This week's top six infographics
Here's a round up of some of the best infographics we've seen this week.
Topics include cookies, Facebook and LinkedIn for B2B marketing, social sharing buttons, and mobile.
If you can't quite read the text, click on the images to see a larger version..
10 interesting digital stats we've seen this week
I've rounded up some of the most interesting digital marketing stats I've seen this week.
Topics covered include the use of tablets and other devices while watching TV, search marketing budgets, mobile payments and Google+.
The BBC unveils its EU cookie law solution
The ICO's one year amnesty on enforcement of the EU e-Privacy Directive ends tomorrow, and a few more sites have been rolling out their compliance solutions.
BBC.co.uk launched its cookie info banner yesterday, while Channel 4, The Guardian and the Telegraph have today.
The four approaches are all very different...
Facebook launches homegrown mobile photo app
What's cooler than spending $1bn on a mobile photo sharing app?
The answer: spending $1bn on a mobile photo service and then launching your own mobile photo sharing app service weeks later.
Jury sides with Google in Oracle patent infringment suit
Google executives are probably breathing a sigh of relief today after a jury ruled that the search giant did not infringe upon Oracle's patents in the high-profile intellectual property battle being waged between two of the world's largest and richest technology companies.
The jury was tasked with determining whether Google was guilty of patent infringment on eight separate claims involving Android.
The EU cookie law conundrum in numbers [Infographic]
With the deadline for compliance with the EU e-Privacy Directive just two days away, we've rounded up some of the key stats in an infographic.
This embeddable infographic looks at marketers' and consumers' views of the EU cookie law, and our five-step plan for compliance.
This is a topic we've covered in detail, so I've also rounded up some of our recent articles and other resources on the EU cookie law.
Only 24% of online consumers are aware of EU cookie law
With only two days to go until the EU E-privacy Directive comes into affect, a new survey has found that only 24% of online consumers are aware of the new law.
This is despite the fact that 84% of respondents in the TRUSTe survey said they are aware of cookies.
A similar survey we ran in April with Toluna Quick found that 69% of online consumers are aware of cookies and what they do.
The findings of these two surveys prove that people generally know what cookies are, yet in our survey only 23% said they would be happy to say yes to cookies.
LOVEFiLM and Netflix save BSkyB from regulator sanctions
The Competition Commission has changed a ruling on BSkyB’s dominance of the pay-TV film market thanks to the growth of digital services such as LOVEFiLM and Netflix.
In an abrupt u-turn, the CC said that Sky Movies no longer provides Sky with an advantage over its pay-TV rivals.
It reversed a ruling from last year which found that the satellite broadcaster’s deals with major Hollywood studios effectively gave it a monopoly on the market and caused higher prices for consumers.
The Mirror's response to EU cookie law compliance
With just a few days left before the ICO begins to enforce the EU e-Privacy Directive, we are starting to see a few sites unveiling their approaches to compliance.
Two such sites are FT.com and Mirror Online, which are both using pop-ups to alert visitors to the sites' use of cookies.
As well as taking a look at the two news sites' responses to the EU directive, I've been asking Malcolm Coles, Product Director, digital at Trinity Mirror Group, about the Mirror's approach.
EU cookie law: ICO to contact 50 UK websites about compliance
The Information Commissioner’s Office will write to 50 top UK websites this week to find out what actions have been taken towards compliance with the new EU e-Privacy Directive.
During a press briefing last week the deputy commissioner and director of data protection David Smith declined to reveal which businesses were included on the list, but confirmed that site traffic was one of the criteria.
The websites in question will have 28 days to respond to the ICO’s letter.
While this may cause an administrative headache for the businesses involved, it will come as good news to many that the ICO does not plan to levy fines for breaches of the EU cookie law.
