Launch of Google’s Android platform imminent
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Google is expected to launch its mobile phone software platform Android within weeks, with T-Mobile set to become the first mobile phone operator to use the system.
LONDON – Google is expected to launch its mobile phone software platform Android within weeks, with T-Mobile set to become the first mobile phone operator to use the system.
LONDON – YouGov, the pioneer of online market research, is delaying plans to launch a hedge fund because of the uncertain economic climate.
LONDON – Lloyds TSB and Visa are launching a limited edition London 2012-branded debit card to promote their sponsorships of the Olympic Games.
LONDON – Lovefilm.com, the online DVD rental service, is to sponsor the second series of US TV drama Heroes on NBC Universal’s Sci-Fi Channel.
LONDON – Sport, the free weekly magazine, has undergone a revamp, led by the introduction of a new layout and several new sections.
LONDON – The latest version of Ford’s Ka model will make an appearance in the new James Bond move, ‘Quantum of Solace’.
The new Audi TT TDI. The world’s first 50mpg sportscar.
Advertising Agency: BBH London, UK
Typographer: Richard Kennedy
Photographer: Paul Zak
Executive Creative Director: Nick Gill
Creative Directors: Kevin Stark, Nick Kidney
Art Director: Victoria Daltrey
Copywriter: Will Bingham
Via: Bestadsontv
LONDON – Survey-based market research company Ipsos has recruited Brian Smith as vice-president for its MediaCT division.
Advertising Agency: Famous Brussels, Belgium
Via: Directdaily
LONDON – New marketing agency Life has picked up the below-the-line brief from Arla-owned milk brand Cravendale after a competitive pitch, along with two of its other dairy brands.
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It’s Friday and the festival just started around these parts. So pardon me while I take the kid out for free rides on go-carts. Meanwhile I direct you to read possibly the most typo-riddles warning sign ever over at adtothebone.com. Bonus points for the frequent use of quotation marks and exclamation marks!!!