Close to 4 million British shoppers went online to purchase goods on Christmas Day, spending a total of $154 million (102 million pounds) according to a new report from the ecommerce retailing body IMRG.
Trade Your Facebook Friends for a Whopper
Now here’s an interesting approach to social media marketing. Burger King has a new campaign going, which requires interested consumers to install a Facebook App, and then to delete ten of their friends in exchange for a voucher for a free Whopper sandwich.
Yelp Branches Out With UK Site
People who are careful with their time and money and either live in or have a fondness for the UK should be pleased. Yelp, the site famous for offering tons of user-generated reviews, has launched a version catering to this region.
Google Testing New AdWords Budgeting Feature
Google seems to be offering beta testing of a new AdWords budgeting feature called "Timeframe," which allows users to choose between monthly and daily budgeting. Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Roundtable says the beta testing has been confirmed, and points to a WebmasterWorld thread that includes a response from an official Google representative:
Google Cuts Jobs, But Acquisitions Ahead
Google submitted a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last month that has just recently come to light. The reason for this delay is perhaps that it was filed via paper-only.
MySpace Creates Widget For Traditional TV Viewing
MySpace has launched a widget designed on the new Widget Channel TV application framework being co-developed by Intel and Yahoo!.
Ballmer Talks Windows 7 Beta, Dell Deal At CES
Steve Ballmer didn’t drop many jaws with his keynote speech at CES yesterday; for better or for worse, he didn’t confirm or deny rumors about Zune phones, deals with Yahoo, or 15,000 layoffs. Still, Microsoft’s CEO got into some interesting stuff, touching on the subjects of Windows 7, search, and a top social network.
Yahoo Announces Partners For Online TV
Yahoo has announced partnerships with consumer electronics manufacturers Samsung, Sony, LG Electronics and Vizo to provide TV widgets to a new line of Internet connected television sets.
Google Adding Geotagging to Blogger
Google’s Blogger has addd a feature to the new post editor in Blogger in Draft. Blogger in Draft is a special version of Blogger where they try out new features before they release them to everyone. Kind of like Google Labs. With geotagging, you can add a location to your each of your blog posts, like with time stamps.
Hacker Claims Responsibility For Twitter Hacks
It would be hard to be more embarrassed than the guy caught with his pants down at the ski lift—whose photos are at SmokingGun—but if there’s a contender, it’s “Crystal” at Twitter, whose admin support account was hacked by a standard “dictionary” attack.