by Ariel

New Thinking

arielcking — 2014-03-24 09:44:30 UTC

New Ideas

arielcking — 2014-03-24 09:45:36 UTC

New Research

arielcking — 2014-03-24 09:45:40 UTC

New News

arielcking — 2014-03-24 09:45:44 UTC

UK Tech

arielcking — 2014-03-24 09:46:04 UTC

Pew have released a report on future of the Internet that is well worth a read. Their experts predict that the Internet will become like 'electricity' - invisible and embedded in our lives, doing both good and harm.

mholden_uk — 2014-03-24 11:49:15 UTC

Is Facebook 'failing marketers'? Forrester have put out another provocative blog, claiming that reach rates of 6% or less mean that Facebook has become fundamentally less valuable for brands. And here's the counterpoint: that brands still haven't figured out to use Facebook properly.

mholden_uk — 2014-03-24 11:50:44 UTC

mholden_uk — 2014-03-24 11:53:45 UTC

Finally, some news on wearables that makes us think they could go mainstream after all. Google has released Android Wear, which promises to reshape UX for wearables as we might actually want to wear them. The next step is to de-couple wearables from smartphones to make them independently 'smart' devices.

Entertainment providers will be watching the roll out of Popcorn Time with some anxiety. It brings the UX of Netflix together with pirated film downloads, making it easy for anyone to browse and plug into illegal film file-sharing.

mholden_uk — 2014-03-24 11:56:22 UTC

It's Mobile Week here at St. Martin's Lane, and we need a mobile news story to make this relevant somehow!

mholden_uk — 2014-03-24 12:01:05 UTC

As we focus on mobile this week, Google is heading for a significant milestone: mobile devices will account for more than 50% of all paid ad clicks on Google by December 2015, according to analysis published by Marin.

mholden_uk — 2014-03-24 12:02:34 UTC

We are big fans of Millward-Brown's AdReaction - a beautifully presented compendium of multiscreen behaviour. For example, we now use smartphones, on average, 111 minutes each day, now more than the 97 minutes spent per day on PC's.

mholden_uk — 2014-03-24 12:04:57 UTC

Messaging apps are increasingly shaping our use of smartphones. Ted Livingstone provides an insider's view of how they will evolve, arguing that apps like WhatsApp have to move beyond being a 'free SMS' service into a platform for media sharing to occupy a sustainable place in users smartphone experiences.

mholden_uk — 2014-03-24 12:09:01 UTC

wireWAX have made a TV episode full shoppable

arielcking — 2014-03-24 12:11:21 UTC

I didn't even know Cougar Town was still on TV (Courtney Cox's income post-Friends/Scream) But this is quite an interesting use of wireWAX's tech

Nate Silver, who shot to fame during the 2012 US presidential election, has launched his own data journalism start-up, FiveThirtyEight. And his launch manifesto is spells out in compelling detail how data will come to define journalism in the near future.

mholden_uk — 2014-03-24 12:14:05 UTC

Flappy Bird coming back to the App store

arielcking — 2014-03-24 12:15:07 UTC

Not that exciting, I've never played it anyhow, but thought I'd share.

Indie band Vulfpeck have very cleverly 'gamed' Spotify, by releasing Sleepify, a totally silent 8-hour album into Spotify to accompany an 8-hour sleep cycle. They're going to use the proceeds of their royalties on it to fund a tour. And Spotify seem to playing along too. Good on them.

mholden_uk — 2014-03-24 12:16:54 UTC

Twitter #Music dead on 18APR

arielcking — 2014-03-24 12:18:51 UTC

It's barely been a year since it launched...

AOL ON - launches premium video in the UK

arielcking — 2014-03-24 12:21:42 UTC

Too little too late in the world of video content?

TechStars London's 2014 Teams

arielcking — 2014-03-24 12:23:50 UTC

Useful?

Now this is literally mobile-first: Burberry have used Instagram to announce the launch of a new fragrance campaign featuring Cara Delevingne and Kate Moss. Say goodbye to the press release, and hello to the instantly-sharable-photo-release.

mholden_uk — 2014-03-24 12:25:29 UTC

Just Eat IPO

arielcking — 2014-03-24 12:25:34 UTC

Not sure where this fits in - is this something for Domino's to be concerned with?

96% of consumers find video useful when buying online

arielcking — 2014-03-24 13:51:06 UTC

New Chipotle campaign in the UK and new 22-video short series 'Farmed and Dangerous

arielcking — 2014-03-24 13:52:36 UTC

#nomakeupselfie raises £2m in donations not even a Cancer Research UK campaign

arielcking — 2014-03-24 13:54:15 UTC

Real-time Advertising spend increased 80% in 2013

arielcking — 2014-03-24 13:55:49 UTC

Virtual View raises $500,000

wandering_jon_w — 2014-03-24 14:45:53 UTC