Monthly Archives: May 2010

Diesel brings Facebook to life in its stores with Diesel Cam

Diesel Cam on FacebookHere’s one that seems to have slipped under the Brand Republic radar as Diesel unveils its innovative Diesel Cam that allows you to share cool pics of yourself wearing Diesel clothes on Facebook right from its store. Read More »

Foursquare killer Booyah! raises $20m

The location based race is showing some real heat and getting some serious money as Foursquare rival Booyah! gets a $20m injection from Accel Partners. Read More »

Sony tries to mimic success of Mafia wars with Angelina Jolie game

Are movie trailers on the way out? Maybe if Sony Pictures gets anywhere with its new online spy game promoting Angelina Jolie’s new thriller ‘Salt’. Read More »

Diaspora – Dawn Of The Anti-Facebook?

It’s interesting that at the same time that questions are being asked about how far Facebook has shifted in its treatment of user data and about the complexity of their privacy settings, a new start-up by four NYU computer science students designed to decentralise the social web and put users back in control of their personal data is getting some serious attention from investors. Read More »

Facebook users call for Nick Robinson to be sacked as BBC political editor

Social media really has a thing for the heads of TV news political editors. The latest one being demanded on a plate is that of Nick Robinson, the BBC’s political editor, who is being targeted by a Facebook group with almost 1,700 members. Read More »

How glue helped the Green Party win in Brighton

Here’s an insight into a successful political campaign. The Green Party’s two big aims for the general election were to elect MPs in Brighton Pavilion and Norwich South. Read More »

How not to do social media: PR firms in war of words after Vodafone gaffe

Oh dear. Two PR agencies have gone to war online in a spat after one agency highlighted the social media cock-ups made by a rival agency. Read More »

Copywriter uses Google AdWords to get ad agency job

I love this story, I’m going to do it right away. Copywriter Alec Brownstein used Google Ad Words to target creative directors in ad agencies to get himself a job. And it worked. Read More »

US online adspend levels hit highest ever for industry

Did someone say bounce back? The IAB in the US says internet advertising revenues hit $5.9bn for the first quarter of 2010, representing a 7.5% percent increase over the same period in 2009. It says this marks the highest Q1 revenue level ever for the industry. Read More »

Blackberry to enter the tablet computer market

Wow, this space space is starting to fill up as it is reported that RIM has a BlackBerry tablet computer device in the works, which will launch later this year. Read More »