So I just came across this collection of iPhone 4 cases from CollabCubed which feature a life-sized print of an ear. When you hold it up to your ear, it looks like, er, an ear. Read More
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The use of digital technology to enhance high-street shopping took a step forward last month when Ocado and Tesco unveiled initiatives aimed at creating a seamless retail experience.
Ocado opened a pop-up shop in London’s One New Change shopping centre in the Square Mile. It featured a printed window display, or ‘virtual wall’, showcasing some of the retailer’s most-bought items and their barcodes.
Consumers who had downloaded Ocado’s ‘On the Go’ app can visit the window display to order the items – by scanning the barcodes with their smartphone – and book a delivery time. The retailer says it will roll out more displays across the country if the trial is successful. Read More
You probably already knew this, but social media fans can be fickle. A survey by ad agency DDB Paris has found that as many as 40% of Facebook users who like a brand page during a campaign will ditch it immediately afterwards.
The most common reason, according to the DDB and OpinionWay research is, “The brand was no longer of interest to me”, which was cited by almost half of those who unliked a brand. Read More
Like button: will it soon have companions?
As if it’s not enough that Facebook has documented every time over the past four years that you’ve drunkenly commented on someone’s photos or ill-advisedly ‘got something off your chest’ in the form of a status update – now it is also going to make a record of your sins of omission.
Yes, according to a Techcrunch report, Facebook is planning to launch buttons to indicated that you’ve read or watched something online – and, by definition, what you’ve not bothered to read.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has been one of those airlines that has made great strides in social media and in the past a tweet inspired an in-flight dance party as well as stalking its passengers through social media and buying them gifts.
KLM is also an airline that promises to reply to any tweet within an hour, day or night. For an airline that is exactly as you should be on social media. It’s latest campaign takes that a step further and if you send KLM a tweet during the next ten-or-so hours you get a ‘KLM Live Reply’. Read More
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