Would Break The Internet

SOPA is a Red Herring

World Bank Assumes Control of Google Map Data

Steve Wozniak: Android is Better Than the iPhone in Some Ways

App Store Quantity Does Not Equal Success

Fragmentation in Not The End of Android

Which Mobile Payments Provider is Right for You?

GroupShot: Clever Photo App

50% Off Facebook Ads, If You Keep Your Users On-Site

Meme-Based Board Game Uses Kickstarter for the Win

Finished Angry Birds?

Tablets Will Transform the Classroom

87% of Connected Consumers Prefer Websites & Mobile Sites Over Apps?

Marrying Content with Mobile Apps

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 17/01/12 at 16:36 No Comments »

Major Websites to Blackout This Week in SOPA Protest

In Today’s Web News…SOPA and the Protect IP act continue to dominate headlines with the news that Wikipedia, Mozilla and Reddit are all joining a black out in protest of SOPA and related bills that are considered to threaten the internet as we know it.  Read about these proposed plans as well as why Adam Curry believes us to be missing the point.

In other news read about Steve Wozniak’s remarks that stirred the now-familiar iOS vs Android debate and why the World Bank is now counting on Google Data from Maps.

Major Websites to Blackout This Week in SOPA Protest

Protect IP Act: The Lowdown on How it Would Break The Internet

SOPA is a Red Herring

World Bank Assumes Control of Google Map Data

Steve Wozniak: Android is Better Than the iPhone in Some Ways

App Store Quantity Does Not Equal Success

Fragmentation in Not The End of Android

Which Mobile Payments Provider is Right for You?

GroupShot: Clever Photo App

50% Off Facebook Ads, If You Keep Your Users On-Site

Meme-Based Board Game Uses Kickstarter for the Win

Finished Angry Birds?

Tablets Will Transform the Classroom

87% of Connected Consumers Prefer Websites & Mobile Sites Over Apps?

Marrying Content with Mobile Apps

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 17/01/12 at 16:36 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

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.

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