A man in California is being sued by his former employer having taken his Twitter account with him on leaving along with his 17,000 followers. That’s not many when measured against Stephen Fry’s nearly 4 million followers, but it seems it’s the principle that is irking the man’s employer, PhoneDog.com. Noah Kravitz claims he was ... Read full story »

The new media age 2012 Top 100 agency guide is now open for entries. The annual guide, which will be published in May is an eagerly anticipated guide to who’s hot amongst the digital agency scene. Based on fee income from digital activity the guide has become renowned as a wealth of information of activity ... Read full story »

The first person in the country has brought forward a case for constructive dismissal after a dispute with bosses over his profile on the professional networking site LinkedIn. The HR Exec had uploaded his CV and ticked the box indicating he was interested in ‘career opportunities’, which seems to have upset the management team at ... Read full story »

And there we have it, almost the end of another year, and as ever, what a year… With the continued stories of tough times we’re not quite sure of what lies ahead but we’re a happy and positive crew. It’s been a busy and successful year, with objectives achieved (financial and personal, double whoop!) which ... Read full story »

A recent survey from KPMG focusses on the impact smartphones and online shopping may have on retailers during the Christmas period. The results clearly show that UK shoppers are embracing technology, and at a faster pace than many other countries with 77% shoppers in the UK opting to buy goods like CDs, DVDs, books and ... Read full story »

The Mail Online, guardian.co.uk and Telegraph.co.uk all enjoyed record levels of online traffic in October, according to official figures from ABC. The Independent was the only national newspaper, whose site registered a drop in visits. Important international news flowed through the month, for example the deaths of Steve Jobs and Muammar Gaddafi, were the top ... Read full story »

How things can change in a year, this time last year the UK came to stand still with snow, affecting many people’s plans in their run up to Christmas. And whilst at this minute in time snow seems a distant thought a new piece of research from Intersperience suggests that online retailers are potentially going ... Read full story »

Have you tried Google+ yet? It seems that although it has been open to brands for about a month not many companies have ventured onboard. Perhaps their caution is due to the fact that they are not yet familiar with what it has to offer: Firstly, Google+ has a smaller user base, which could be ... Read full story »

Digital recruitment remains media’s top priority as the industry body’s figures for the first half of 2011 showed a 13.5% like-for-like growth in UK internet advertising expenditure, which now has a market share of 27%. Great news for the sector, however the challenge comes when looking to recruit quality digital media specialists capable of delivering ... Read full story »

With Christmas just around the corner (sorry to bring it up), various surveys are trying to predict what sales growth will be for the big shopping spree. The latest research from the Centre for Retail Research claims that online spend will pick up by over 16%, which translates into GBP1.88bn. A very welcome increase. Offline ... Read full story »