Global Marketing News – 14th June 2016 Microsoft buys LinkedIn for $26.2 billion Microsoft has announced one of the largest tech deals in history, after paying 26.2 billion US dollars for LinkedIn. In a deal worth 60 dollars per user, … Read More
Global Marketing News – 13th June 2016 Messaging app Line sets sights on global growth through IPO The South Korean messaging service, Line, is hoping to raise 3 billion US dollars in an IPO, in order to increase investment in … Read More
Global Marketing News – 10th June 2016 Amazon invests $3 billion in Indian market Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, has announced that the company has made a 3 billion US dollar investment in the Indian market. Launched only 3 years ago, … Read More
Global Marketing News – 9th June 2016 Yandex and Facebook allegedly to form partnership Yandex is reportedly discussing a future partnership with the social networking giant Facebook. According to the Russian newspaper Vedomosti, working with Facebook would help Yandex to … Read More
Global Marketing News – 8th June 2016 Google Accelerated Mobile Pages expand to 6 new countries Google has expanded the use of its Accelerated Mobile Pages technology, or AMP, to 6 new countries. Until now it had only been available in … Read More
Global Marketing News – 7th June 2016 Putin’s chef launches attack against search engines Vladimir Putin’s personal chef, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has filed lawsuits against the internet companies Google, Yandex and Mail.ru. He alleges that the companies have refused to remove … Read More
Global Marketing News – 6th June 2016 China tightens mobile phone real-name policy The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced a clamp down on real-name registration for mobile phones in the country. By July 2017, everyone in … Read More
Global Marketing News – 3rd June 2016 PayPal stops processing payments in Turkey PayPal has announced the suspension of all business in Turkey, following the online payment company’s failure to acquire a newly formulated payments license in the country. After … Read More
Global Marketing News – 2nd June 2016 US Privacy Shield agreement rejected by the EU An agreement designed to protect EU citizens’ data in the US, dubbed the Privacy Shield, has been rejected on the grounds that it needs “significant … Read More
Global Marketing News – 1st June 2016 Most popular social media sites in Japan revealed Line is the most popular social media platform in Japan, a recently released study has revealed. The results showed that just under 40% of internet … Read More
Global Marketing News – 31st May 2016 EU unveils plans for a single digital market Companies like Google, Netflix and Royal Mail will be effected by new EU laws, designed to bring its ‘single market’, into the digital world. The … Read More
Global Marketing News – 27th May 2016 Baidu Tieba to close down due to piracy fears Baidu is due to close its literature forum website, Baidu Tieba, due to ongoing concerns of online piracy. The move has come as a reaction to … Read More
Global Marketing News – 26th May 2016 Google AdWords announces mobile-focused overhaul Google has outlined new plans for its AdWords product, to further prioritise mobile. Described as a ‘ground-up overhaul’, the announcements were made at Google’s Performance Summit where Sridhar Ramaswamy, … Read More
Global Marketing News – 25th May 2016 Chinese censors write millions of “fake” social media comments a year Harvard University has conducted research into a leaked document from 2014, suggesting that the Chinese government pays supporters to help it write … Read More
Global Marketing News – 24th May 2016 Naver affiliate files lawsuit against Kakao An affiliate of Naver, NHN Entertainment, has filed a law suit against Kakao for violating its patented mobile technology. The suit, which was filed with Seoul Central … Read More
