Major acquisitions, PR boo-boos and unlikely social media newbies — here are some of my favourite social media stories from the past week: Funeral director embraces social media If you thought that funeral services was the one sector which perhaps doesn’t belong in the social media world, CPJ Field is hoping to prove you wrong. The funeral [...]

Another week, another story about the staggering rate of growth of smartphone adoption and the mobile market. This week we’ve heard from Martin Software that advertising on mobile devices has a higher success rate than advertising on a desktop computer and results in higher click-through rates. And since people searching for something on their mobile phone are [...]

A recent study by the Boston Consultancy Group shows just how addicted to the internet we’ve become — 76% of respondents said they would sooner give up chocolate than lose their internet connection and 65% would rather give up alcohol. Booze Britain? More like Broadband Britain! Psychologists say that all the digital stimulus we’re getting [...]

Facebook’s timeline for brands becomes non-negotiable on 30 March, and people are getting a bit nervous about what it will mean for them. We’ve had clients call us up, worried about how the changes will affect their ability to get likes and what they can and can’t do on their new page. We don’t think [...]

Google launched their new privacy policy this week amidst a sea of controversy, opposition and possibly in breach of European law. Should we be outraged, or even worried? It’s true that no individual human is going to be stalking you online or passing judgement on your secret Daily Mail addiction, but that hasn’t stopped civil [...]

Shamefully, as a film lover I’m pretty late with this. My mates have been going there for years and they all say I should too, so I broke my Grosvenor cinema cherry last week. What better way to start the night than having a pre-film burger from Ketchup & then on to see The Girl [...]

Inspiration can be found in many forms, something that catches your eye, talking with a friend or brainstorming as a team. However some are simply inspired by a person, a muse if you like. There have been many famous muses, notably Yoko Ono springs to mind for the impact she had on John Lennon and [...]

As we make our way through the annual consumer splurge that is Christmas, more and more of that money is now being spent online. According to the IMRG and Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, £6.8 billion was spent online in December 2010, an increase of 25% over 2009, with total online sales in 2011 predicted to [...]

So you’ve got the iPhone 4S & you want to use Siri. Scottish? well no luck then ‘pal’. In an office full of apple users & lovers, being the first person to get the 4S was a monumental day. Everyone wanted to hold it, everyone want to use it & everyone secretly wanted me to [...]

When walking into a store we can all see where we want to go by the clear signage usually above or at eye level. If lost there is generally a member of staff near by to ask assistance and nine times out of ten you’ll get to the desired location with relative ease. Once there [...]