22 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Google’s “Mobilegeddon” update is finally launched globally Google has updated it search algorithm to punish websites that are not optimised for mobiles. The so-called “Mobilegeddon” update will push down websites in the search engine results pages if they are difficult to view on

16 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Japanese court orders removal of negative reviews from Google Maps A court in Japan has ordered Google to remove 2 negative reviews that were written on Google Maps about a Japanese medical practice. The reviews were written by an anonymous user who claimed

10 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Turkish internet users evade ban on Twitter and YouTube Twitter and YouTube were both temporarily banned in Turkey earlier this week, despite a court ruling having said such blanket bans are unconstitutional. Turkish netizens seemed to easily get around the ban, however, with

2 April 2015 – Global Marketing News EU launches investigation into ecommerce sector The EU has announced that it plans to launch a competition investigation into the ecommerce sector in the next few months. The investigation will look at whether ecommerce sites are selling items at different prices in different

1 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Congo leads global internet speed increase Research by Akamai has revealed how internet speeds vary across the world. The research shows that average global internet speeds increased by 20% last year, reaching an average speed of 4.5 Mbps at the end of 2014.

31 March 2015 – Global Marketing News Facial recognition may replace passwords online The Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba is developing facial recognition technology that could eventually be used as an alternative to written passwords. The technology, which is currently in beta, would be used to validate a buyer’s identity when

30 March 2015 – Global Marketing News Facebook investigated for illegally sharing EU citizens’ data The European court has opened a case investigating whether Facebook has been illegally sharing EU citizens’ data with US security authorities on a massive scale. Facebook is alleged to have passed on the personal user

27 March 2015 – Global Marketing News Mozilla drops Google for search in Turkey The internet browser Mozilla Firefox has announced that it will now be changing its default browser in Turkey from Google to Yandex. The decision comes just months after the browser made Yandex the default search engine

26 March 2015 – Global Marketing News Jumia sales up 900% Sales on the ecommerce site Jumia went up by a staggering 900% in Kenya last year. Jumia, which was originally launched in Nigeria and has since spread across several African countries, has grown to be the most popular ecommerce

25 March 2015 – Global Marketing News Is Google abusing its market dominance? A leaked report from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revealed that commissioners had serious concerns over whether Google was abusing its dominance in the search market to manipulate results and damage competitors. The report contains