FastCompany published a good analysis of the netbook phenomena where they argue that the netbook as a growth item is over and has now just become another class of PC. This makes sense and we have seen it with other devices in the past, such as the Palm PDA. I think however that the netbook [...]
Canon Electronics – PR fail Unilever to Test Mobile Coupons – WSJ.com Apple raises retail stakes against Microsoft • The Register How People Share Online Video – eMarketer Report: Server sales declined 24.5 percent in first quarter – SiliconValley.com – it isn’t all due to virtualisation either Omniture Adds Facebook Data to Business Comparative Tools [...]
I was reading the WSJ blogs and came across Andy Jordan’s article on ‘crap apps’ iPhone applications that are the code equivalent of the whoopee cushion or the paper hat that you get in a Christmas cracker. In ‘The Trucker Hats of iPhone Apps’, one of the people interviewed rationalises these applications as ‘…add users [...]
What Makes Us Happy? – The Atlantic (June 2009) You need Doug Winfield | Facebook – Doug is a social media expert who is promoting himself to prospective employers leveraging social media. Check it out! RTÉ Business: Santander to scrap British brands 74% of Employees Agree Their Social Media Antics Can Ruin Your Company’s Reputation [...]
Mark Fisher argued in Running on empty that I discovered in the New Statesman online that culture lacked the energy it had in previous decades: the noughties are encompassed by a sense of cultural deceleration. He argues that cultural changes were driven by technology and that these technologies gave cultures their indelible mark: what he calls [...]
Using Social Media in Brand Research by Per E Åsberg – brand management on cut-price evaluation
Iain Tait and the merry pranksters at Poke London have refreshed Orange’s virtual pressroom to bring it into the 21st century. Jessica Levco posted ten factors that she felt made an ideal modern pressroom. List contact information Make it easy to find Keep the URL short and simple Make press releases searchable Talk about your [...]
Panasonic: Open-source smartphones are the future » VentureBeat – Panasonic is going to re-enter foreign mobile phone markets with new open source-based phones LED TVs hit the market, but will they sell? » VentureBeat Victoria’s Secret enters mobile commerce arena – Mobile Marketer – Commerce Mobile Internet in China is about to heat up! | [...]
Honda Worldwide | Not Found HTTP-404 error, originally uploaded by renaissancechambara. Responses will be slow over the next few days, however I wanted to share this 404 page from Honda Worldwide. Rather than just an error message it has a bit of character to it. I love the way the Honda figure bowing in apology [...]
When I was a kid, I, along with with the rest of my primary school class had a pen pal. We learned about life in the US from students at an elementary school in Palo Alto. I learned what root beer, a peanut butter and a grape jelly sandwich and granola tasted like. I found [...]
A tough year speech by Harold Burson Every Minute, Just About A Days Worth Of Video Is Now Uploaded To YouTube Mainstream Gen Y isn’t Buying Into Web 2.0 | SocialComputingJournal.com How to create an awesome Twitter profile in Google Analytics | Blog | Econsultancy Sony Ericsson could ditch best asset, the Walkman brand – [...]
DOCOMO launched a new range of 19 handsets in Japan yesterday, one of which immediately caught my eye. The SH-06A NERV is made by Sharp for DOCOMO, but the anime fans amongst you will recognise NERV as being the organisation that runs the Evangelion mecha in the anime and manga series New Genesis Evangelion. The [...]
Major Ad Campaign for Starbucks to Focus on Quality – NYTimes.com – interesting campaign supporting social media campaigns with billboard adverts Poor Wi-Fi Reception? Blame Baby Monitors Advice in Interesting Times by Jerry Yang – a speech that Yang gave at the University of Hawaii What’s happening in Japan right now?: TokyoBarCamp – I love [...]
If you’ve read this blog for while you’ll know that I like nice things and write about them. In PR terms, the best stories often sell themselves.With the rise of the internet and modern search engines it is now easier than ever to find great design. I came across a classic example of this earlier [...]
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