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Google, Wikipedia and Facebook Considering Blackouts

9, Jan 2012

A number of internet giants aren’t happy with the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) proposed by the US Senate. And they’re planning a blackout in protest. The bill could give copyright holders a number of powers that they’ll be able to use without trial if a website is thought to be in breach of copyright [...]

British Shoppers Ahead of the Curve

5, Dec 2011

Christmas is coming, and Brits are indulging in a spot of festive Christmas shopping. But it appears that more and more of us are choosing to buy gifts online, instead of jostling in the Christmas queues.

Google Now Taking on Amazon

2, Dec 2011

Google have decided they now want to become more involved with your online shopping. And not just with the browsing and paying parts.

Ebay Pushing for Better Mobile Coverage

15, Nov 2011

In an effort to help boost the UK’s economy, the online auction-house Ebay has submitted a ‘Mobile Manifesto’ to the UK Government. It’s not the first time Ebay has introduced innovations in the way British businesses sell online, following a joint project with Facebook earlier this year, but it is the first time that they’ve [...]

Facebook and Ebay launch Social Commerce Platform

13, Oct 2011

Without wanting to sound like a broken record, here at the FirstFound Blog we’ve mentioned the importance of Facebook Business Pages once or twice.Or seven or eight times – we forget which exactly. But our point stands, especially now that Facebook have announced that they’ll be working alongside online auctioneer Ebay to create a brand [...]

EU Aren’t Happy With The Amount of Cookies We Have

10, Mar 2011

  If you’re about to work yourself up into a frenzied panic over the EU banning biscuits, you can calm down. Go have a cup of tea or something. If you’ve guessed we’re talking about browser cookies, well done. Have yourself a cookie. European Laws to Affect Website Cookies From 25 May 2011, laws covered [...]

Google’s on The Warpath (Again)

7, Dec 2010

Google seems to fight more heavyweights than Ali. First they took on Yahoo (won, KO), then they grappled with Facebook (won on points, but there’s a rematch coming), and they’re constantly brawling with Bing (and winning). But now Google have another online giant firmly in their sights. Amazon. Amazon’s online eBook store and branded Kindle [...]

Amazon brings ‘Black Friday’ to Britain

25, Nov 2010

There are some parts of American life that we in the UK just don’t get. Baseball, Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches and the inexplicably popular Justin Bieber are things that just aren’t likely to force thier way into British popular culture. But that’s not stopped ideas from crossing the pond, and the latest American invention [...]

Apple and Facebook “Bad for The Internet”

23, Nov 2010

When Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web, he imagined an open service where content could be freely seen and accessed by all. Now, 20 years after the first ever web page was put up, he’s decided that certain companies are damaging his utopian vision for the Internet. Berners-Lee claims that some of the internet’s [...]

Britain’s Internet Economy – A World Beater?

28, Oct 2010

The British Online Economy is worth a staggering 100 billion pounds, according to a report released today. In 2009, online industries and e-commerce added up to 7.2% of the UK’s gross domestic product. To put that in context, it means that the Internet is now worth more to Britain than the Agriculture, Communications and Hotel/Restaurant [...]


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