• Martini Media Launches Platform In France, Spain
    Founded in 2008, Martini Media specialises in engaging with affluent business-to-business and lifestyle audiences via its own digital ad networks and technology platform. The expansion follows Martini Media's acquisition of UK B2B online ad network The Digital Partnership last summer. Since then, the UK business has doubled in size and added clients including Selfridges, Jaguar and UBS to its portfolio.
  • Aussie Convicted After Posting Nude Pix Of Ex On Facebook
    It's the first social networking-related conviction in Australian history. Ravshan ''Ronnie'' Usmanov told police: ''I put the photos up because she hurt me and it was the only thing [I had] to hurt her.'' Privacy experts say Usmanov's case has exposed the ''tip of the iceberg'' of online offences that rarely go punished. Sentencing the 20-year-old, the Deputy-Chief Magistrate, Jane Mottley, said she was ''deterring both the offender and the community generally from committing similar crimes''.
  • Nokia Faces Potential Ban On 3G Handsets In Germany
    The regional court in Mannheim ruled that Nokia must stop sales of the 3G devices in Germany, though the beleaguered OEM can appeal. In any event, the vendor added, most of its newer products use different methods, a claim IPCom denies, insisting all 3G models are included. It's the latest twist in the handset patents saga, Nokia has lost a round to IPCom in Germany, which is seeking to bar the Finnish vendor's 3G smartphones from the country.
  • Netflix's UK, Ireland Launch Cost GBP62 Million; Subscribers Up
    The online media provider, which made $60 million in profit in the first quarter of 2011, was pushed into a global loss in the first three months thanks to its launch in the UK & Ireland on 9 January. This pushed losses at its non-U.S. operations from $60 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 to $103 million in the three months to the end of March. Subscriber numbers to its international services, which are available in more than 40 markets outside the U.S., grew 65% from the previous quarter to 3.07 million by the end of March.
  • French Tweets Bypass Election Results Ban
    Reminiscent of Second World War radio communications, the public set Twitter alight with jokes, code and cryptic messages after the first round of presidential election results. "Netherlands-Hungary qualify for return leg," said one tweet in a play on the name of Socialist challenger Francois Hollande and the origin of President Nicolas Sarkozy's father. Seeking to enforce a 1977 law that imposed a blackout on disclosing results, authorities threatened fines of up to 75,000 euros for breaches. In return, they got derision and defiance.
  • Brits Twice As Likely As Yanks To Buy On Mobile
    A study reveals that Brits are twice as likely to buy on mobile devices as Americans. In the UK, mobile was found to account for 9.1% of all e-commerce sales with mobile accounting for only 4.6% in the U.S. According to Rich Relevance's 2012 Q1 Shopping Insights Mobile Study, the average shopper purchased GBP109.68 on mobile devices overall. The iPad was the most used device, accounting for 82% of all mobile spending. When it came to which type of mobile device used to make purchases Apple products dominated in the UK.
  • MP Protests Newspaper's IPad App Suggestion
    Conservative MP Louise Mensch has successfully pushed for a debate on the future of local newspapers -- to take place in Parliament on 25 April -- by tweeting about the news that Johnston Press plans to switch two Northamptonshire papers from daily to weekly schedules. On Twitter, she expressed concern at the company's plan to complement the weekly editions with paid-for iPad apps, saying, "Lots of Corby folk can't afford iPads to use an app. I will seek a meeting [with] Johnston Press to ask if they've got this one right." Debate starts at 4 p.m. in Westminster Hall.
  • Plan Would Force ISPs To Ask Users' Porn Preferences
    Under a new proposal that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt will announce later this year, adults would be asked if they want access to pornographic sites in the wake of growing fears that children are becoming addicted to obscene online material. Whitehall sources confirmed that Mr Hunt had decided against an outright ban although they denied a report that this was on civil liberties grounds. It was also not clear if parents would be asked on every occasion if they wanted to access porn sites, or just once.
  • UK's First Indie Internet Channel Debuts In Manchester
    Manchester.TV is the brainchild of James Black, who has dreamt for years of creating a channel that will show off the city at its very best. It was the BBC's intention to win a bigger audience outside of the South of England when the corporation moved to MediaCityUK, Salford, and the loyalty of Mancunians is an important part of that. The online station promises to find the news, features and stories that the people of Manchester want to hear about.
  • GMC Readies Guide For Doctors Using Social Media
    Standards expected of doctors should not change because they are communicating through social media rather than face-to-face, phone or email, says the General Medical Council. Commenting on the draft social media guidance Niall Dickson, chief executive of the GMC, said: "Online communication has become a key part of every doctor's personal and professional life, and the use of social media is now very common. The new explanatory guidance will come into effect later this year when published with a new edition of 'Good Medical Practice'.
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