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Where the internet lives

October 18, 2012

It’s a picture of Google that you wouldn’t possibly imagine when you think of the search engine giant that, increasingly, is directly involved in many other services. Multiple pictures, in fact, that tell a story far more valuable than 1,000 words. Stunning photographs accompany a great report in the Daily Mail that takes a look [...]

Filed Under: Business, Communication, Hardware, Innovation, Public Relations, Technology, Web Tagged With: Google, [From Google+]

Humour’s a funny thing

July 27, 2012

What’s funny to you or I may not be to anyone else. Case in point – SpecSavers‘ press ad in the UK today over the Korean flag mixup at #London2012. I can see the humour certainly. But I wonder how the Koreas might especially with both flags portrayed together like that. Pretty sensitive issues for [...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Communication, Humour, Marketing, Public Relations, Reputation, Society Tagged With: #London2012, [From Google+]

RIP Blackberry

July 20, 2012

A great analysis in The New York Times magazine of RIM and brand destruction. This share price chart says it all. Story: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/07/how-the-blackberry-died.html Google+: View post on Google+ Post imported by Google+Blog. Created By Daniel Treadwell.

Filed Under: Business, Investor Relations, Marketing, Mobile, Public Relations, Reputation, Technology Tagged With: Blackberry, [From Google+]

The 2012 Olympics TV experiences look very good

July 13, 2012

Whatever else is going on about the London 2012 Olympics – border control nightmares at Heathrow, cracks in the M4 motorway, cellular network outages, not enough security staff – it looks like mainstream broadcast media have things well under control to offer amazing experiences throughout the games. The BBC already announced details of its blanket [...]

Filed Under: Business, Communication, Entertainment, Events, Experiences, Mainstream Media, Mobile, Online Media, Radio, Social Networks, Society, Sport, Technology, Television, Web Tagged With: #London2012, [From Google+]

Olympic transformation

July 2, 2012

The London 2012 Olympics are just twenty-five days away. In the UK, the BBC has started building a sense of excitement… Check everything the BBC is planning for this global event. Reshared post from +BBC News The BBC has just released its trail and titles sequence for the Olympic Games. Watch the 60 seconds film [...]

Filed Under: Communication, Entertainment, Events, Experiences, Mainstream Media, Social Media, Society, Sport, Technology, Television, Web Tagged With: #London2012, [From Google+]

Barclays cultural crookery and immorality

June 28, 2012

What a destruction of trust in this report of what people in Barclays Bank have been doing behind the scenes and for which the bank has been fined £290 million. [...] Former City minister Lord Myners told the BBC that the people at the top should take responsibility for “a complete cultural failure”. He said [...]

Filed Under: Business, Communication, Employee Communication, Ethics, Investor Relations, Public Relations, Reputation, Society, Workplace Tagged With: [From Google+]

From the “What were you thinking!” PR department

June 15, 2012

A bit of a kerfuffle has erupted with US retailing giant Walmart at the heart of it, as The Guardian reports: Stephanie Harnett, a publicist working for Mercury Communications, which has been retained by Walmart to assist in its effort to open a new store in the Chinatown area of Los Angeles, claimed to be [...]