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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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Surely by now everyone is in the loop about the city riots that occurred during the last week, and fingers have been pointing the blame at social media and its role in “fuelling” such devastatingly destructive disturbances. As a result, those concerned have pleaded for social networking outlets, including Facebook, Twitter and Blackberry’s instant-messaging software ... Read more
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What have the CIA, Lady Gaga, Fox News, and Hugh Grant all got in common? They’ve all been hacked of late and we’re pretty sure they’d rather avoid a repeat in the future. Whether it’s unscrupulous newspaper publishers or activist groups, the internet is awash with pesky rogues of the digital generation all ready to ... Read more
Igor finds websites, apps and cool little bits of tech he finds out and about when he’s not busy eating sushi and noodles. This month he looks at micro-social networking app Path.
Path is a totally different application for iPhones – rather than connecting to your existing social networks, such as Facebook, it creates a small ... Read more
Igor selects websites, apps and cool little bits of tech he finds out and about when he’s not busy eating sushi and noodles. This month he looks at the social media updating tool Sociable.
With so many apps in the iTunes App Store there’s a 99% chance that whatever function you’re looking for has already been ... Read more
Igor selects websites, apps and cool little bits of tech he finds out and about when he’s not busy eating sushi and noodles. This month he looks at alternative social network Diaspora.
Diaspora launched in early 2010 and began to gather a fair amount of buzz towards the end of the year. It’s not really ready ... Read more
Interesting article in Marketing that talks about the slagging match brewing (pun intended) in the coffee world with Costa making the most of a Starbucks spillage (less effective pun also intended). Whilst the recession has stalled maturity in the coffee market, leaders still point to YOY growth of 2% upwards.
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As reported in January’s New Media Age, Virgin Atlantic are preparing for the soft launch of their new travel portal “Vtravelled”. According to the article, the community site will aim to recruit 2 million founding members between the soft launch date (end of Feb) and the rollout in June – an ambitious target.
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Earlier this month Facebook removed a branded application by fast food giant Burger King over fears that it was against their privacy code. But then that’s probably what Burger King wanted, seeing as it has won them global press beyond the capabilities of just a facebook application, not matter how ingenious. The whole affair ... Read more