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Online retail searches boom in Q4 2012, led by massive smartphone and tablet growth

Smartphones and tablets are changing how people shop for goods and services. More than ever, consumers have near constant access to information from their mobile devices. This global trend opens up new opportunities for businesses to influence purchasing decisions — at anytime or place, at home or on the go.

“The latest BRC-Google Online Retail Monitor for Q4 2012 finds that retail searches on tablets and smartphones are growing rapidly, with tablet searches of retailers up by a whopping 238% and smartphones up 76% year on year – faster than any other device or channel. Continue reading

US Military to install Laser Turrets on Bombers and Fighters

What has previously been a thing of science fiction, the US military are going to install solid-state lasers into combat aeroplanes. The lasers are designed to protect the aircraft by shooting incoming threats such as surface-to-air missiles.

http://gizmodo.com/5978740/us-military-to-install-laser-turrets-in-combat-airplanes

Google Update Downgrades Keyword Domains

Last year saw the announcement of the Google EMD update which was geared towards removing low quality exact match domains in the search results. Despite insisting that only 0.6 of English and U.S. queries would be noticeably affected, large numbers of webmasters are adamant they are suffering as a result of both the EMD update and the latest Panda algorithm update.

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