Findings in the latest Plume IQ, a monthly reveal of data-driven intelligence and customer-focused insights from personalised communications services specialist Plume, reveal that Microsoft leads brand loyalty globally. In addition to revealing the brand leaders in the device categories that are recognised for productivity in the smart home, the data also explores the influence of […]
Google is facing examination by South Africa’s Competition Commission (CC) with allegations that the search engine occupies a near-monopolistic position in the country, especially on the nation’s users of smartphones. Moreover, the CC says that Google does not make sufficiently clear that its top recommendations are often the result of ‘paid for’ advertising. Google has […]
South Africa’s Competition Commission is targeting Google’s activity in the nation and wants radical changes to Google’s search results. The intention is to force Google to make extremely clear what are paid-for results. A secondary intention is reportedly to end Google’s current status as the default search engine on the country’s smartphones. The Commission, in […]
Analysis of Google search data from im-a-puzzle.com reveals that online searches around how to play Dungeons and Dragons have exploded globally since the release of Season 4 of Stranger Things debuted on Netflix on May 27th. Searches for specific terms such as ‘How to play Dungeons and Dragons’ have soared by 600 per cent since […]
Short film entertainment specialist ShortsTV has issued legal proceedings in the UK Intellectual Property Enterprise Court against Google for trademark infringement in relation to Google’s adopted brand name and logo for its YouTube Shorts service. ShortsTV says that for the last 20 years, has become an integral part of the film sector and a leading […]
Deutsche Telekom and Google Cloud have announced a new expanded partnership to define a joint roadmap to bring the power of the cloud closer to mobile and connected devices at the edge of Deutsche Telekom’s network. The first step of this expanded partnership between Deutsche Telekom and Google Cloud will focus on the following areas: […]
Amazon Freevee, formerly IMDb TV, is now available on Google TV on Android TV OS devices in the UK, with availability on Android mobile devices coming later this month. The Amazon Freevee app will launch across Google TV and other Android TV OS devices including Sony, Panasonic, Hisense, Phillips, Sharp, Vestel, Nvidia, Xiaomi, TCL and […]
Samsung Electronics has announced that the Samsung Gaming Hub is now rolling out to all 2022 Samsung Smart TVs bringing game streaming content with no additional hardware or downloads needed. Announced during CES 2022, Samsung Gaming Hub is an all-in-one game streaming discovery platform where players can discover and play games from partners such as […]
Firstlight Media has received the 2021 Google Cloud Industry Solution Partner of the Year Award for Media & Entertainment. Firstlight Media was recognized for its achievements in the Google Cloud ecosystem, including: driving joint customer success in new markets and business models; spurring the adoption of cloud-based workflows and platforms; and laying the groundwork for […]
GroupM UK, WPP’s media investment group, has announced the appointment of Carl Nawgamuwa and Jonathan Masterson as Managing Directors of GroupM Investment. Reporting to Simon Willis, Chief Investment Officer, GroupM UK, Nawgamuwa and Masterson will be responsible for driving the continued deployment of GroupM’s Responsible Investment Framework, which focuses on brand safety, data ethics, diversity […]