Technology

Vimeo, the video hosting and sharing site, has announced a new slew of apps for smartphones and tablets. The free apps are for Android, Amazon Kindle Fire and Windows phone and can be downloaded from the Android Market, Amazon App Store for Android, and Windows Phone Marketplace. [Read On]

LinkedIn, the social networking site for business, has released its new mobile app. The app is available for iOS, Android and mobile web browsers. [Read On]

Vodafone and Facebook have joined forces to create a low-cost smartphone. The Vodafone 555 Blue, built by Alcatel Lucent, is dedicated solely to Facebook and is aimed at younger consumers and those in newer smartphone markets such as India, South Africa and Turkey. The phone features a full QWERTY keyboard along with a highly customised operating system that places Facebook functionality at the centre of the phone. [Read On]

Vodafone may be launching its own Facebook phone, according to leaked photos distributed on the internet this week. Tech website Unwired View claims to have been sent a photo of the phone, with the photo then making its way around the various tech news sites on the web. [Read On]

The Sun is the worst UK newspaper in terms of site usability on the iPhone, iPad and internet, according to a report by consultancy Webcredible. [Read On]

A new mobile app is set to transform the way consumers pay for their purchases on the high street. [Read On]

The world of mobile websites took centre stage in BBC1’s The Apprentice last week, as both teams were challenged to produce and market their own smartphone app from scratch. The results were hilarious, cringeworthy and surprising – and taught us a few lessons about what to do and what not to do when creating a smartphone app. [Read On]

Great Britain has the highest number of people using mobile web versions of social networks in Europe, according to new research released this week. According to TNS’s Mobile Life 2011 report, more than 11 million people in this country use social networks on their mobile. The study shows that 16% of Brits access social networks every day from their mobile. What’s more, almost half of those in the UK who do not use social networking sites on their mobiles are interested in doing so. [Read On]

More firms are investing in web analytics technology to measure the various marketing channels brought about by an increase in online marketing budgets, according to a report from the digital marketing portal Econsultancy. [Read On]

Google's web browser, Chrome, now has a new extension that allows users to block 'content farms' and sites with low-quality content. In a move that is sure to be welcomed by SEO agencies assisting clients with unique and quality content, the free add-on - called Personal Blocklist - is a direct response from Google on a growing issue that has led to recent accusations about the search engine's declining quality of results (SERPs). [Read On]