Jul
29
Wispa boosts Cadbury sales
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Cadbury is claiming that the recession is responsible for lifting its sales by 12% in the first half of 2009 as consumers turn to cheap treats at home.
Jul
29
AOL appoints new head of global operations at Bebo
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – AOL has appointed Stephane Panier as head of global operations at its social network, Bebo.
Jul
29
C4 and BBC secure racing rights
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Channel 4 and BBC have secured the rights to broadcast live horseracing for three years.
Jul
29
ESPN signs deal with Virgin
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – ESPN has struck a deal with Virgin Media to air the channel for free throughout August. Subscribers to Virgin’s XL package will then continue to receive the channel as on add on to their current subscription, while all other customers can subscribe for an additional cost.
Jul
29
The six best iPhone apps of all time (so far)
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Apps are everywhere these days, but things have moved on since Carling’s iPint and the provocatively titled iFart (we’ll let you guess what that one does). We asked David Glennie, group product director at MIG, to pick six of the best apps of all time.
Jul
29
ESPN secures carriage deal with Virgin to air live Premier League football
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – ESPN, the Disney-backed sports broadcaster, has secured carriage for its new Premier League-focused sports channel on Virgin Media and has picked up live broadcast rights for top flight German, Portuguese, Russian and Dutch league football, as well as US Major League Soccer.
Jul
29
Twitter makes search central to its future with new homepage
Posted in: UncategorizedSAN FRANCISCO – Twitter has given another pointer to its future after taking the covers off of a new homepage, which puts the focus squarely on search and allows non-users to discover what is being talked about on the service.
Jul
29
BMW to exit Formula One at end of 2009 season
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – BMW has today confirmed its exit from Formula One.
Jul
29
BMW blames environmental issues for decision to quit Formula 1
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – BMW has quit F1 motor racing after ten years’ participation, blaming not just its Petronas-sponsored team’s poor performance but highlighting the conflict between its involvement in the sport and its desire to associate its brand with “environmental sustainability”.
Jul
29
News International attacks BBC’s ‘free’ online video news offer
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – News International has criticised the terms of the BBC’s offer of ‘free’ video news to four rival national newspaper websites, including the three most popular, saying it provides “marketing for the BBC at no cost”.
Jul
29
Yahoo! and Microsoft seal search advertising agreement
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Microsoft and Yahoo! have finally agreed an online search and advertising deal, which has been rumoured for months, with an official announcement expected today.
Jul
29
What the hell is Twitter? Two-thirds of adults have no idea
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – More than two thirds of adults know little or nothing about Twitter, despite the rapidly increasing popularity of the microblogging service, finds research.
Jul
29
Apple bans Google Voice-based tools from App Store
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Apple has banned Google’s telephony iPhone application Google Voice from its App Store, citing the fact that it duplicates a number of features that already come native to the iPhone.
Jul
29
EasyJet signs up to sponsor Luton Town FC
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – EasyJet has been unveiled as the new sponsor of non-league football club, Luton Town.
Jul
29
Microsoft and Yahoo! set to agree search deal
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Yahoo! is on the brink of agreeing a deal to use Microsoft’s Bing as its search provider in an deal that would make it a more viable competitor to Google.
Jul
29
Kawano Takeshi
Posted in: UncategorizedCes trois sculptures et installations de l’artiste japonais Kawano Takeshi ont pour objectif de sensibiliser sur la question du réchauffement climatique. Elles sont basées sur le monde animal qui est en train de disparaître et de fondre littéralement.
Jul
29
Heinz plots multi-brand ad and instore push
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Heinz is planning to run a multi-million pound umbrella campaign across its entire product portfolio as it steps up its battle against supermarket own label products.
Jul
29
CHI wins CBS Outdoor’s bus creative challenge
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – CHI & Partners has won CBS Outdoor’s creative challenge competition with its bus ad entry for Anchor Butter.
Jul
29
Self-Mutilation as Art (THTV)
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(TrendHunter.com) From Human Swings to Horned Women, today we hunt Self-Mutilation as Art.
Now let’s take a look at our Top 10.
10 The Kavadi Walk. This ritual is said to help participants seek truth. Apparently I missed…
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