News for November 2004
- Carling trials branded Internet kiosks
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The campaign consists of Bluetooth-enabled touch screen kiosks set up in Bristol. The six-month trial will give people free Internet access as well as
- Nov 30, 2004
- Advertising, Wireless
- MMS chatroom launches
- “MMS Group Chat” will allow users to interact in a chatroom by sending both SMS and MMS messages. The white-label application allows companies to brand
- Are you local?
- Russell Buckley Back in the late 90’s, when services based on location for the next generation of mobile phones were first mooted commercially
- Advent calendars go mobile
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The subscription-based service offers a daily item of seasonal
content up to 25 December, including ringtones, graphics, jokes or
trivia.
Three different
- Nov 30, 2004
- Entertainment, Mobile
- O2 confirms i-mode deal
- O2 plans to introduce the service in the UK and Ireland during the second half of 2005. In Germany, the service will be offered from Spring 2006. i-mode
- Lycos sets hippies loose on spam
- The software, Make Love, Not Spam sits on the individual's PC and, when the machine is not being used, generates traffic on the sites of known spammers,
- Kids political site gets reform
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Initially launched as a pilot site last year, HeadsUp hosts an online debating space for under-18s to share their views on issues such as the voting age and
- Nov 29, 2004
- Advertising, Public
- High speed broadband going cheap
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Freedom2Surf Lightening Connect costs £19.99 per month with customers have a 5Gb download capacity.
Meanwhile, a cheaper ‘lite’ service costs £14.99 per
- Nov 29, 2004
- Broadband
- London gets interactive posters
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The campaign will see posters at 25 major London stations fitted with
interactive "Hypertags" that will enable travellers to get a phone
number for safe
- Nov 29, 2004
- Advertising, Agencies, Marketing, Mobile, Technology, Telecoms, Wireless
- BT launches ministry of fun
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The move follows BT’s launch last week of a new online music store powered by the white label technology service Blueprint.
The divison, dubbed “BT
- Nov 29, 2004
- Broadband, Entertainment, Gaming, Marketing, Retail