Global Marketing News – 22nd August 2016 US relinquishes control of the Domain Naming System The United States will hand over the Domain Naming System (or DNS) to ICANN in October, after 20 years. DNS is the system that attaches … Read More
Global Marketing News – 19th August 2016 Tencent invests in Indian messaging service Hike It has been confirmed that WeChat-owner Tencent Holdings has helped the Indian messaging service Hike raise 175 million US dollars in funding. Hike, a rival to … Read More
Global Marketing News – 18th August 2016 Bing changes “right to be forgotten” rules Bing has announced on its blog that it is to alter its “right to be forgotten” rules. Currently, when a ‘right to be forgotten’ (or RTBF) … Read More
Global Marketing News – 17th August 2016 Amazon Prime Video launches buy-as-you-watch feature Amazon has teamed up with a Japanese entertainment company in order to offer its customers an innovative new feature. The television production arm of Yoshimoto Kogyo is … Read More
Global Marketing News – 16th August 2016 Google faces antitrust measures in Russia and South Korea Google is facing the wrath of yet more antitrust regulators, this time from Russia and South Korea. After being on the receiving end of … Read More
Global Marketing News – 15th August 2016 Luxury retailer Burberry embraces personalised Pinterest marketing The luxury fashion retailer Burberry has become the first business in its market to offer its customers a personalised Pinterest experience. By performing a short, three … Read More
Global Marketing News – 12th August 2016 New Online Payment Method Launched in Middle East Leading Arab payment service, Payfort, has announced an instalments service that will be available through Egypt’s largest private bank, the Commercial International Bank, or CIB. … Read More
Global marketing news – 11 August 2016 Fresh antitrust blow to Amazon Amazon’s Japanese offices have been raided by antitrust regulators. The raid was confirmed to have occurred earlier this week by a spokeswoman for Japan’s Fair Trade Commission, saying … Read More
Global marketing news – 10 August 2016 Periscope clone Bigo Live is rising social star in South East Asia A new live-streaming app called Bigo Live is fast becoming one of the most popular social platforms in South East Asia. … Read More
Global Marketing News – 9th August 2016 Android dominates the Indian market According to a study from Strategy Analytics, Android now controls 97% of the smartphone market in India. Within the country, just under 31 million phones were shipped during … Read More
Global Marketing News – 8th August 2016 Yandex announces impressive Q2 results Yandex has shown positive growth in its second quarter financial results for 2016. The Russian search company has reported revenues of 280 million US dollars, up 30% since … Read More
Global Marketing News – 5th August 2016 AMP pages to appear in Google’s main search listings Google announced on Tuesday that its Accelerated Mobile Pages will now be extended beyond the carousel at the top of news search results. Since … Read More
Global Marketing News – 4th August 2016 Amazon turns its attention to China Amazon has launched a Chinese language version of its Japanese website, in order to attract more customers in the country. Along with lower shipping rates to the … Read More
Global Marketing News – 3rd August 2016 Brands gear up for Rio Olympics social media marketing Companies are looking to social media to make an impact during this month’s Olympic Games in Rio. According to leading brands, social marketing has … Read More
Global Marketing News – 2nd August 2016 Baidu sees record profit losses in Q2 The Chinese search engine Baidu has reported a substantial drop in profits for the second quarter of 2016. The company reported a 34.1% drop in profit … Read More
