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Customer complains about “Vacant, Not That Bright and Middle Gimp” at Ryanair and clocks up over 44,000 shares

Customer complains about “Vacant, Not That Bright and Middle Gimp” at Ryanair and clocks up over 44,000 shares

Not all publicity is good publicity, Ryanair has discovered, after a complaint from James Lockley racked up over 44,000 shares on Facebook, just weeks after the budget airline promised that it had changed. ...

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UK - 29/04/2014
Social Media

London creative duo's 'walking tube map' helps keep the capital moving during tube strike

London-based creative duo Joe Watson and Aryven Arasen, currently freelancing at WCRS, have seen...

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London - 29/04/2014
Design
Dumb ways that creative ideas die: wanting a viral video, changing the brief and being judged by a junior

Dumb ways that creative ideas die: wanting a viral video, changing the brief and being judged by a junior

Following on from the Dumb Ways to Die campaign by Metro Trains, which went viral at the end of 2012, Miami Ad School/ESPM in São Paulo has created its own version – looking at the death of creative ideas. ...

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World - 29/04/2014
Advertising
video
Macmillan hijacks #tubestrike hashtag to promote its services

Macmillan hijacks #tubestrike hashtag to promote its services

Charities Macmillan Cancer Support and Save the Children have been using hashtag #tubestrike to raise awareness of the fact that, while Londoners may be troubled by a tube strike for 48 hours, there are more serious issues taking place. ...

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UK - 29/04/2014
Advertising
Ed Balls gives in to pressure and retweets his name on Ed Balls Day

Ed Balls gives in to pressure and retweets his name on Ed Balls Day

Wondered why Ed Balls was trending today? Three years ago, at 4.20pm, Ed Balls accidentally tweeted his name, mistaking the Twitter box for a search bar. ...

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UK - 28/04/2014
Social Media

Can you spot yourself? The Drum's Digital Trading Awards in pictures

The Drum's first ever Digital Trading Awards went off with a bang last night with a turnout of...

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UK - 25/04/2014
Advertising
Fake Mark Zuckerberg despondent at being unfriended in WeChat ads

Fake Mark Zuckerberg despondent at being unfriended in WeChat ads

Messaging app WeChat promises to find Mark Zuckerberg ‘real friends’ in a series of ads poking fun at the Facebook founder. ...

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World - 25/04/2014
Advertising
video
Down with King Joffrey! Campaign by DDB in Auckland uses tweets to pull down statue of Joffrey

Down with King Joffrey! Campaign by DDB in Auckland uses tweets to pull down statue of Joffrey

Keeping it spoiler free for those who haven’t seen the first three episodes of Game of Thrones season four yet, but Joffrey is a nasty piece of work. ...

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Australasia - 24/04/2014
Entertainment
video
Infographic: Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Game Boy - the history of video game animation

Infographic: Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Game Boy - the history of video game animation

Happy 25th anniversary, Game Boy! From the classic grey hand set to the sleeker colour Game Boy, you have been with us, allowing us to play Tetris, Pokemon and Mario (pick your own game). ...

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World - 22/04/2014
Digital Transformation
Bud Light has created its own version of #worldstoughestjob – suggesting fatherhood beats motherhood

Bud Light has created its own version of #worldstoughestjob – suggesting fatherhood beats motherhood

The video which saw

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World - 19/04/2014
Entertainment
video

Social media strategist, PR director, graphic designer: what your job title really means

Ahh, job titles. They are very important, and with jobs existing now that didn't five years ago ...

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World - 18/04/2014
Entertainment
Kixl changes colour depending on the level of chatter

Uniform unveils Kixl Internet of Things prototype connecting football fans with social media chat

Creative agency Uniform has designed a prototype exploring how the Internet of Things (IoT) could connect football fans to online conversations about their team. ...

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UK - 18/04/2014
Digital Transformation
The Pope beats Justin Bieber on Twitter, SocialBro suggests

The Pope beats Justin Bieber on Twitter, SocialBro suggests

By being timely, not being self-promotional, and setting a routine, Pope Francis has beaten Justin Bieber on Twitter, SocialBro has said. ...

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World - 18/04/2014
Social Media
Infographic: how to create the perfect password

Infographic: how to create the perfect password

The Heartbleed bug has been making the headlines over the past weeks.The bug exists in a piece of open source software called OpenSSL, and allows anyone to read the memory of the compromised systems. However, people have been warned not to change...

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World - 15/04/2014
Digital Transformation

Girl who tweeted terrorist threats to American Airlines arrested despite ‘I’m just a fan girl’ apology

A 14-year-old Dutch girl who tweeted American Airlines saying ‘I'm part of Al Qaida and on June...

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World - 14/04/2014
Social Media
Hell’s Pizza in New Zealand advertises new bunny pizza in billboard made of rabbit skins

Hell’s Pizza in New Zealand advertises new bunny pizza in billboard made of rabbit skins

A New Zealand restaurant has bought a billboard to promote its ‘real rabbit’ pizza…with the billboard covered in the fur from said rabbits. ...

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Australasia - 14/04/2014
Modern Marketing
Instagram users lament loss of Saturday selfies as service goes down

Instagram users lament loss of Saturday selfies as service goes down

A storm of frustrated Instagram users flocked to Twitter to air their disappointment yesterday that the service had gone down, albeit mostly with good humour. ...

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World - 13/04/2014
Digital Transformation
KangaROOS launches 'analogue' wearable fitness tracker to help bring the joy back to running

KangaROOS launches 'analogue' wearable fitness tracker to help bring the joy back to running

US sports wear brand KangaROOS is fighting back at the wearable tech industry by launching its on analogue wearable fitness tracker, the ROOband. ...

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UK - 12/04/2014
Advertising
video
Women Who Eat On Tubes turns into private Facebook group

Women Who Eat On Tubes turns into private Facebook group

Facebook group Women Who Eat On Tubes has been turned into a private group, following a series of complaints that it violates privacy and objectifies women. ...

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London - 11/04/2014
Social Media
Good job or just balls? Conservatives use Buzzfeed to kick Labour

Good job or just balls? Conservatives use Buzzfeed to kick Labour

Good old Buzzfeed. You want an article about sleeping kittens? It’s there. Looking to find out what your Game of Thones name would be? Found it. But now the Conservatives have created a Buzzfeed article, slagging off shadow chancellor Ed Balls. ...

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UK - 11/04/2014
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