The Office of Fair Trading are sending out fake scam SMS messages to help raise awareness of text scams. The messages aer being sent to young people aged between 18 and 24, as it is estimated that six per cent of all victims of mass-marketed scams each year are aged between 15 and 24.
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As we told you last week, WOM-UK are holding their next event “How To” Word of Mouth Marketing Workshop, on Tuesday 11th March.
The one-day workshop runs from 8.30am til 5.00pm and will be delivered by the UK’s leading word of mouth marketing practitioners. It will focus on teaching you how to produce a WOMM campaign, ... Read more
Microsoft’s free email service Hotmail is currently suffering from a bug that logs off users and prevents them from logging into the service again. Currently, this behavior is affecting only a fraction of the userbase, but the bug has not been fixed yet.
Microsoft spokeswoman Samantha McManus said the following in a statement: “The issue is ... Read more
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Posted February 27 2008 By Laura
Today was the launch of Quark’s global campaign site www.ilovedesign.com, which was devised and implemented by yours truly.
We developed the site around an interactive and accessible community concept that was inspired by both neoco and Quark’s love for design. The content of the site will be largely user generated with the aim being to ... Read more
The New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program Botanicalls group have been working on a project that allows your plants to talk to you over Twitter. Botanicall’s Twitter hack answers the question: “How is your plant doing?”. The main pieces of technology used are a Blackberry and assorted bits of Arduino boards – the wires ... Read more
This morning I went to the WOM-UK’s first ever Espresso Breakfast Briefing. This members session focused on Brand Advocacy in Europe, and we heard all about the findings from recent research carried out into European Brand Advocacy. The research was really interesting and some useful points were brought up. Get in touch if you would ... Read more
LinkedIn have just announced the upgrade of their FireFox toolbar. And this weekend, they also announced the deployment of their Mobile version of the site. This will allow all mobile device users access to the LinkedIn, including Blackberry and iPhone users – Benn can confirm it looks great on his iPhone
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Posted February 26 2008 By Laura
This weekend, Benn was called by 15 people asking him why YouTube was down. If you are one of those people, here is your answer: (Plus, you really should get out more :-p)
Pakistan Telecom and internet service provider PCCW have been blamed for the YouTube blackout, which caused the site to be down for two ... Read more
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Posted February 26 2008 By Laura
Adobe have lauched new software ‘Adobe Air’ which aims to make the transition between the on and offline worlds seamless. Users will be able to use online applications offline on their desktops, and developers will be able to build tools that still have some functionality even when a computer is no longer connected to ... Read more
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Posted February 26 2008 By Laura
The European Union is spending 14m Euros to create a standard way to send TV via the Internet. Partners including the BBC and the European Broadcasting Union are also contributing a total of £3.7m. The four-year project ‘P2P Next’ aims to create a peer-t0-peer system that can pipe programmes to set-top boxes and home TV ... Read more