Tesco Mobile has unveiled the third stage of its #nojoke campaign, with five customers offered the chance to win a Samsung Galaxy S4 and contract… if they could persuade a friend to change to Tesco Mobile right then and there. Created by Jam, the #nojoke campaign combines social media, real time content creation and online […]
Nokia UK has tweeted in response to the news that cats paws are able to unlock the iPhone 5s through its fingerprint sensor Touch ID. We aren’t cat-proof either… http://t.co/Awwvrzy54z pic.twitter.com/Y9X1ej1qmH— Nokia UK (@nokia_uk) September 23, 2013 The tweet follows an experiment by TechCrunch, which saw a cat’s paw successfully unlock the device, created to […]
Pinterest has announced plans to bring advertising to its platform for the first time in the form of Promoted Pins, a move that follows several recent attempts to make itself more attractive to advertisers. The three-year old business, which has previously voiced its reluctance to running ads, has promised the service will be “tasteful”, “relevant’ […]
To help Capital One advertise for its Venture Card, Ryan Hamrick came up with an interactive online ad campaign called “#Bucketlist”. Using this hashtag, Hamrick asked the Twitter community about their travel dreams, getting a Tumblr artist to hand-letter each tweet. The result is an eye-catching series of posters which capture the wanderlust within all […]
Urban Outfitters and Under Armour are sourcing social pics of fans wearing their products in real-life situations for their ecommerce sites. The brands are joined by online retailers Beauty.com, Rebecca Minkoff and Dessy.com in testing a social commerce platform from analytics firm Curalate – called Fanreel – that pulls in user-generated from Facebook, Instagram, mobile […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpV7KB7pwNc Samsung Mobile UK has launched a digital media campaign in collaboration with twelve generational influencers in a bid to demonstrate the potential of its Galaxy S4 Collection. Devised by Cheil UK, the ‘Over To You’ series has seen each collaborator use either a Galaxy S4 Mini, S4 Active, S4 Zoom or Galaxy Mega to […]
Virgin Media is the most socially engaged brand on Facebook according to a top five report from social media analytics platform Socialbakers. The telecoms firm had a 94 per cent response rate and the average response time was just over three hours. In second place, was mobile network provider EE who had a 90 per […]
The British Red Cross has launched an app that lets users witness a knife attack on a bus, using Facebook data to personalise an online film. The charity’s ‘Witness’ app integrates with a viewer’s Facebook account and inserts information from their profile into the film, which features a young man being stabbed on a night […]
Video-sharing website YouTube has rolled out a new ‘play’ logo to its social media and app platforms, but has retained its existing brand on its desktop site. The new logo, which is being used on YouTube’s Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as apps, features a red play button within a white bubble, as well […]
The McLaren Group, which includes the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula One team, has joined forces with YouTube in a new commercial partnership. “At McLaren we have great stories to tell. Whether it’s the passion and intrigue of Formula One, or how we develop ground breaking new technologies, people are fascinated by what we do. Our […]