Marketing

As Amazon's stock price soars and Bezos adds to his billions, affiliates face massive cuts in their commissions

Times are hard...for you at least

Personal Tech15 Apr 2020 | 22

Trashing privacy? That's our job! Facebook accuses analytics biz of harvesting people's info from software dev kit sold to app makers

Sueball lobbed at OneAudience

Software28 Feb 2020 | 14

Stop us if you've heard this one: Facebook and Twitter profiles silently slurped by shady code

Rogue SDKs covertly harvested personal info, it is claimed

Security26 Nov 2019 | 13

Twitter: No, really, we're very sorry we sold your security info for a boatload of cash

That was just an unfortunate accident that ended up padding Jack's bank account

Security09 Oct 2019 | 69

Clutching at its Perl 6, developer community ponders language name with less baggage

First Gim, er, Glimpse – now our web vultures' favorite coding lingo

Software30 Aug 2019 | 250

Two in five 'AI startups' essentially have no AI, mega-survey of nearly 3,000 upstarts finds

One pint of beer please, Mr Barman. I am 18 today, honest!

AI + ML05 Mar 2019 | 42

Wi-Fi Alliance ditches 802.11 spec codes for consumer-friendly naming scheme

Meet Wi-Fi 6, the protocol previously known as 802.11ax

Networks04 Oct 2018 | 53

Everything DM gets direct message slap: Marketing biz cops £60k ICO fine

Sent 1.42 million mailers to unconsenting folk in a year

Security05 Sep 2018 | 6

The cybercriminal's cash cow and the marketer's machine: Inside the mad sad bad web ad world

Special report We peek behind the curtain of banners and gimmicks that go too far

Security29 Jun 2018 | 49

Twitter: Finally, there's an affordable way to pay us actual money

Premium Search API targets businesses on a budget

Devops14 Nov 2017 | 3

UK data watchdog swots automated marketing call pest with £260k fine

Easyleads applies to be struck off after investigation

Legal21 Sep 2017 | 21

Ad blocking basically doesn't exist on mobile

We have the technology, we just don't use it

Personal Tech25 Aug 2017 | 85

Road accident nuisance callers fined £270,000 for being absolute sh*tbags

HI! OUR RECORDS INDICATE YOU'VE BEEN IN A RO- *click*

Legal09 Mar 2017 | 78

Florida Man jailed for 4 years after raking in a million bucks from spam

Miscreant used stolen email accounts to cram crap into inboxes

Security18 Feb 2017 | 44

Marketing... or how I lost my soul to Lagos

Radbot Life as a tech entrepreneur

On-Prem28 Oct 2016 | 12

Just a little FYI: Small town ISPs want out of FCC privacy rules

C'mon Marlene, we don't need opt-in consent, we're locals!

Networks24 Aug 2016 | 9

Not an Oracle user? You're probably in an Oracle database anyway

Big Red gets into the data business with 400m-strong business profile trove

On-Prem15 Aug 2016 | 5

Ofgem sets up database so energy companies can spam Brits

Capitalism, free markets, competition, whoop-de-doo

Legal04 Aug 2016 | 42

Must listen: We've found the real Bastard Operator From Hell

Ingenious IT boss banishes hapless callers to on-hold Hades with Extension 666

On-Prem29 Apr 2016 | 124

Blah Blah blah ... I don't care! To hell with your tech marketing bull

Sysadmin blog In tech, filtering signal from noise is a full-time job

Devops07 Mar 2016 | 64

Online pharmacy slapped with £130,000 fine for flogging customer data

Privacy group: Must be a ban on all marketing to patients

Security20 Oct 2015 | 36

Dry those eyes, ad blockers are unlikely to kill the internet

In fact, they might halve everyone's marketing budget

Legal14 Oct 2015 | 197

Cisco re-orgs marketing to hide the brand, EMPTY YOUR WALLET

Awareness? But everyone knows who we are!

Networks22 Jul 2015 | 6

The Happiness Industry, Seveneves and Confessions of a Tinderella

Page File Myth and mischief-making in fact and fiction

Bootnotes23 May 2015 | 7

Roll up, roll up for Oracle database flash tune-up – Violin

Comment Faster DBs to be won

Storage11 Dec 2014 | 8

How HAPPY am I on a scale of 1 to 10? Where do I click PISSED OFF?

Something for the Weekend, Sir? Our survey says: whuh-waah

Bootnotes06 Dec 2014 | 129

ICO to fine UNBIDDEN MARKETEERS who cause 'ANXIETY'

Inconvenience, annoyance also pass the watchdog's stress test

Legal28 Oct 2014 | 34

Top Gear Tigers and Bingo Boilers: Farewell then, Phones4U

Phones for the drinking classes

Bootnotes18 Sep 2014 | 74

Four fake Google haxbots hit YOUR WEBSITE every day

Goog the perfect ruse to slip into SEO orfice

Security25 Jul 2014 | 9

LinkedIn slurps B2B marketing bods Bizo for $175m

Mini shopping spree! Network buys 2 companies in 2 weeks

On-Prem23 Jul 2014 | 3

Oracle's $5 BEEELLION acquisition zeppelin looms over Micros Systems

Report: Database giant in 'exclusive talks' with hotel and retail thingummy vendor

Channel17 Jun 2014 | 4

Still using e-mail? Marketers say you're part of DARK SOCIAL

You can't make this stuff up

Networks28 May 2014 | 129

Your personal data is worth a measly eight bucks a month

Post-broker dangles cash for right to sniff social emissions and spending habits

On-Prem14 Feb 2014 | 13

Snowden saga scares Oracle away from spy-flick sponsorship

Company said to have backed out of Jack Ryan placements

Legal07 Feb 2014 | 14

IBM predicts glorious tech future made possible by $IBMmarketing

Analysis Poor track record of scrying muddies optimistic pronouncements

SaaS18 Dec 2013 | 8

Tech today: Popular kids, geeks, bitchfests... Welcome back to HIGH SCHOOL, nerds

Sysadmin blog Don't be fooled. Following the herd STILL gets you nowhere

On-Prem05 Nov 2013 | 17

Guinness: Have a quick bonk over the bar and receive FREE BEER

Irish stout kings offer gratis pints to mobe-touting punters

Networks26 Jul 2013 | 20

Adobe marketing cloud now to rain spam following Neolane slurp

We're struggling to rid ourselves of that image too

SaaS28 Jun 2013 | 7

Gartner magicians conjure technological TUBE MAP

Quadrants are too square for marketroids

On-Prem21 Jun 2013 | 26

Salesforce: Internet of Things is 'third wave of computing'

Benioff & Co dive into social networks, connected devices

On-Prem23 Apr 2013 | 16

Revealed: Vendors’ worst sales fluff

Gartner's ‘Non-differentiators rarely substantiated with credible evidence’

On-Prem27 Mar 2013 | 29

PR people 'put duty to the public ahead of employers' interests'

Says press release based on what PRs said in interviews

Legal18 Jan 2013 | 34

Storage for 'Enterprise': What does that even MEAN?

Storagebod For biz, for large deployments, backup memory for the Star Trek starship?

Storage17 Jan 2013 | 7

Social media and the channel marketing Fear Factor

Around half of resellers swerve Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn Campaigns

Channel04 Jan 2013 |

Apple 'hasn't really run out of iPhone 5s AT ALL'

'They're in there playing Jenga with them', whispers mole

Bootnotes17 Sep 2012 | 111

Capita bungs staff £250 if they cheer up, smile for ad snaps

PFYs asked to wash smelly Metallica T-shirts

Channel20 Aug 2012 | 17

Product-led campaigns just don't work for vendors or resellers

What would you like in your marketing menu?

Channel30 Jul 2012 | 1

Microsoft hires former Hillary Clinton adviser as top strategist

His mission: Put lipstick on Bing

On-Prem19 Jul 2012 | 23

Oracle acquisition gets Larry more Involver(ed) with Facebook

Bags tools to help marketeers become your BFFs

Software11 Jul 2012 | 3

Oracle gobbles upstart Facebook, Instagram biz tout

Social networking marketer Vitrue joins Larry's cloud

SaaS23 May 2012 | 6

Facebook's viral activism is really good... for admen

Open ... and Shut Teens for causes, dollars for clicks

On-Prem09 Mar 2012 | 31

RIM's cartoon superheroes inspire caustic Tweet-storm

Just 'a bit of fun', responds beleaguered BlackBerry biz

Legal31 Jan 2012 | 39

Groupon offer burns cupcake baker’s profits

Be careful what you wish for

On-Prem22 Nov 2011 | 46

Apple, tech titans lead US brands to world domination

Chin up, Blighty – you're strong in booze

On-Prem14 Oct 2011 | 28

Cameron calls for ISP-level parental censorship tools

Save our online nippers from porn and - worse - ads

Networks06 Jun 2011 | 96

Apple ousts Google in brand value

Perception versus reality

Channel09 May 2011 | 7