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The app market is growing rapidly (473,000 and counting) but Apple is not the only one enjoying the rise. Despite Apple being the market leader in terms of absolute numbers, Blackberry’s App World and Nokia’s Ovi Store have both enjoyed triple digit growth last year, according to Distimo.

Silent Witness easily secured the all-important peak-hour ratings for BBC One last night

Luke Aviet, managing director, GoViral, says this year, money will be made from strategic joined up plans for branded content (yes, putting the ‘interesting’ content alongside the ‘boring’ content)…

Google has come under fire once again, this time from the former head of Channel 4 Luke Johnson in an article titled ‘Why the Tories are so wrong to cosy up to this parasite’.

Greg Grimmer, partner, Hurrell Moseley Dawson & Grimmer, begs, borrows and steals predictions for the year ahead – Sorrell is going to get richer; it will be the year of mobile or location-based ads or digital outdoor (maybe); MySpace will shut; and Mail Online will become bigger than bbc.co.uk/news to name just a few…

Changes at ITV’s commercial and online division see the arrival of Simon Daglish and the departure of Gary Digby along with five others.

ITV1’s new year Sunday night line-up with Dancing on Ice 2011 and Wild at Heart proved to be a ratings-winner during prime time last night.

Brits increased their online spending this Christmas, boosting the total amount spent on the net to £2.8 billion, according to Econsultancy’s e-commerce stats round-up.

Let’s start 2011 with a bit of social media comment and a celebratory column.

BBC One’s Thursday night peak-hour line-up attracted the top ratings ahead of ITV1’s new Martin Clunes documentary.