OKCupid ‘crazy blind date’ app sets up random dates within hours
Dating site OkCupid has launched Crazy Blind Date, a new mobile app that set singles up on blind dates with only a few hours notice.
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B2B marketing tips: The “S” Word
How do you know that what you are doing as a B2B marketeer is right? How do you know that your marketing plans are going to be successful in the long term? Or that you are creating the right foundations for the future. Are you marketing effectively and getting the right return on your investment? … [Read more…]
HMV goes into administration: Over 4,000 jobs at risk
HMV has gone into administration, as the entertainment retail giant succumbs to increased competition from online retailers and supermarkets.
Social media fail: Retailer faces backlash after trading bush fire donations for ‘likes’
An Australian online shopping site has apologised for using the bush fire crisis in Tasmania to try to build the number of followers for its Facebook page.
Apple 'halves orders for iPhone 5 components'
Apple has halved orders for iPhone 5 components, suggesting sales have not been as strong as expected, according to reports.
Apple ‘halves orders for iPhone 5 components’
Apple has halved orders for iPhone 5 components, suggesting sales have not been as strong as expected, according to reports.
Right to reply: ITV rebrand neglects online video segregation
ITV’s rebrand has now gone live, with a broader range of idents to position the broadcaster at the “heart of popular culture”. However, John Oswald at service design consultancy Fjord argues ITV still need to align their online video player to the TV content.
Right to reply: CES’s hardware focus is making it increasingly dated
The annual Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas is dominating the technology news, as usual, but according to Nick Dillon, senior device analyst at Ovum, “the show’s continuing focus on hardware is making it look increasingly dated, as the majority of innovation is now happening in software and services rather than in hardware design”
Apprentice star debuts ‘Whisk’ recipe shopping app
Nick Holzherr, a runner-up from last year’s Apprentice final, has launched an online food app, based on his losing business plan from the BBC show.
ITV rebrands with new logo and channel names
Broadcaster ITV has launched a major rebrand, including a ‘colour-shifting’ new logo and new identities for all five of its channels, including ITV1 changing to just ‘ITV’.