Telecoms and IT News

Yahoo! signs to 3 UK as advertising partner

by Staff, Brand Republic 03-Jul-08, 11:20

LONDON - Yahoo! has signed a deal with 3 UK to exclusively sell banner and sponsored links advertising on its portal, Planet 3.

Amstrad founder Alan Sugar resigns after 40 years

by Staff, Brand Republic, 02-Jul-08, 10:35

LONDON - Sir Alan Sugar has stepped down as chairman of Amstrad, 40 years after he founded the company, in a move he said was planned following the company's acquisition by Sky last July.

Microsoft acquires semantic search company Powerset

by Staff, Brand Republic, 02-Jul-08, 11:10

LONDON - Microsoft has announced that it will acquire Powerset, a 'semantic' search engine, following the end of its talks to acquire Yahoo! last month.

Yahoo! hits back at Icahn's takeover plan

by Joe Gill, Brand Republic, 01-Jul-08, 11:00

LONDON - Yahoo! has hit back at activist investor Carl Icahn, questioning his investment record and saying the shareholder's depiction of talks with Microsoft had misrepresented Yahoo!'s position.

Conde Nast to bring Wired magazine back to the UK

by Staff, Brand Republic, 30-Jun-08, 14:40

LONDON - Conde Nast is to bring back Wired magazine to the UK, more than a decade after the magazine first closed.

Vodafone: launching music community on MySpace

Vodafone launches music community on MySpace

by Jacquie Bowser, Brand Republic, 30-Jun-08, 09:00

LONDON - Vodafone has launched a music community on MySpace across the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain that allows people to share their music experiences on the social networking site.

WPP's Enfatico buys into Danish agency AdPeople

by Daniel Farey-Jones, Brand Republic, 27-Jun-08, 08:45

LONDON - Enfatico, the full service agency set up by WPP to service Dell, is to acquire a majority stake in AdPeople, a Danish company that provides print marketing support to Dell, for an undisclosed sum.