Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield became a social media star when he brought out-of-this-earth... Read more
International - 17/05/2013
The Financial Times website and several of its Twitter accounts were today hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army.
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The Daily Beast was temporarily banned from Facebook after posting a news report containing a photograph of a painting due to come under auction at Christies in London.
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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
To celebrate the launch of its Weetabix On The Go breakfast biscuits, the Weetabix factory in Kettering created a giant biscuit to form the basis of its Twitter feed.
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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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Gü’s is celebrating 10 years in the puddings business with a campaign from Publicis Chemistry.
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Video games developer and publisher Capcom has today launched 'Face on Board', allowing fans to create their own personalised version of the Resident Evil Revelations box art via the Facebook application.
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A prominent Australian politician has publicly apologised after he inadvertently liked a Facebook photo of a friend, unaware that it was a 16 year old exposing himself in a ‘sneaky nuts’ prank.
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A 24 year old employee of Ogilvy & Mather in Beijing has reportedly died of a heart attack at his desk.
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Arnold Furnace, with offices in Melbourne and Sydney, has created a campaign for clients Jack Daniels intended to leverage Australia’s status as hosts of “the biggest music festival scene in the world”.
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Adelaide City’s Digital Hub is hosting an event to highlight online safety techniques for parents and guardians of children as part of National Cyber Security Awareness Week.
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Leo Burnett has unveiled an online game that echoes the popular Sims variant, Sim City, that allows users to run any Australian town based on real census data.
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Maile Carnegie, former MD for Procter and Gamble in Australia and New Zealand, has been named as successor to Nick Leeder of Google‘s operations in the region.
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BNP Paribas is celebrating 40 years of partnership with the French Open with a social media-controlled robot that launches tennis balls at Jo-Wilfred Tsonga live on a tennis court.
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Google chief Larry Page has revealed he has a nerve condition called "vocal cord paralysis" that limits the movement of both his vocal cords.
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International - 16/05/2013
Rees Bradley Hepburn (RBH) has strengthened its senior management team by hiring its first director of PR & Social in the form of Delia Goldsby.
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Sir Edward Garnier QC for Lord McAlpine told the High Court that Sally Bercow’s use of the words ‘innocent face’ in a tweet was sarcastic.
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