How a Year With the iPhone Changed My Life


Like thousands of New Yorkers, I spent about five hours waiting in line a year ago to buy Apple's then-new iPhone 3G. Since then, the iPhone has changed the way I work and play more than any other gadget I've ever purchased — mostly for the better.

Girls love the doggystyle in video

Girls get crazy with boys in doggystyle in this video… Advertiser: Budweiser

Pepsi launches on-pack competition with Nokia

LONDON – Pepsi is launching an on-pack campaign in partnership with Nokia to promotion the mobile manufacturer’s new Nokia 5800 Comes with Music handset.

Natural cosmetics brand Burt’s Bees to double UK marketing spend

LONDON – Leading US natural personal-care brand Burt’s Bees is to double its UK marketing spend in an attempt to boost its sales figures 70% by 2010.

The Twitterverse lays into TechCrunch over publication of sensitive documents

SAN FRANSICO – TechCrunch has suffered a public backlash for its decision to publish sensitive documents obtained illegally about micro blogging site Twitter.

O2 ties with NatWest to create O2 Money

LONDON – O2 is entering into a partnership with NatWest to create the personal financial-services brand, O2 Money.

CCGB offers free mobile credits in teen promotion

LONDON – Coca-Cola Great Britain today announced a promotion launched a promotion targeting the teen market offering 50p phone credits on Fanta, Dr Pepper and Sprite.

Kajimba Trailer

Un trailer diffusé à Annecy, pour la série animée Kajimba. Conçue par James Neale, elle est prévue avec 26 épisodes dans un format de 5 minutes. Entièrement en animation 3D, elle a été produite à ProMotion Studios, à Sydney en Australie.



Alterian acquires social media monitoring firm Techrigy

LONDON – Alterian has acquired Techrigy, a social media monitoring and analytics firm, for an undisclosed sum.

Red Journey, a photo trip across the former Soviet Union

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Nick Hannes traveled across the former Soviet Union by bus and train in search of remnants of the region’s Communist past and signs of recent social transition and evolutions continue

Aviva launches new motivation scheme for employees

LONDON – Aviva has launched a new UK-wide reward and recognition scheme enabling its 22,000 staff to thank colleagues and to nominate them for rewards in recognition of their efforts.

Coca-Cola gives away mobile-phone credits in on-pack promotion

LONDON – Coca-Cola is rolling out an on-pack promotion aimed at a teen audience, which gives away 50p in mobile-phone credits.

Russian Standard Vodka appoints i2i Marketing for promo drive

LONDON – Russian Standard Vodka has hired i2i Marketing to spearhead a promotional drive in 2009 after a three-way pitch against three undisclosed agencies.

Fosters Twitter app: find out how Aussie you are

LONDON – Fosters has launched a Twitter app, dubbed the Ozometer, to identify ‘easy going’ UK cities, celebrities and members of the public that reflect the Aussie ‘no worries’ attitude to life.

BBC Two’s financial drama Freefall earns 1.9m viewers

LONDON – ‘Freefall’, a drama about the bursting of the mortgage bubble in 2007, notched up a decent 1.9m viewers for BBC Two last night, according to unofficial overnight figures.

Foster leaves classified ad chief role at TMG

LONDON – Alex Foster, Telegraph Media Group’s head of classified advertising, has left the group after four years.

Celibacy app launched for untouched iPhone users

LONDON – A US Christian group is taking the no sex before marriage message hi-tech by launching a PurityRing iPhone app for 99 cents.

Zoopla acquires Guardian’s Thinkproperty.com

LONDON – Property website Zoopla.co.uk has acquired Thinkproperty.com from Guardian Media Group for an undisclosed sum.

Zoopla acquires GMG’s Thinkproperty.com

LONDON – Zoopla.co.uk, the property website, has acquired Guardian Media Group-owned Thinkproperty.com for an undisclosed sum.

Blogger sentenced for leaking Guns N’ Roses album

LONDON – A blogger who leaked the long awaited Guns N’ Roses album ‘Chinese Democracy’ online before its official release date has been sentenced to two months home confinement and a year of probation.