An analyst at Morgan Stanley predicted China’s internet industry will surpass Japan with 10 years, an article at Yahoo! News reported today. “The $15.1 billion equity value of China’s commercialized Internet, which includes 13 portals, online game services and auction … Read More
After some deliberation, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has finally approved the .cat domain, which although not always openly discussed, is causing a bit of a stir in other regions of Spain. The .cat domain—not to be … Read More
According to the Search Engine Journal blog, Ask Jeeves has released a new blog search engine for Japan. The launch coincides with the Google announcement earlier this week about the beta of its own blog search. Apparently there are 3.35 … Read More
Though the NY Post headline reads “Bested Microsoft offers Google truce” – that they are willing to settle with Google and former employee Kai-Fu Lee, a China development expert, suggests they are ready to move on. Obviously Lee will be … Read More
Speaking at the eyefortravel Sales and Marketing in Travel Europe conference in Berlin, Jan Oetjen, Travelocity’s managing director Germany, said that the search engine revenues would be cut following the likely consolidation in the travel industry. “We all know that … Read More
According to the Seattle Times, Microsoft announced it will outsource over 1,000 jobs to China in the near future. Coming at a time when Google and Microsoft are feuding over Mr. Lee who has extensive experience and connections in the … Read More
Jeteye beta, is an innovative way to search and share search results. Recently launched on August 23rd, jeteye offers the user a completely new way of exploring the web and organizing search results clustered in so-called “jetpacks”. The jetpack concept … Read More
MIVA Inc. (NASDAQ: MIVA) has announced the first European partnership with Dennis Publishing UK, for the distribution of a customised toolbar for three major brands: Express, Maxim and PC Pro. The toolbar will be identified by individual branding for each … Read More
The IABC (Internet Advertising Bureau of Canada) reports that online advertising in Canada in 2005 is on track to show a growth of 43% over 2004. Of the 364 million Canadian dollars measured in 2004, a 30% share was dedicated … Read More
The number of e-commerce dealers in China now exceeds 20 million – according to the China Electronic Commerce Association. 2005 is the 10th year since e-commerce began in China. 20 million traders means that there are more trading in China … Read More
Google is now offering Gmail in 9 additional languages including the Thai language character set. Users have always been able to read and write emails in Thai but now the whole Gmail interface can be viewed in the language. Anyone … Read More
According to a research report published in August 2001 by Gartner’s Dataquest, the country which can expect the highest growth rates in the Asia-Pacific region was India. From 2001 to 2005, Dataquest expected India to enjoy average subscriber growth of … Read More
Recently I came across a statistic that I have been long waiting to see, it was published thanks to a recently released Advertising Age report named “HISPANIC FACT PACK: Annual Guide to Hispanic Advertising & Marketing 2005 Edition”. See following … Read More
I manage to get back to my homeland (England) occasionally on business and now and then get across the pond to the USA for conferences etc. Each time I go there, I normally catch on the Hotel television an advertisement … Read More
According to a recent study by ARD/ZDF Online, there are now 57.9% of Germans aged from 14 that are online (37.5 Million people). More pensioners and those unemployed have come online as broadband costs sink. The prognosis is for the … Read More
