If you’ve taken the chance to work with the Bing Webmaster Tools you’re in for a happy surprise today. Bing has put the word out in ablog postabout some pretty hefty changes to the system that will give you more configuration and deeper customization. Crawling Delays Busy time? You can make sure that Bing crawls a bit slower so that it doesn’t interrupt normal traffic. Want to set up crawling times?...

More than 50% of humans in the world use social media — here’s what you need to know New Global Digital Report report reveals social media growth rates are accelerating Essential headlines Just before we dig into this quarter’s trends in more detail, here are the essential headlines you need to make sense of the global ‘state of digital’ in October 2020: To put these numbers in perspective, more than two-thirds of the world now uses a mobile phone (67%), while almost 60% of all the people on Earth now use the internet....

Starting in 2008, the UK has been gradually switching over to Digital TV with a view towards phasing out analogue altogether by 2012. And the digital switchover has just reached a magic milestone, with more than half of all UK homes now on digital-only TV. The switchover is being led by the independent not-for-profit organizationDigital UK. Quoting official government figures, the Telegraph todayreportsthat with Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire making the switch to digital last week, and over 4 million households in Yorkshire completing the move today, 17m homes are now on digital TV, equating to almost two-thirds of the whole country....

Moscow cuts off-peak metro tickets pricing by 50% to promote social distancing Paris teams up with business Other cities and transport operators are also taking steps to manage passenger flow during COVID-19. Paris’sPlaine Communeregion, for example, is currently renewing several partnerships with local businesses to smooth out rush hour peaks in the French capital. Partnering with key stakeholders – including the state-owned transport operator RATP, the French railway provider SNCF, and around 15 companies, the suburban region plans to reduce the number of passengers at peak hours by up to 10 percent....

Moshi Monstersthe social network for children that allows them to nurture and build environments for the their Moshi Monster “pets” yesterday launched a pop-up store in Whiteleys shopping centre in London’s Queensway. The opening of the pop-up store sees the insanely popular virtual brand moving into retail, engaging with the young children that have helped grow the network to over 35 million users, with one user joining the site every second....