Global Marketing News – 9th December 2015 Top Chinese messaging app WeChat accused of censorship… again The Chinese social messaging app WeChat has been accused yet again of censoring the car app company Uber. WeChat has admitted to blocking all … Read More
Global Marketing News – 8th December 2015 App threatens to shake-up mobile payments in Europe The banking app Number26 has just expanded into 6 new European countries. Number26 already operates in Germany and Austria, and will now be expanding into … Read More
Global Marketing News – 7th December 2015 Belgium sets Facebook precedent for Europe Facebook has agreed to stop tracking non-users in Belgium. The announcement comes one month after a Belgian court ordered Facebook to stop tracking users who are not … Read More
Global Marketing News – 4th December 2015 Alibaba opens offices in France and Germany The Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba is to open offices in France and Germany. It aims to encourage more French and German businesses of all sizes to … Read More
Global Marketing News – 3rd December 2015 Alibaba’s UC Browser named as world’s number two mobile browser Alibaba’s UC Browser, is now the second most popular mobile browser in the world, according to data by StatCounter. It has a global … Read More
Global Marketing News – 2nd December 2015 Mozilla distances itself from Google amidst anti-trust probe The internet browser Mozilla Firefox has announced that it is distancing itself from the search engine giant Google. For the last few years, Google has … Read More
Global Marketing News – 1st December 2015 German court gives website blocking powers to ISPs A German court has ruled that the blocking of websites is permissible in certain circumstances. The ruling said that internet providers are obliged to block … Read More
Global Marketing News – 30th November 2015 Facebook chooses Asia to expand Instant Articles It appears that Facebook has chosen Thailand and Vietnam as the next two markets to receive its Instant Articles feature. Instant Articles allows users to publish … Read More
Global Marketing News – 27th November 2015 Google reveals “right to be forgotten” leaderboard Google has released a transparency report detailing “right to be forgotten” requests it has received from Europeans since May 2014. The EU “right to be forgotten” … Read More
Global Marketing News – 26th November 2015 UK named as world’s third biggest online exporter Research by PayPal has revealed that the UK is the third biggest online exporter in the world, behind only the US and China. Around 86 … Read More
Global Marketing News – 25th November 2015 European ecommerce industry needs “radical change” The founder of one of Europe’s biggest ecommerce sites has said the industry needs “radical change”. Robert Gentz, co-founder of fashion online retailer Zalando, made the comments … Read More
Global Marketing News – 24th November 2015 YouTube facilitates better international video reach YouTube has introduced several new options to allow users to translate their videos into different languages. The new tools will allow video titles, descriptions and subtitles to … Read More
Global marketing news – 23 November 2015 India to surpass US for internet penetration The internet population of India is set to hit 402 million next month, overtaking the internet population of the US for the first time ever. It … Read More
Global Marketing News – 20th November 2015 Naver embarks on mobile-only strategy The leading South Korean search company Naver has announced that it will be entering into a mobile-only strategy, pitching it into direct competition with other mobile-based service giants … Read More
Global Marketing News – 19th November 2015 Virgin Media Tweet is serious lesson in social media blunders An unfortunate Tweet by Virgin Media has provided a serious lesson in social media blunders and how to recover from them. Virgin Media … Read More
