Just A Big Iphone?
Friday, May 28th, 2010When I first saw Steve Jobs demonstrating the iPad my overwhelming thought was; “But it’s just a big iPhone. Without a camera. Or the ability to call anyone…
Newspapers: To Pay Or Not To Pay?
Thursday, May 27th, 2010Rupert Murdoch unveiled the new websites of The Times and The Sunday Times…
Where Are Our Citizen Journalists Hiding?
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010In a previous career as a local reporter, at a parish council in rural Berkshire, I listened head in hands to a two hour debate over which side of a lane to place a new lamppost.
Journalists across the country are the link between the multiple layers of government that make up our democracy, and…
Giving Up Smoking; Ferrari And The Australians
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010So, advertising works – even when it doesn’t look like advertising. That’s one conclusion from two coinciding controversies for the tobacco industry this week; Ferrari furiously taking some rather odd…
Boiling The Frog Slowly: Privacy On Facebook
Friday, May 14th, 2010Privacy on Facebook is vanishing, according to a new infographic produced by IBM’s Visual Communication Lab. The handsome visual charts the erosion…
Fashion Bloggers: The New Elite
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010My involvement in fashion extends to a fairly regular post-work inspection of the Topshop shoe section (oh, the perils of working two minutes from the flagship store). While my fashion ‘insider’ status might need some work, writing from a comms perspective, the emergence of fashion blogs as a…
Hung, Drawn And Slaughtered
Friday, May 7th, 2010After a long, strange night and a pretty fraught morning, the most important questions from this election are yet to be decided. Yet, at the time of writing, there are a few things about which we can be reasonably certain:
Disappointment for Dave – in September 2008, one opinion poll put the…
Engine Acquires Jam – The Social Media Unit In I-level
Thursday, May 6th, 2010Engine, the UK’s largest privately owned communication group, today announces the acquisition of Jam, the social media unit in i-level.
Jam was the fastest growing part of i-level. Managing Director, Alex Miller, Head of Strategy Jamie Kenny, Director Richard Costa-d’sa and…
