Month: December 2004

Microsoft unveils toolbar with PC search facility

Marketing Week

Microsoft has launched a new version of its MSN Toolbar in the US. It has a built-in search facility that lets PC users find files on their own computers in the same way they can search the internet for information. A global roll-out is planned for next year. The toolbar – the area at the […]

Can a Lite snack save the Standard?

Marketing Week

Never has ‘All that, for less than the price of a cappuccino’ been more truly said of a newspaper than in the case of Standard Lite, the new London freesheet. Indeed, this metaphor may well have coloured the imagination of Evening Standard boss Mike Anderson as he described the Standard Lite as ‘a news snack. […]

Union handed Project Scotland launch

Marketing Week

The Union has been appointed to handle the launch of Project Scotland, a joint venture developed by the Scottish Executive and private and voluntary sectors to get young people involved in the community.

BT group appoints Ian Livingston

Marketing Week

BT Group has appointed finance director Ian Livingston chief executive of its retail division. Livingston replaces Pierre Danon, who is leaving BT early next year to join IT services group Cap Gemini.