BT is pouring hundreds of millions of pounds into winning business from the army of start-ups that have launched during the pandemic.The telecoms giant will offer marketing services to lure the smallest new firms to sign up to its phone and internet packages. BT has identified a £1.5 billion market in offering telecoms for micro-businesses after 800,000 new companies were set up in Britain in the past...
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As trust in the pharmaceutical companies wanes in the U.S., the firms are turning towards 'patient influencers' to use trusted figures in online communities to help hawk drugs to patients, experts warn.A team at the University of , Boulder, warns in a published last week that pharmaceutical companies are using internet micro-celebrities to help push drugs to consumers.While Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) drug...
Australians downloaded more than 830 million apps during a year when screens dominated work and recreation. YouTube was the nation's favoured social media platform in 2020, and continued to be popular with 78.2 per cent of the 20.5 million users in January, fresh data shows. Facebook (77.7 per cent), Messenger, (65.4 per cent) and Instagram (55.3 per cent) rounded out the top social media platforms and...
id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> Sarah Tew/CNETI think T-Mobile is feeling pretty chuffed about its . It recently rolled out an aggressive "Internet Freedom" campaign, which includes the tagline, "," and it also made a splash with the , which placed the upstart T-Mobile Home Internet second among all national ISPs. Not too shabby.T-Mobile Home...
MADRID, July 1 (Reuters) - Spain's competition watchdog CNMC is investigating possible anti-competitive practices in Spain by Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc regarding online sales of electronic products. The CNMC said in a statement on Thursday that it had opened disciplinary proceedings over possible unlawful conduct by both companies that would include possible restrictions on the Amazon website in Spain....
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By Elizabeth Culliford July 26 (Reuters) - A counterterrorism organization formed by some of the biggest U.S.tech companies including Facebook and Microsoft is significantly expanding the types of extremist content shared between firms in a key database, aiming to crack down on material from white supremacists and far-right militias, the group told Reuters. Until now, the Global Internet Forum to Counter...
id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> 5G continues its national rollout, offering at . That's a big deal for our and other connecting cellular airwaves. It could be a game-changer for home networking, too. With the that rival cable and fiber internet service providers -- plus the added appeal of straightforward, consumer-friendly terms that ditch...
When South Korean rapper Psy released 'Gangnam Style' a decade ago, few anticipated the scale and speed of its success When South Korean rapper Psy released "Gangnam Style" a decade ago, few anticipated the scale and speed of its success, and how it would help usher in the streaming revolution. Its madcap music video with the now-trademark horse-riding dance was released on July 15, 2012.It...
LONDON, clashcorner Feb 2 (Reuters) - Amazon will create 1,500 new apprenticeships in the United Kingdom in 2022, it said on Wednesday. The internet giant said it was offering 40 entry to degree-level apprenticeship schemes, including new schemes in the areas of publishing, retailing, marketing, and a programme focused on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG). Amazon said it grew its...