27 March 2013
Cyberbullying gets taught a lesson with SUBMIT Documentary Film campaignProducers and filmmakers use film combined with digital and social media to raise awareness of cyberbullying SUBMIT The Documentary initiative integrates face-to-face connections with digital and social media in an effort to educate on the issues of cyberbullying. The docume...
15 March 2013
Red Nose Day gets digi-fiedToday is officially when the UK goes bonkers for Red Nose Day with the 25 year-old charity providing digital assets to help people fundraise or supportToday is officially when the UK and further a field literally goes bonkers for Red Nose Day. The 25-year old charity and movement Comic Relief (founded in 1985) is...
12 March 2013
Transport for London unveils £5K Accessibility App competitionTransport for London (TfL) has launched an Accessibility App competition in which developers can win up to £5K in an attempt to create a series of accessibility appsTransport for London (TfL) has released a developer competition entitled Accessibility App, in which mobile app develope...
06 March 2013
Santander releases new Android and Kindle mobile banking appsSantander takes on competitive mobile banking space launching new Android and Kindle Fire consumer banking apps and updates iPhone / iPad apps Spanish-owned retail and commercial bank Santander has unveiled its new Android and Kindle mobile banking applications whilst updating its...
01 March 2013
MapQuest seeks to boost travel platform with new journey sharing appAOL?s MapQuest releases new iPhone ready blogs entitled Travel Blogs to boost its travel platform allowing users to visually share the trips they makeOnline mapping service MapQuest has released its new initiative Travel Blogs in an effort to boost its travel platform. Tra...
24 February 2013
Will the Oscars be driven by social media?As the digital temperature heads up as the hours draw closer, will the 85th Academy Awards be the most social media driven Oscars Hollywood has seen?With the growth of social media over the last years, we?re seeing many major events being further highlighted in very different and creative ways across the...
24 February 2013
Toyota Racing Development team to use Windows 8 app for NASCARToyota Racing Development (TRD) team to use Windows 8 Trackside app to improve performance of teams competing in NASCAR racesRunning on Windows Surface Pro hardware, the Toyota Racing Development (TRD) team has created a Windows 8 app to improve performance of teams competing in NASCA...
22 February 2013
Google debuts first Chromebook Pixel touchscreen laptopSoftware and search engine company Google has unveiled its first touchscreen Chromebook Pixel laptop - its most progressive connected device yetSearch engine and software company Google has unveiled its first touchscreen Chromebook Pixel laptop - its most progressive connected device yet, ta...
20 February 2013
UK 4G mobile auction fails to meet government expectationsOfcom has announced winners of the UK?s 4G mobile auction with government predication of £3.5 billion target failing below expectationsOfcom, the UK telecoms regulator, has released details of the winners of the UK?s 4G mobile auction with government predication of £3.5bn target falling w...
18 February 2013
Twitter To Close Posterous Less Than A Year After Acquisition
Posterous is to close it doors, less than a year after it was acquired by Twitter and as co-founders launch new blogging service Posthaven
Social blogging platform Posterous that launched in 2008 is to close it doors on 30 April, less than a year after its announcement that is w...
13 February 2013
Importance of Facebook ?Like? button intensifiesThe importance of Facebook?s ?Like? button has reached a different and controversial level as the social network is defending a lawsuitWhether agencies and brands are fans or not, Facebook?s ?Like? button has become an important instrument (unfortunately a metric for many), part of popular culture ...
10 February 2013
Social media infographic serves to predict GRAMMY winners Social media infographic strives to predict GRAMMY Award winners ahead of the ceremony tonightSocial media infographic by activ8social entitled ?The Social Grammys? strives to predict GRAMMY award winners ahead of the anticipated ceremony tonight.The infographic analyses social networks a...
06 February 2013
Symantec claims 40 percent of people use stolen data from old jobsSecurity company Symantec claims 40 percent of people intend to use stolen data from old jobs in its global surveyThe Symantec report entitled ?What's Yours Is Mine: How Employees are Putting Your Intellectual Property at Risk? was conducted by The Ponemon Institute and examines t...
05 February 2013
Safer Internet Day strives to highlight online dangers to youthsUK Safer Internet Centre releases ?Have Your Say? research for Safer Internet Day (SID) highlighting online dangers to young people The UK Safer Internet Centre has released its ?Have Your Say? research marking the 10th anniversary of Safer Internet Day. The survey asked 24,00...
04 February 2013
Paramount Pictures chooses Android for Star Trek Into Darkness appStar Trek Into Darkness gets Super Bowl treatment as Paramount Pictures chooses Android for exclusive content movie app Paramount Pictures Corporation has given the widely anticipated Star Trek Into Darkness movie the Super Bowl treatment, releasing its app through Google Play, fo...
01 February 2013
How are brands using Twitter for paid social media marketing?Wishpond infographic shows how brands are using Twitter for paid social media marketingAn infographic has shed a little more light on how some brands are using microblogging service Twitter as part of their paid social media marketing activity. The infographic by wishpond shows f...
29 January 2013
Nokia Music+ takes on the premium streaming music marketNokia takes on the premium streaming music market services with Nokia Music+ subscription-based music product Nokia takes on the paid streaming music market with Nokia Music+ taking on the likes of Spotify, We7, Xbox Music and more. In its press release, the mobile communications comp...
04 December 2012
Lidl more popular with students than Twitter Retailer Lidl is more popular than Twitter amongst students according to The Beans Group surveyRetailer Lidl is the preferred choice for students above and beyond Twitter reveals the first The Beans Group Youth 100 survey. The economy supermarket was voted by the National Union of Students as on...
12 June 2012
Timeline of major social media acquisitions Recent acquisitions by technology firms continues to draw plenty of interest, as covered on the Elemental blog, and there is no sign of it slowing down. From Facebook making a surprising $1 Billion Instragram acquisition and then experiencing a less then successful IPO, the global recession has d...
24 May 2012
Transport for London creates Twitter handles for tube linesTransport for London has created Twitter handles for all its tube lines in an effort to keep passengers up-to-date with the latest information across the London tube network. The creation of the individual Twitter handles for the tube lines are an addition to the DLR ...
21 May 2012
Will the Facebook IPO bubble burst?Even before the recent Facebook IPO, there has been much speculation about the future of dot coms, whether they would experience boom and bust again. Although there has been a number of IPOs this year, Facebook is the one that has peeked more interest above anything else. This infographic from...
17 May 2012
Flipboard spices up social magazines with soundSocial magazine Flipboard has brought sound to its publishing platform, delivering additional sticky hooks to its readership.Teaming up with NPR, Public International Radio (PRI) and SoundCloud, the latest release of Flipboard gives Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users access to audio through the...
08 May 2012
How people spend time onlineEver wondered how many people are online, where they hang out and what they do? Well, this 'How people spend their time online infographic' by GO-Gulf takes a shot at cutting through the statistics. Jammed pack of statistics there?s plenty to choose from, maybe too many to pick out, but interesting nonethe...
03 April 2012
Figaro Digital Social Media Marketing Conference April 2012 fast approachingThese days, it seems there are more UK-based social media events that you can shake a stick at. As we approach the Easter weekend, Figaro Digital kicks off its Social Media Marketing Conference, a day-long, two track event bringing together brands, marketers and technolo...
06 March 2012
Updated Facebook Pages ? How ready is your Timeline?In case you?ve been on holiday somewhere without access to the internet, you probably haven?t read the many stories about Facebook Pages being implemented. 30 March 2012 is the date to put in the diary for when Facebook automatically updated its Pages design whether you?re a fan or not.&n...