http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/ Coast Digital News en-gb http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 17 May 2012 06:10:37 GMT Thu, 17 May 2012 06:10:37 GMT Refresh php webmaster@coastdigital.co.uk http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/3-coast-digital-clients-recognised-among-the-top-20-b2b-marketers-to-watch-out-for/ We were absolutely delighted this week, to discover that 3 of our clients were listed in B2B Marketing magazine’s Rising stars: Top 20 B2B marketers to watch out for. Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/3-coast-digital-clients-recognised-among-the-top-20-b2b-marketers-to-watch-out-for/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/b2b-marketing-summit-2012/ You may have seen our blog post back in early April about the new event from B2B Marketing taking place this June. It is now only a month away and we are really looking forward to attending. Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/b2b-marketing-summit-2012/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/coast-digital-celebrates-10th-birthday-/ On the 7th May 2002, Coast Digital was founded by James Frost with the objective of delivering results driven digital campaigns through a commitment to creativity, innovation and the needs of customers. Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/coast-digital-celebrates-10th-birthday-/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/gmail-to-automatically-translate-your-emails-/ It has been reported that Google is about to roll out automatic translation for all Gmail users. The move is expected to make international communication much easier, and the feature will apparently be able to automatically translate emails in 53 different languages. Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/gmail-to-automatically-translate-your-emails-/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/could-the-eu-cookie-law-cost-the-uk-economy-10bn/ According to analysis by QuBit, the new EU privacy legislation dubbed the “cookie law” could cost the UK economy as much as £10bn through a drop in not only direct sales but also to the knock on effect the law will have on online advertising and trade. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/could-the-eu-cookie-law-cost-the-uk-economy-10bn/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/coast-digital-founder-returns-to-helm-/ James Frost, founder of Coast Digital, is returning as Managing Director after almost two years. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/coast-digital-founder-returns-to-helm-/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/google-drive-cloud-storage-system-expected-next-week-/ With cloud storage solutions currently in abundance Google is, according to reports about to unveil its own system. The online storage service ‘Google Drive’ will take on the likes of iCloud and Dropbox and if reports are to be believed will offer users 5GB of free disk space. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/google-drive-cloud-storage-system-expected-next-week-/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/google-splits-shares-as-net-income-nears-3-billion/ Google has reported Q1 profits that rose by 61%, exceeding the market analyst’s estimates. The internet search giant reported net income for the quarter at %2.89bn (£1.8bn). The company also split their shares, creating a nonvoting form of stock alongside the traditional shares. This split will see shareholders effectively doubling their stock and will allow Google to attract new shareholders without losing control of the company’s direction. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/google-splits-shares-as-net-income-nears-3-billion/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/google-gets-a-new-look-and-features-/ In a blog post yesterday Google announced that the Google+ interface would be getting an upgrade to achieve what it hopes will be a move “toward a simpler, more beautiful Google.” The changes introduced are said to give users different ways to share and present content in what it calls is an introduction of a “more functional and flexible version of Google+.” Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/google-gets-a-new-look-and-features-/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/new-skype-ads-fires-bow-shots-at-facebook-and-twitter-/ In a new advertising campaign it seems that Microsoft is willing to take on Twitter and Facebook head on in its promotion of Skype. The ‘It’s time for Skype’ campaign is believed to be costing around $12 million (£7.58 million) and will be conducted in both the UK and US. Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/new-skype-ads-fires-bow-shots-at-facebook-and-twitter-/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/could-google-adoption-be-about-to-explode-/ According to a new survey carried out by Social Media Examiner many marketers are planning to increase their use of Google+ in the future, despite the less than encouraging adoption rates. Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/could-google-adoption-be-about-to-explode-/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/online-advertising-spend-approaches-5-billion/ A new study from the Internet Advertising Bureau UK has revealed that despite the current economic situation in Britain, online advertising spend increased last year by an impressive 14.4%. This, according to the IAB is the biggest increase in the last 5 years and propels internet advertising spend to a new high of £4,784 million for 2011. Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/online-advertising-spend-approaches-5-billion/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/new-internet-surveillance-plans-announced-/ Amidst the growing calls for online security and privacy it would be forgivable to question the latest government plans to increase monitoring of web usage and communications. In a move that is being labelled as “key to tackling crime and terrorism” internet firms will now be required to give GCHQ real time access on request to the calls, emails, texts and web visits of the entire UK population. Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/new-internet-surveillance-plans-announced-/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/blackberry-maker-rim-switches-to-business-focus-/ Research in Motion, the company behind the popular Blackberry mobile device has announced that it will no longer focus on the consumer sector and will instead return to its core business market. The ‘refocusing’ of the brand comes after the company reported a net loss for the first three months of the year, a remarkable change of fortunes considering RIM were well in the profit last March. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/blackberry-maker-rim-switches-to-business-focus-/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/chrome-briefly-overtakes-ie-to-take-browser-top-spot-/ According to a new report from StatCounter last weekend saw Google’s Chrome browser become the most popular browser in the world, albeit just for a single day. The statistics compiled by StatCounter show that whilst Chrome’s usage typically rises and falls, particularly at the weekend, this is the first time it has achieved the top spot. Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/chrome-briefly-overtakes-ie-to-take-browser-top-spot-/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/is-google-preparing-penalties-for-over-optimisation-/ Over the past few years it has been evident that Google are striving to improve the quality of the results it returns. Content farms and article sites were devalued and more recently sites featuring an abundance of ads will be penalised. The latest news however is that Google will now focus its energies on identifying and penalising websites that are “over-optimised.” Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/is-google-preparing-penalties-for-over-optimisation-/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/new-study-reveals-mobile-sites-still-preferred-to-mobile-apps/ According to a new report from Nielsen consumers find mobile websites a far more useful proposition that the use of mobile applications. The study which looked at how 5,000 smartphone users research products, compare prices, redeem vouchers and locate stores reveals that users are far more likely to use the mobile website rather than an application created by the company. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/new-study-reveals-mobile-sites-still-preferred-to-mobile-apps/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/uk-isps-lose-copyright-appeal-at-high-court-/ In the latest development from the copyright and piracy war UK Internet providers BT and Talk Talk have lost their case at the Court of Appeal. The legal challenge was based around the perceived incompatibility of the UK’s new Digital Economy Act with EU Laws. It means that in the future, copyright holders will be able use ISPs information to blacklist users that have illegally downloaded copyrighted materials such as music, books or movies. Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/uk-isps-lose-copyright-appeal-at-high-court-/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/google-privacy-changes-take-effect-in-spite-of-eu-warnings-/ The widely reported changes to Google’s privacy policies which will allow the search giant to share data from one Google service to another could according to EU Justice Commissioner Vivian Reding, be in breach of EU law. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/google-privacy-changes-take-effect-in-spite-of-eu-warnings-/ http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/bigger-facebook-ads-from-tomorrow/ According to a leaked document Facebook are planning to roll out a set of larger advertisements on user profile pages from tomorrow. The document, leaked to Gigaom highlighted a new ”larger format ad” which according to Facebook will give brands a 16% increase in their number of likes, labelled as “Fan rate” by Facebook. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.coastdigital.co.uk/news/bigger-facebook-ads-from-tomorrow/