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Hungry for the weekend External website

by Lolly and Nat, 10/02/2012

We stumbled across a fantastic recipe site this week whilst working on a brief, and what a happy stumble that was.

In case you need some inspiration for what to cook this weekend, or you love a bit of food porn, gojee is really worth a look.

by George Parker, 10/02/2012

Ooops, slight cock-up. Forgot to post a picture of Kate from my mind boggling collection housed on my basement iCray. Don’t worry, there’s lots more where this came from. No Hitler pics though… Unless you insist.
Cheers/George

by George Parker, 10/02/2012

I have to confess, I’ve been a tad tardy of late. No doubt Gordon is peeved. But, I promise to start catching up. Honest Gordo! I will post in the next day or so. Right now it’s naked Kate Moss day on AdScam, adscam so I have to post some tasty pictures. Don’t forget… Wednesday is Hitler day. I’ll be back!!!

by Louise Walters, 10/02/2012

Louise Walters, CEO of Priority Exhibitions, talks through five key ways she advises clients on how to really get the most from their exhibition stands to promote themselves at exhibitions and conferences.

by David Brennan, 10/02/2012

Deloitte's TMT 2012 predictions are as intriguing as usual and show the beautiful randomness of digital evolution. Data is not always 'black gold', addressability needs to be addressed...and mobile TV could be going places...

Google considers opening first retail store in Dublin External website

by @gordonmacmillan, 10/02/2012

Google looks like it could be following Amazon and opening a retail store. Unlike Amazon Google is reported to be planning to open its store in Europe.

We wrote earlier this week about how Amazon was planning to open its first Kindle store taking a leaf out of Apple’s book.

by Polly Becker, 10/02/2012

Last year Tesco Homeplus turned one of Seoul’s biggest subway stations (temporarily) into a virtual supermarket. Using a pre-downloaded smartphone app, commuters could scan item images, and have the groceries delivered straight to their home.

by @gordonmacmillan, 10/02/2012

LinkedIn has announced it has passed the 150 million member mark helping to seal its dominance over the professional social networking market. It passed the 100 million mark back in March 2011, but growth has been picking up steadily since then and it has added 20 million members since November.

by Greg Taylor, 10/02/2012

Wimpy South Africa announced the launch of their Braille menus with an inspiring video campaign featuring visually-impaired customers. Each person was given a burger with a description of its quality written in Braille on top of the bun with sesame seeds. The video resonated with many customers in this community, eventually reaching over 800,000 sight-impaired individuals.

by Polly Becker, 10/02/2012

Great, and exhaustive, infographic here from Hubspot on the complete history of marketing. From the days when any kind of technology was limited to the hands of a few before it slowly became available to the masses and eventually gave voice to consumers.

by Mark Macias, 10/02/2012

It is the social media debate circling the blogosphere. Is it ethical to buy Facebook fans for your business? We already know businesses are buying fans with Facebook ads, but some are taking it a step further, allowing companies to buy thousands of fans outright.

by Chris J Reed, 10/02/2012

The new Warrior Liverpool home shirt could look like this.....

American sports group Warrior Sports – owner of New Balance – have recently created the largest kit deal in the world with Liverpool FC worth some US$40m a year, beating Manchester United’s Nike deal.

by Ardi Kolah, 09/02/2012

The inspirational style and content of Joe Plumeri, Chairman and CEO, Willis.

Nice numbers from Publicis don’t excuse poor answers External website

by Bob Willott, 09/02/2012

Publicis is first out of the blocks with its results for 2011 and the figures look worth boasting about, although it would be premature to do so until the other global groups have declared their results too.

by Gabrielle Laine-Peters, 09/02/2012

Pinterest has caught the imagination of many and looks like the lastest scocial platfrom to catch fire after Instagram last year, but what is it? My take – a digital Scrapbook/pinboard for curation. Simple idea (they always seem to be the best).

by Polly Becker, 09/02/2012

It doesn’t get more high concept than this. We heard the iPhone 6 might be getting a curved display, but this is just downright insane.

Perhaps years ahead of its time, Flickr user Vchenjingyuangel‘s flexible iPhone concept simply serves to remind us that while a razor thin phone with a bendy screen would undoubtedly be very cool, it would also be quite impractical.

by Ruth Willis, 09/02/2012

If you’ve been reading the media press this last week or two, you’ll be convinced of two things: everyone wants to see David Beckham in his pants, and Facebook is about to take over the world.

by Greg Taylor, 09/02/2012

House Party is a website that encourages people to throw parties with a free pack of exclusive items from sponsoring brands.

Hosts choose from a list of parties offered by different brands and receive a pack full of goods to get the party started (sadly, booze and nibbles not included). Party packs can include everything from food and toys to beauty products and games. Guests don’t need to pay or sell anything – all they have to do is give feedback on the party pack items.

by MARTIN BOWLEY, 09/02/2012

Had lunch at the Wolseley last week, a real place not a place you follow or follows you or a place I have thank the good Lord ever seen someone become Sheriff of or been ousted.Nope its a place with real people with real lives and real stories.

by @gordonmacmillan, 09/02/2012

Are you a fan of the H&M David Beckham Super Bowl ad? It has had a mixed reaction from sone quarters and none more so that from CNN political analyst Roland Martin who was suspended on Wednesday for “offensive” tweets during the Super Bowl.

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