Research In Motion, the manufacturer behind BlackBerry smartphones, is in very deep trouble as it posted a major loss, cut 5000 jobs and delayed the release of their BB10 operating system until early 2013.

England's former captain and world superstar has been left dejected and disappointed after Great Britain neglected to choose him for their football events.

Google have revealed their newest piece of hardware in the form of a tablet device - the Nexus 7.

Starting Sunday 1st July (the first show of the new 19-episode series) the fashion label will see its adverts bookending the Kardashians on screens across the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and France.

Mobile network Orange are hoping to build on their UEFA Euro 2012 sponsorship packages with a larger deal at the next competition - at Euro 2016 in France.

Attention Brits! Stop being so reserved when applying for jobs! Research shows that this "under-selling" is holding you back from getting the job you want!

After a successful debut in the U.S market, internet giant Google, in partnership with Sony, will launch their new television product in Britain towards the end of July.

Food manufacturer Mars, Advertiser of the Year winners at Cannes Lions Festival, is embarking on a vibrant new campaign for its Twix product.

As NatWest's banking crisis moves into its third day, customers have (predictably) take to the medium of social media to vent their frustrations with what NatWest and RBS are describing as "technical issues".

Centaur Media group has announced the purchase of leading digital marketing site Econsultancy to the London Stock Exchange for an initial consideration of £12m, subject to shareholder approval on 9 July.

Following LinkedIn's disastrous password hack earlier this June, the professional networking site is now being sued over a "clear contradiction of accepted industry standards for database security.”

Italian clothing retailer Bennetton has taken the coveted Press Grand Prix award at Cannes Ad Festival with their controversial "Unhate" campaign.

The annual review of overseas investors from Ernst and Young found that the UK's dependence from Wall Street investors has led to a drying up of spending, according to the Guardian newspaper.

Mark van Iterson, global head of design at Heineken, has told Marketing Week that they want their brand to become "the Apple of beer brands" and are embarking on new design-based marketing iniatives.

Thomas Cook Airlines will now offer their passengers the use of a unique in-flight chip-and-pin service when making purchases thanks to technology designed by Novo Inc, a subsidiary of the mobile computer group Belgravium Technologies.

Outspoken Irish bookmaker Paddy Power have found themselves facing the discipline of European football's governing body after their latest stunt drew Michel Platini's wrath.

Coca-Cola CMO Joseph Tripodi has delivered a stinging riposte to the multitude of recent critics of Facebook, after its disastrous IPO flotation and questions over advertising value in recent weeks.

Retailing mammoth Tesco has hired Zone to create a new social media strategy for its YouTube page.

Its ‘Tesco.com TV’ channel launched in 2007; since then, only about 30 videos have been added. Channels such as ‘Tesco Greener Living’ and ‘Tesco Mobile Network’ were last updated in 2010.

Only the supermarket’s recipe ideas channel, ‘Tesco Real Food’, has been consistently updated, with nearly 250 videos added since July 2010, while the ‘Tesco Magazine’ channel has been updated more than 100 times in the same period.

Rather than revoloutionising the Tesco brand, this move is designed to bring their video content more into line with their other successful streams On Facebook, Tesco has more than 800,000 ‘likes’ and recently launched its first social games. On Twitter, its optimises six feeds with its most popular, @UKTescoOffers, with around 32,000 followers.

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With June’s employment figures from the Office of National Statistics forthcoming, a report by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG compiled data from 400 UK recruitment and employment consultancies and brought up some curious findings.

BSkyB have retained the majority of Premier League live TV rights for the next three years - but surprise bidder BT were able to snatch a portion of the rights for themselves in a multi-million pound deal.

In lieu of Marks & Spencer's recent announcement of their move into banking, the marketing industry has forged debate as to whether M&S can be truly successful. We gave our reaction here, but what do the real experts and analysts think?

UK Athletics is reportedly ending its exclusive partnership with insurer Aviva, in what was a lucrative four-year deal worth an estimated £8m per year.

At their Developers' Conference in San Francisco, Apple have hit back in the growing feud between themselves and competitor Google with two major announcements.

The dark undercurrent of social problems in Poland and Ukraine, hosts of UEFA's Euro 2012 football tournament, is making advertisers and sponsors anxious.

High street retailer and British staple Marks and Spencer is diversifying into banking on a nationwide scale.

The Russian hacker who stole nearly 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords on Wednesday has also looted dating site eHarmony, coming away with 1.5 million passwords, the Wall is reporting.

Cardiff City Football Club has gone under a monumental re-branding as Malaysian investors flex their marketing muscles.

Coconut water brand Vita Coco want to follow in the footsteps of Innocent and Red Bull in the niche drinks industry, according to Marketing Week:

Kellogg has finalised its $2.7bn (£1.8bn) deal with P&G to acquire Pringles, a deal that makes the company the second biggest player in the savoury snacks market by sales, reports Marketing Week.

UK-based price comparison website Moneysupermarket (and Chrysalis' client) has agreed to the conditional purchase of MoneySavingExpert, a finincial advice site, for £87m ($113m).