Global Personals launches ‘Silver Surfer’ dating network
GlobalPersonals.co.uk, the largest privately owned online dating company in Europe, today announced that it has launched a network dedicated to the over 50’s market.
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Right to reply: World Cup branding flops- The ball’s bearing
What lessons can brands learn from this summers World Cup marketing failures? Mark Terry-Lush, CEO at Renegade Media, takes a closer look at sport as a branding tool, and how marketers can do to avoid scoring more own goals ahead of London 2012.
Yahoo debuts ad-funded Premier League highlights online
Internet services firm Yahoo has launched its Barclays Premier League online highlight service.
Google Acquires Jambool And Social Gold
Google has reportedly acquired Jambool and Socila Gold in a move to add expertise to is rumoured forthcoming new social network.
Google buys social app maker Slide for $180m
Google has bought social widget maker Slide, for a reported $180m, as the search giant looks to expand into the lucrative apps market.
Building community on TubeHell
Offering a chat forum, news on travel, daily London news, games and a commuter happiness index, Tubehell.com also plans to renovate tube travel by lobbying national government and local government for improvements – currently, there is an online petition urging; “John two jags Prescott” to travel on the underground for a week. Founder Samir Satchua,formerly … [Read more…]
Group to speed in-home networks
announced plans to develop standards to facilitate high-speed in-home networks using existing phone lines. The new group, which calls itself the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance, differs from other home-focused networking efforts in that it intends to create products to connect devices already within a home, rather than finding ways to bring high-speed lines from outside. … [Read more…]
Virgin Radio gets interactice for Christmas
site. Sponsored by Goldfish, the interactive shopping list allows visitors to search through thousands of gift suggestions from games and champagne through to designer clothes. E-commerce partners currently include Orange, BT Highway, First Quench and Boxman.