Posts Tagged ‘ Apple ’

Travel brands dominate latest Hot Shops List

Tweet This week we released the latest issue of the IMRG-Experian Hitwise Hot Shops List which ranks the UK’s top 50 online retailers by Internet visits. As expected, Amazon, Apple and Argos remained unmoved at the top of the list and many of the fastest moving websites climbing up the rankings were travel related because [...][ READ MORE ]

iPad Mini searches surge ahead of Nexus 7 and Microsoft Surface

Tweet In the key pitched battle between Apple, Google and Microsoft for dominance of the tablet wars it was the new iPad Mini that shot ahead of its competitors, reaffirming Apple’s place at the top of the tablet tree. Looking at UK Internet searches for the iPad Mini, Nexus 7 and Microsoft Surface, you can [...][ READ MORE ]

How is the Google Nexus 7 shaking up the tablet market?

Tweet Following the announcement of Google’s Nexus 7 tablet, we took a look at the Experian Hitwise data to assess how the news had changed the way that UK consumers were searching online for tablets.     The newly released Google Nexus 7 entered the rankings as the second most popular tablet for UK consumers, [...][ READ MORE ]

Harry Potter most popular ebook as Kindle books outsell paperbacks

Tweet This week Amazon announced that it is now selling more ebooks online than paperbacks. The announcement adds new perspective to the popularity of e-readers and the way we consume literature. In a company press statement Amazon revealed that: “Since the beginning of the year, for every 100 paperback books Amazon has sold, the Company [...][ READ MORE ]

2010 Online: the year in review

Tweet I can scarcely believe that a whole year has passed since I was sitting here writing the 2009 review, but 12 months to the day here we are, and it’s been another fascinating year in the digital world. Once again I have cherry picked the best blog posts from the year which have either [...][ READ MORE ]

Apple iTunes Beatles success driven by Facebook not search

Tweet Last week The Beatles finally came to iTunes after years of fans demanding legal downloads of songs like Hey Jude, Come Together and Let It Be. As a result, traffic to the Apple website spiked dramatically, with visits from UK Internet users increasing by 382% between last Sunday and Tuesday, when the albums were [...][ READ MORE ]

New Amazon Kindle searches spike to challenge iPad mini

Tweet September has only just begun and already people are talking about Christmas. Planning committees are being assembled to organise the office Christmas Party, high street retailers are bringing out decorations and online gossip has turned to the hottest gifts for the festive season. One of the hotly tipped gifts for Christmas 2010 is Amazon’s [...][ READ MORE ]

Apple the most searched for consumer electronics brand as iPad launches in the UK

Tweet Apple’s iPad finally goes on sale in the UK today, supported by an advertising campaign and the usual smattering of media coverage. UK Internet searches for the device have been increasing in anticipation of the UK release; for the week ending May 22nd the iPad was the most searched computer in the UK, accounting [...][ READ MORE ]