Using a raw sample of data from 280 million tweets, Gnip, a company dealing in social media data,... Read more
United States - 19/06/2013
Twitter has announced an advertising partnership with Viacom, which will see the cable network tweet sponsored video clips around its programmes on MTV, CMT, VH1, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and BET among others.
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United States - 19/06/2013
Coca-Cola is in the midst of “evolving” its Coke Zone points scheme putting renewed focus on “redefining rewards”, according to VP of global connections Ivan Pollard.
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International - 19/06/2013
Microsoft has revealed a more 'consultative' approach to working with brands having conducted two co-creation workshops involving designers and consumers.
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With the SMMT International Automotive Summit on in London last week, auto and technology are top of mind and The App Business has been...
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GHD has made a series of changes to its website after studying analytics data which revealed problems encountered by specific mobile devices, enabling the brand to make navigation and purchasing easier for customers who mobile shop.
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In scenes not witnessed in Scotland since Krispy Kreme opened in Edinburgh, patrons have clogged up roads and blocked approaches in their eagerness to sample the newly opened KFC outlet in Elgin.
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A survey on customer service expectations which sampled 2,766 respondents has found that 55 per cent of those who raise a customer service issue via a company’s Facebook or Twitter presence expect to be answered within four hours,
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Shazam has launched the ‘Shazam Engagement Rate’, a new service aimed at advertisers looking to more accurately gauge the effectiveness of television ad campaigns.
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United States - 19/06/2013
Going against what most brands spend millions of dollars trying to do, Fiat Abarth 500 has made it impossible to follow it on Twitter.
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United States - 13/06/2013
A surgeon from Port Macquarie has withdrawn an action raised against search giant Google, which claimed he had been defamed by its auto complete function.
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South Australia’s state Premier Jay Weatherill's twitter feed has been blocked from his own department's website following complaints that public servants are being "bombarded with party political propaganda" from it.
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Yahoo is considering a $50m bid for Qwiki, a New York startup that recently made an Apple app allowing users to automatically turn photos, music and videos into short movies.
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United States - 18/06/2013
AT&T and Brooklyn’s design firm Pensa have launched a new initiative on Manhattan’s streets - Street Charge, a solar-based unit that can charge cellphones.
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United States - 18/06/2013
Google has launched a number of adverts for its Glass Project, with its initial promo showing how skydivers, keen balloonists, trapeze artists, amateur pilots and ballerinas might use the device.
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North America - 11/06/2013
US microblogging service Muzy has been backed by WPP Ventures, the investment arm of WPP Digital.
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United States - 18/06/2013
The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, a device which provides a stereoscopic 3D gaming experience with a huge field of view, is one step closer to an official launch due to a venture capital funding providing $16m in investments.
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People must beware the dangers of hyper-connectivity and ensure they disconnect from our always-on world to guarantee sustained creativity, according to Huffington Post’s editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington.
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International - 18/06/2013
The Samsung Electronics brand will be boosted by its broadcast exposure to an anticipated audience of six million as a result of the electronic giant’s sponsorship of the World Rowing Cup 2013.
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YO! Sushi created an innovative way to serve customers at the launch of its YO! Burger product with a flying iTray.
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Technology advancement alone is not enough to create a ‘moonshot’, each must tell a compelling story to be classed a success, according to Astro Teller, director of Google’s secret lab Google X, which is home to initiatives including Google Glass... Read more
International - 18/06/2013
Sydney’s Macquarie University has announced it intends to fund the first twitter–based election coverage by a professional journalist.
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