15 Jul 2010
| by Staff
NEW YORK - The BBC has unveiled a new US website with a focus on news and politics, which...editor Matthew Davis. Later this year the BBC will add a travel section to the site in partnership ...
BBC.com goes live later this afternoon and follows yesterday's relaunch of the BBC's UK news website , which got a fresh look and the introduction of a range of social media tools.
BBC Worldwide ...
22 Dec 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
Microsoft has sold its online shopping portal Ciao to LeGuide.com, the pan-European publisher..., was acquired by Microsoft in August 2008, for nearly half a billion dollars .
In 2009, Ciao was integrated into Microsoft's then new search engine Bing, including a Ciao shopping engine on the UK MSN site.
A spokeswoman for Microsoft said: "Microsoft plans to continue to offer the same great Ciao experience to Bing ...
10 May 2011
| by Ed Owen
Skype will help Microsoft to create the "future of real-time communications", Microsoft's chief...As reported earlier today , Microsoft will acquire the business for $8.5bn some four times the cost analysts had predicted.
In a statement, Microsoft claimed: "The acquisition will increase ...
, but opportunities for brands now change as Skype becomes part of Microsoft's communications network ...
14 Sep 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
Microsoft is preparing to challenge the dominance of Apple in the tablet market with the latest...The Windows 8 operating system has been designed to run on tablet computers, in addition to being compatible with desktop and laptop PCs.
Microsoft has offered a preview of the software as it moves ...
in the five leading European markets uses the Android platform.
Microsoft s mobile operating system ...
12 Apr 2011
| by Ed Owen
launched the phones on its Symbian platform, despite the company hoping to switch to the Microsoft Windows ...
Micrsoft features.
This follows the company's signing of the 'Mokia' strategic alliance with Microsoft ...
users."
The Symbian platform will eventually be dropped in favour of Microsoft's windows phone ...
15 Jun 2010
| by Mark Banham
of an online forum. Unlike Microsoft's online gaming forum Xbox Live, Virgin Gaming is expected to offer free ...
, was Microsoft's next generation of gaming console Kinect, a motion-sensitive, hands-free device, designed to challenge the Nintendo Wii console. Kinect had, up until now, been a closely guarded secret at Microsoft ...
12 Jan 2012
| by Sara Luker
PR agency Romley Davies....Ashurst, who joined Game in 2009, joins Romley Davies on Monday. He takes over as the agency s head of consumer brands, reporting to business director Sally Young and founder Vanessa Davies. Ashurst will head the company s Blockbuster account, including promoting the brand s growing games rentals ...
02 Mar 2012
| by Sara Luker
ITV celebrity chefs Jonathan Davies and John Burton-Race have called in Instinct PR to handle...Davies and Burton-Race, who met through the ITV show Britain s Best Dish in 2010, have created the concept. Davies said: With the popularity of social media and online gaming soaring, we realised ...
26 Aug 2010
| by Sara Kimberley
Microsoft Advertising UK has appointed VCCP and Stephens Francis Whitson to handle its business...The agencies picked up the account following a pitch against Microsoft's roster shops and they will mainly be responsible for promoting the technology giant's advertising offer to businesses.
Microsoft ...
and also builds its range of display ad solutions.
Separately, Microsoft is reviewing its global B2B ...
25 May 2011
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
British Airways has teamed up with Microsoft to become the first UK airline to offer mobile..., to give them more freedom and convenience.
"Our partnership with Microsoft ensures British Airways ...