A report from On Device, the mobile market researchers, has revealed that 44% of survey respondents prefer subscription service Whatsapp to Facebook's messenger facility.

French media company Publicis Groupe have announced a surge in revenues in the first six months of 2013, reporting growth of 8.7% on last year to a mammoth €3.35 billion (£2.88bn).

Search giant Baidu have offered $1.9bn (£1.25bn) to purchase the entire share capital of a major Chinese app store, 91 Wireless. Should the deal be accepted, this would be the largest acquisition in the history of China's online sector.

In an interview with digital marketing magazine The Drum, the CEO of Chinese digital agency Charmclick and MD of Net Media Planet have claimed that Chinese search monolith Baidu are targeting UK and European brands to increase their presence in Western markets.

Japanese giant Dentsu's £3.2bn takeover of media giant Aegis has been delayed until 2013 due to a patient and thorough clearance procedure by the Chinese ministry.

Mozilla have snapped up a new global director of marketing in John Bernard to help launch a new Firefox mobile platform.

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.