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Internet businesses in the UK could boost revenues by an additional £14 million a month by charging for information according to a new study by Mondex. More than half of those questioned said they would be willing to pay a small amount for internet searches, archived news material, music downloads, weather reports, railway timetables, online… Continue reading UK Willing To Pay For Online Content, Says Mondex

According to Forrester, the web is on the verge of a transformation as people move away from traditional browsing and two new waves of innovation emerge. As web usage has boomed, so users demands have increased and in order to satisfy these demands new technologies must be developed. Forrester defines the X Internet “an executable… Continue reading The End Of The Web As We Know It?

The divide between the strongest and weakest Internet companies in Europe is widening according to the latest edition of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Internet 150, a rolling quarterly analysis of cash burn rates and share price performances of the top 150 publicly listed European internet companies. The top 25% of companies in the index are, on average,… Continue reading European Internet Market: Divide Grows Between Rich And Poor

According the first National Internet Study by Scarborough Research, 23% of online consumers said that they watch less television now than they did before they started using the internet. Although 50% of internet users reported that a tv was on in the room where the internet was used most often and 91% said that they… Continue reading TV Viewing In Decline As Net Popularity Increases

—> According to the latest figures from Neilsen NetRatings, about 379 million people around the world now have Internet access from home, and 211 of those are described as ‘active’ Internet users. These figures represent a growth rate of seven million new home users in March and ‘active’ use began growing again after February’s drop.… Continue reading Global Home Net Use Latest From Nielsen NetRatings

According to a recent Oftel study of around 700 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), a net connection is still a desirable asset and one which many have already invested in. 92% of medium businesses and 59% of small businesses are already connected to the internet

The truth may be difficult to bear, even unthinkable. But could it be the case that an advertising-based model of the internet simply does not work? This is certainly the contention made by analysts at McKinsey Quarterly in their new report, Can Broadband Save Internet Media?. The report claims that, ‘despite brutal evidence to the… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Is An Advertising-Based Internet Really Feasible?

According to the latest figures from NetValue, 1.5 million under 17s are now connected to the internet at home which represents a 44% increase in the last six months and the UK now has more under-17 net users than any other European country. Under 11s account for 249,000 users in the UK whilst 1,236,000 users… Continue reading One In Nine UK Teens Online At Home

A new study from META Group, the World E-Commerce and Internet Market Report, predicts that Finland, Iceland and the Netherlands have the highest ecommerce potential outside of the US based on a number of ‘new economy’ indicators. The report included 47 countries and examined various criteria by which to guage the potentional of each, these… Continue reading New Index Ranks ‘Computer Savvy’ Nations

According to a new survey by Which? magazine, almost 6m Britons now shop online despite concerns over security. Many consumers still worry about credit card misuse despite efforts by the government and groups such as Which? to allay consumers’ fears. Which? is to publish a list of online traders which it hopes, along with kitemarks… Continue reading Online Consumer Spending: March Round Up