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10 things you need to know about Facebook

February 02, 2012

With the Facebook IPO announced yesterday interest has surged in the world’s most popular social network. Here are the top 10 things you need to know about Facebook: 1. There are over 1.3 billion visits to Facebook a month from... Continue reading...

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In Categories Social Networks

Wikipedia Blackout sends info junkies to mobile website

January 19, 2012

On Wednesday 18 January visitors to Wikipedia in search of answers were greeted with darkness. In protest against the two congressional proposals in the States which are intended to halt online piracy, Wikipedia and other sites including Reddit went dark... Continue reading...

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In Categories News and Media

iPad demand creates new market in insurance

January 12, 2012

One of the continuing trends witnessed this Christmas was the demand for Apple products. iPods, iPads and iPhones were sold in their millions in the UK and because the items themselves are highly sought after and quite valuable, a new... Continue reading...

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In Categories Appliances and Electronics | Business and Finance

YouTube accounts for 1 in 4 visits to social networks

January 11, 2012

YouTube had its biggest ever month of traffic as 606 million UK Internet visits went to the website in December 2011. YouTube now accounts for 1 in every 4 visits to a social network in the UK and 1 in... Continue reading...

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In Categories Search | Social Networks

Sherlock sets new record for BBC iPlayer

January 06, 2012

As always over the festive season there was a feast of TV delights to keep us entertained when speaking to family members grew tiresome. With so much choice over the Christmas period we were expecting Video on Demand (VOD) to... Continue reading...

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In Categories BBC | Christmas | TV | Video

2011 Online: the year in review

December 30, 2011

Another year has flown by and in time-honoured Hitwise tradition it falls to me to review the highlights of 2011. This year we have seen an astonishing 228 billion UK Internet visits to websites and 28 billion hours spent online.... Continue reading...

Biggest Boxing Day ever as UK spends 13 million hours shopping online

December 27, 2011

UK Internet users broke online records yesterday as 13 million hours were spent shopping online on Boxing Day. Online retail websites received an astonishing 96 million UK Internet visits yesterday, 19.5% more than on Boxing Day last year (80.5 million... Continue reading...

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In Categories Christmas | Shopping and Classifieds

Christmas Day 2011 warms up shoppers for Boxing Day

December 26, 2011

Christmas Day 2011 was another bumper day for shopping online as 62.8 million UK Internet visits went to online retail websites. 1 in every 8 visits online in the UK yesterday went to a retail website, a new record for... Continue reading...

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In Categories Christmas | Entertainment | Shopping and Classifieds