Marks and Spencer’s customers have found themselves out of pocket after its contactless payment system took payments from their cards without permission, according to a Telegraph report.
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Google has revealed that social networks including Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter as well as Ebay have been developing apps for Glass ahead of its general release next year.
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International - 19/05/2013
How do you persuade Russians who like big, expensive cars - proof of their success - to try out the tiny Smart car? Answer: You give them a test drive when they need it most: when their illegally parked car has been towed or picked up from... Read more
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt will meet Prime Minister David Cameron next week, just days after the internet giant was roasted by a Commons committee over how it avoids paying hundreds of millions in UK taxes.
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Apple has been named top global and UK manufacturer by mobile advertising and data platform Millennial Media in its Q1 Mobile Mix report after impressions from all models of the iPhone grew 28 per cent on the previous quarter.
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International - 17/05/2013
Google is extending its UK graduate scheme aimed at “bridging the digital skills gap” online to widen its scope to more remote agencies in the UK and overseas.
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International - 17/05/2013
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is contacting over 60 leading online firms to stress the importance of being transparent with consumers about how and why they collect their personal data.
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The Polish National Police has unveiled an app with DDB Warsaw which uses mug shots of criminals of the police most-wanted list to help the public memorise faces.
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Three retailers have pooled their loyalty databases via Weve’s mobile marketing platform as part of a trial to determine how best to use mobile to drive in-store shopping.
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Google UK's director of agency sales, Dominic Allon has highlighted the company's belief in creativity and storytelling to convey a marketing message and defended its forthcoming Enhanced Campaign PPC changes.
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"Knowing what doesn't work is more important than knowing what is working and that's why brands need a Demand Side Platform (DSP)," according to Emmett Geaney, business development director at Adfonic.
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Websites that are not optimised for mobile devices should be “banished” into Room 101, while QR codes have "failed" to reach their full potential and therefore should also be binned,according to Capcom UK product manager Craig Brown and Reckitt... Read more
International - 16/05/2013
"eBay is not m-commerce or e-commerce, it's commerce period," says eBay Europe VP of marketing, operations and advertising, Alexander von Schirmeister.
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The traditional ad creative way of thinking cannot be applied to mobile, according to CEO of EMEA for Joule and former managing director of AKQA Mobile Daniel Rosen.
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By 2020 half of all Visa’s transactions will be via mobile devices, according to senior VP of new product development for Europe, Caroline Hawkett.
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International - 16/05/2013
Samsung has adorned 60 black cabs in London, Manchester and Glasgow with promotions for Robbie Williams' upcoming Take The Crown Stadium Tour and is offering photo-tweeting fans a chance to meet the star.
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The DADI Awards ceremony will take place at London's Marriot Grosvenor Square in October. The deadline for entries is 31 May.
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"Think human, be human," is the most imperative aspect of successful mobile advertising says Mandeep Mason, director mobile and Windows 8 advertising - international.
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