Spam and malware on social networking sites has risen by 70% according to a report from IT security and data protection firm Sophos. The report has found that criminals targeting social networking users have risen considerably over the year with 57% of users reporting that they have been spammed and 36% reporting that they have been sent malware. Read the rest of this entry »

The UK has put the rest of Europe in the shade by being identified as Europe’s top online spenders. Research from the Centre of Retail Research working in conjunction price comparison site Kelkoo has found that the UK accounted for almost one third of the whole of Europe’s online sales in 2009 with an estimated spend of a staggering £38bn. Read the rest of this entry »

Twitter has improved the relevancy of its trending topics by adding a new feature that allows you to see local trends. The new feature currently allows you to select geographic regions which include a handful of countries including the UK and Ireland and some major cities including London. Twitter states that they are “working on” increasing the locations on offer so eventually we will get a much more comprehensive list. Read the rest of this entry »

Google suggest manages to throw up some humorous suggestions and I found this one particularly amusing as well as interesting. Google suggest is becoming quite an insightful feature, not only does it help with keyword research but you can also monitor word of mouse and opinions on your brand. Read the rest of this entry »

According to The Next Web, Twitter is planning to release neglected usernames from inactive accounts so that other users can have them. Read the rest of this entry »

Google is reportedly upping its efforts into the real estate market as it plans to “acquire one to two small real estate companies a month’. Sam Sebastian, Google’s director of local and business to business sector denied that Google are planning to buy Trulia – a widely speculated “rumor” - but did mention the fact that Google is looking at options in buying up smaller real estate companies. Read the rest of this entry »

Advertisers on Yahoo will now be able to distribute their ads across more sites and also convert Google AdWords data across for use on its engine as part of a shake up on its paid search services. Read the rest of this entry »