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Posted By Grace
As far as 2011 round-ups go, we’ve seen a fair few winners and losers in social media, as well as more ‘what’s hot for 2012’ lists than we have friends on Facebook (well, nearly). But what these end of year round-ups do present however is some interesting facts on where the social and creative technology ... Read more
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A new wave of multichannel video service providers, or MVSPs for short, are transforming the television experience by kicking the traditional TV viewing format into a far more social sphere. Maximising on interactivity by offering second screen capabilities, revolutionary new forms of usage behaviour are emerging relating to social discovery. For example in advertising breaks, ... Read more
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A recent infographic detailing the history of Facebook Commerce – or F-Commerce as it has come to be known – throws up some interesting facts about the way we use Facebook to shop and carry out our online purchases. 67% of shoppers spend more money after following recommendations of friends from their social networks, highlighting ... Read more
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Online has demonstrated non-stop growth every Christmas in the retail sector and never has this been more important than in the current economic climate. Luckily for you, it can be even more cost effective…
We’ve teamed up with SheerLuxe to offer our clients a massive discount of the full day conference… and now we’ve managed to ... Read more
A recent survey by Lightspeed Research and the IAB UK has found that consumers are most receptive to online ads whilst researching and shopping.
The research found that consumers believe they are most likely to pay attention to ads from the early evening onwards, particularly if they are engaged in social networking ... Read more
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Check out the new Monty Python YouTube channel. After years of fighting to have their stuff taken down on YouTube, they’ve gone and released all of their work on YouTube for free! So what’s the catch? I’ll let them tell you:
“We’re letting you see absolutely everything for free. So there! But we want something in ... Read more
An utterly fantastic video from 1966 that speculates on what life will be like in 1999… so I thought I’d upload it to celebrate 2009! Unlike most videos from the past that speculated on flying cars and robots doing all our chores, this one went for the ‘home shopping’ angle, bank account unification and a ... Read more
It looks like all those acquisitions in the past year paid off. European professional social network Xing is reporting 5 million registered members worldwide, and significant growth in paid subscribers. The strongest growth, in fact, over the entire history of the company. With revenues reaching $28.74 million for the 2007 fiscal year, Xing is ... Read more
Shopping online does not have to be dull… take HEMA, the Dutch department store. Turn your sound up, click the link above and then wait a few seconds after it has loaded. Go on… it’s Friday
This is what I love about the internet as you could never do that with a brochure.
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Not quite as slick as the IKEA sequence from the movie Fight Club but it shows we’re getting there. Overlay.tv is a new start-up with a great infomercial viral movie (see below), that enables users to overlay content on top of video. This content can be just for fun and games or it can actually ... Read more