February 2012
With Google and Mastercard creating Google Wallet and Visa and Vodafone joining forces, the big companies are now working towards digital transactions through smartphones in an attempt to control a potentially lucrative market. Paypal have also gotten in the act by introducing a new system that doesn’t require you to either use your wallet ...Continue reading →
We have been telling you that it has been coming for a while now and this morning, New York time, Facebook have started rolling out their new timelines for brands. It’s a huge change to how businesses will use the platform and some of the biggest brands, including Coca Cola ...Continue reading →
If you would like to join a thriving national arts organisation which represents the past, present and future of Irish theatre, this could be the opportunity for you. This role requires a person who is an innovative and a creative thinker with a passion for cutting-edge digital marketing and the ...Continue reading →
When Timeline does launch for pages (possibly as early as later today), it is going to completely change how brands and business interact on Facebook. To understand the potential, you need to watch the video below that was created based on a fake timeline that some Apple fans set up ...Continue reading →
#RIPGreggJevin is one of many examples of how Twitter is changing comedy
Switch on Radio 4’s News Quiz, its televised cousin Have I Got News For You? or its halfwit friend 10 O’Clock Live and you’ll often be forgiven for experiencing déjà vu. Satirical comedy has a problem these days. That ...Continue reading →
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It was perhaps inevitable that this would happen sooner or later, but Twitter has finally rolled out advertising on its mobile platform via Promoted Accounts and Promoted Tweets. While Twitter already had these promoted services on their mobile webpage, it’s the first time that a native app will feature them, giving ...Continue reading →
Depending on the size of Facebook’s IPO they could end up sitting on over $10 billion is cash. Possibly much more given that they have $3.8 billion in the bank already and revenues gushing through their advertising system.
Up until now, they have been very much focused on scaling the platform, ...Continue reading →
Samsung have been pretty aggressive in the bid to control the smartphone market. After its president of the mobile communication division, J.K. Shin, said that the company aims to sell 380 million handsets and double sales of its smartphones this year, the company has been revealing new projects to make ...Continue reading →
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Two car manufacturers have struck deals with different smartphone manufacturers to help create a better car interface, improve functionality and above all develop a better driving experience.
The first is Mercedes-Benz’s decision to integrate Siri into its A-Class electronics system through a program called the Drive Kit Plus. Having ...Continue reading →