14 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Japanese Twitter streaming app already ahead of US rivals The Japanese live-streaming app Twitcasting has announced that it intends to enter the US market. Twitcasting, which was launched in 2010 and has over 10 million registered users, allows broadcasters to stream their video
8 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Yahoo Japan enforces “right to be forgotten” removals Yahoo Japan has explained when it will remove certain links from its search results pages in light of increased awareness of the “right to be forgotten”. If personal information such as a person’s address, telephone
Delivering just about everything that had been rumoured in the market – larger screens, faster A8 processor, iOS 8, inbuilt NFC chip to accommodate for ApplePay, its own mobile payments system – the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus will surely have a positive impact on Cupertino’s sales as we approach
What once was a big fish in a small pond is increasingly becoming a rather small fish in a huge pond. I’m here referring to the U.S. – namely, its waning status as the epicenter of all things digital. Please don’t get me wrong, the U.S. is still, financially speaking,
Ever spent a great deal of time looking for up-to-date, but often elusive, statistics on the state of digital across a myriad of global markets, only to close down your browser empty-handed and disappointed wishing there was a better way? If you are working in international online marketing, chances are
It’s a borderless world. Go global! Everything is there for the taking, just reach out and grab it. The world is flat. I could go on, but I won’t. Chances are you’ve already heard it one too many times. No reminder required! We all know the barriers to entry have
From geotargeting to international keyword research (and everything in between), this week’s International Search Summit in London turned out to be yet another event chock-full of useful tips, tricks and tactics for global digital marketers. In case you missed it, here are 21 takeaways from the event. Managing search in
If I could use only one statistic to show the mind-boggling growth in global mobile internet usage and social media, this would be it: The number of mobile monthly active users on Facebook has increased by 265 million over the course of a year – from 680 million in Q4
Meet Jessica. Jessica is in charge of managing social media for a UK-based company that targets international audiences across a range of markets. The company has been doing quite well abroad over the past couple of years after launching localised versions of their website and allocating more budget to pay-per-click
“We must make the Arabic language a first class citizen of the web.” These were the passionate words of Dr. Ahmed K. Elmagarmid a little over a year ago in Doha at the Arabic Web Days, a month-long initiative launched by Google (and supported by a raft of other internet