Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Everyone makes mistakes- but some mistakes are bigger than others. From Apple’s wonky maps to Yahoo’s boss being fired over alleged ‘fake CV claims’- this year saw plenty of high-profile digital disasters. As part of our 2012 review, we salute...
Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
A new era of ‘cognitive systems’ will usher in brand new ways for humans and PCs to interact- including touch, feel and smell, according to new predictions from technology giant IBM. The firm said that within 5 years computers will soon gain human-like abilities to...
Dec 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
From self-driving cars to fridge magnets that order pizza, 2012 saw more than its fair share of odd digital news stories. As part of our year in review series, we look back at the stranger side of marketing, with the 25 weirdest digital news stories of 2012. Changing...
Dec 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
John Lewis has had the most effective social video strategy in the run up to Christmas, according to new research from branded video distribution network, goviral.The department store’s highly-anticipated Snowman advertising campaign has helped it land the number one...
Dec 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
A consortium of UK universities are launching an online project, giving public access to higher education courses via computers, tablets or smartphones.The move challenges US universities that have so far dominated this emerging digital education market. The...
Dec 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
As part of Google’s annual year-in-review package Zeitgieist, this video gazes back at the previous 12 months and ranks people, places and things that people searched for them on Google. This video, from creative agency Whirled, crams a whole year into less than three...
Dec 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
The location of your mobile phone is added to the list of sweeping new police powers in the regulation of personal data and Deputy PM Clegg leads the attack on his own government. The government’s new plans of personal data would give police and intelligence services...
Dec 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
A state controlled operating system, a political machine that re-calibrated time, and the smuggling of Chinese cellphones to the daring few: digital media regulation doesn’t come tougher than this… The BBC reports that North Korea, currently under the rule...
Dec 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Google has ended a free version of its Google Apps online application suite for small businesses, which includes Gmail and Google Drive, in what it calls a drive to ‘provide a stronger and more uniform experience to users’. Google said that that now even small...
Dec 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
UK online retailers are letting down shoppers at the busiest time of the year – and risking losing vital sales – through distinctly average web and email customer service, according to a new study. UK online Christmas sales are expected to hit £4.6 billion...
Dec 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
How far would you go to bring the best talent to your team? In Belgium, Ogilvy delved into murky waters by using pirate software sites to recruit cash-strapped (but ambitious) unemployed web designers. See why it’s our viral of the week below… Ogilvy Brussels was...
Dec 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Mobile now accounts for 13% of internet traffic, up from 4% in 2010, and now makes up a majority of traffic in some emerging markets, according to new research looking into mobile internet access. The internet trends report from Kleiner Perkins venture capitalist Mary...
Dec 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
The BBC is updating its Red Button service to work with next generation of internet-connected TVs. Dubbed the ‘Connected Red Button’, the new service lets viewers with internet-enabled TVs watch some channels even if they are off air and catch up with previous...
Dec 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
News Corp is closing its tablet newspaper The Daily later this month, just two years after its launch. The product launched in February 2011 for the iPad and there were persistent rumours about the size of losses and possible closure. The Daily offered a weekly...
Dec 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Marketers account for a startling 70 percent of “this is spam” complaints and 60 percent of all spam traps hits- much higher than complaints from bots, according to new research. The global study, from Return Path found that marketers’ inbox placement rates are...
Dec 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Yahoo is to close down its public chat rooms in its Messenger service this month, replacing them with a range of new online communication tools. The rooms will close down on 14th of December, and yahoo will also shut down its Yahoo Phone In and Phone Out feature at...
Dec 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
The humble text message, which celebrated its 20th birthday on Sunday, is past its prime for the first time in history, as new figures show a declining trend of SMS (Short Message Service). This year is the first time the total text volumes in the UK are down; but...
Dec 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
Google’s Android mobile operating system made up 75% of the global smartphone market i the third quarter of 2012, far ahead of Apple’s 14.9%. Nokia’s Symbian platform and Research in Motion’s Blackberry mobile OS fell 77% and 35% respectiveley....
Nov 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
As the festive season approaches and online shopping soars, retailers can’t forget the importance of mobile. This infographic looks at mobile shopping trends looks at how 80% of smartphone owners now shop on their device in the US. The IAB in partnership with...
Nov 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
O2 has chosen Microsoft Advertising to launch a ‘Life Unlocked’ campaign, in a deal that will see the creation of the first ever mobile industry ‘digital showroom’. The virtual showroom, promoted across MSN, will let O2 consumers find mobile phone and contracts....
