Pun king Kmart is back at the top of The Drum's Viral Video Chart with its cheeky new ad Big Gas Savings.
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has taken the latest attempted assault-by-sandwich in good humour, joking on Twitter that she may accept a call up to the Aussie Ashes team, given her well practiced fielding of fast moving objects.
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People who browse on smartphones are more than twice as likely as tablet users to engage in social networking activity, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, suggests Flash Networks.
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Facebook has moved to introduce verified profiles and pages in a bid to increase authentic engagement with celebrities, businesses and high-profile people on the social network.
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International - 30/05/2013
Social technology firm Betapond is building on its three years’ worth of experience working with global brands on Facebook having raised €2m in a new funding round led by The Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund, managed by Investec Ventures.
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Sky News has tracked down and interviewed a man from Wilkesdale who claims to be a reincarnation of Jesus Christ.
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Parliament introduced a new law on Wednesday designed to require businesses and government agencies to notify people when a data breach affecting their privacy occurs.
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Disruptive technologies have shaped and driven, but ultimately not changed the fundamentals of storytelling, according to film director James Cameron.
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International - 29/05/2013
TweetAdder, which describes itself as the ‘Ferrari of Twitter marketing software’ has agreed that it and its employees will stop practices contrary to Twitter’s terms of service.
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International - 29/05/2013
The Financial Times launched its new fastFT online service on Wednesday, which aims to provide breaking marketing news across desktop, laptop, tablet and smartphone.
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Jaywing has announced the appointment of Jamie Riddell to the newly created role of director of social.
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The news that Nissan and Nationwide Building Society are cancelled their advertising on Facebook has been described as a “watershed” by the head of digital at M&C Saatchi, Christian Purser.
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Penguin is encouraging families to share storytime together in a new and interactive way, no matter where they are in the world, with the launch of a new experimental app developed by BBH London.
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Building supplier Travis Perkins has appointed Amaze as its lead digital partner following a four-way pitch.
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Bulmers has launched its #beginwithabulmers summer marketing campaign, supported by 'hit squads' and the brand's augmented reality app.
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Research from social media monitoring company Brandwatch has found that almost one in every 179 English words used on Twitter is spelt incorrectly, beating off Facebook, Google+ and online forums to become the top network for misspelled words.
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BuzzFeed and CNN have launched a joint video venture on YouTube – ‘CNN BuzzFeed’.
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Facebook has responded to the #FBrape campaign, which saw Women, Action and The Media, The Everyday Sexism Project and other organisations ask the social media network to end gender-based hate speech on its site.
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