As consumer product brands explore digital, connecting real life products to interactive elements online has become increasingly important. One startup in contention to do just that is Stickybits. Stickybits lets people connect barcodes with any piece of digital information they can create. When the company launched at SXSW in February, the technology was in place,...Read More
I’ve gathered together some of the latest stats on iPhone and iPad usage in one handy post. I’ve also added a selection of mobile stats from our most recent Internet Statistics Compendium… Worldwide distribution of iPhones (AdMob Mobile Metrics report) In the US there was a 2 to 1 ratio of iPhone OS devices to Android OS devices. Worldwide...Read More
Today’s linklove is brought to you by swelteringconditions.com, lashings of ice cream and the cheapest of cheap sunglasses. London is HOT today. Here are a few things that have caught our eye lately… European online ad spend continues to grow, albeit more slowly than before. Yelp reveals iPhone stats, and they’re stunning. More than a...Read More
The next startup we’re profiling is London-based invideous.com, a video technology company that aggregates third party video content for consumers while simultaneously providing a monetisation platform for publishers. If you run a B2C startup and fancy a ‘Start Me Up!’ profile then email [email protected]. What is invideous?Invideous is a plugin which online publishers can add...Read More
With all the negative attention that Facebook has received for its privacy approach recently, the media — and regulators — are especially sensitive about online privacy right now. But there’s another kind of site that is raising privacy flags. People search. These sites compile personal data without consumers’ knowledge. It’s just the kind of thing...Read More
