Archive for September, 2011

A Sad Day : 27/09/11

The announcement today of the death of sit com script writing genius David Croft is a truly sad event. For those of us of a certain age you will have grown up laughing at Dads Army, ‘Allo ‘Allo, It Ain’t Half Hot Mum or Are You Being Served? With his…

Apple announces iPhone event on October 4th : 27/09/11

Apple has started sending invites for an iPhone event that will take place on October 4. Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 5 at the event. Also rumoured is a second, cheaper iPhone model based on the current iPhone 4.

Have you been hit by the Panda? : 22/09/11

In April 2011 Google unleashed Panda worldwide, to all english based search queries. So, what is Panda? Panda is the latest and most substantial algorithm update to the way Google ranks your website – it is aimed at distinguishing between high quality sites and those that have little content, duplicated…

Apple unveils the ‘paid for’ optional costs for iCloud service : 21/09/11

Apple has announced that in addition to the 5GB of free storage every user will get with the iCloud additional yearly ‘paid for’ storage options will be available. At present the pricing structure is as follows: 10GB for £14 20GB for £28 50GB for £70 Not all documents will be…

‘Social media is not the death of journalism’ : 20/09/11

A great article off the back of Social Media week in Glasgow.  This further emphasises the shift away from traditional ‘broadcast’ marketing to ‘conversational.’ Businesses need to start ‘facilitating’ their audience rather than ‘dictating’ Social Media week is taking place in 11 different cities throughout the world. Read more of…

Why the Line? : 19/09/11

“the Line has been created to directly challenge the way traditional agencies handle business and treat their clients”. The company has been set up by a team who have experience of being clients as well as running an agency. So we know what it feels like to be ’the client’:…

Greedy Google Stealing from ‘Organic’ to ‘Feed Paid’? : 19/09/11

As Google continues to dominate the world and take no prisoners, they implement a sneaky little change to the way they display paid listings. They have increased the spacing between the search box and the listings hence pushing the ‘organic’ listing down the page.  This inevitably means that the top…

The Empire Strikes Back : 18/09/11

Greenpeace are continuing their spat, well they probably think that it’s a bit more than a spat, with VW. Now they are taking it to a new level by giving a £5000 prize to aspiring film makers who want to make an ad knocking VW. In short VW in Greenpeace…

The Next Must-Have Smartphone Gadget! : 16/09/11

Stick it on your Christmas list. iPhone games are now flying to the next level…. THE ROBOTIC AR BALL. Fun for humans and animals!! Fun With Sphero from GoSphero on Vimeo. Check out some clips here