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Nvidia enter the console wars Whilst Sony's Playstation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One might be sitting pretty as the best selling games consoles on the market, there is always room for a little healthy competition. Nintendo's Wii U arguably fulfils a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Mussel meat A leading discount frozen food company is selling bags of 'mussel meat'. I may be wrong, but I suspect these are the unfortunate shellfish deemed too manky to be sold whole, and are therefore mushed up and flogged in a heaving mass. Good...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Whilst I already covered the two major players at the 2015 Mobile Web Congress, Samsung and HTC were not the only companies to unveil something of note at this year's mobile electronics trade show. As was expected given the precedent already set by...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
This weekend at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, 2000 exhibitors and more than 86,000 visitors gathered to revel in everything portable and electronic. Traditionally the annual show (which continues throughout the week) is all about...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Razorfish London Razorfish London has named Jim Mason as executive director of strategy & insight. Mason joins the London team from the Razorfish Atlanta office, and will be formally leading the practice which unites strategy, insights, planning,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It was announced yesterday that the Publicis Groupe, which recently bought the $3.7 billion Sapient network, had begun exclusive negotiations in view of purchasing Relaxnews, the Parisian press agency with global expertise in consulting, production...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Last week was a big one when it came to exciting hires and promotions in ad world, and the weekend offered up a bevy of extra announcements, the lion's share of which we'll be examining below (Also see HERE for news on the latest hires over at DDB...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Omnicom Group agency DDB New York announced recently that three big new senior hires have been made: A trio of creative veterans who will be focusing on the agency's content and innovation, and whose appointment marks an ongoing overhaul of the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Yesterday Amazon unveiled WorkMail, a brand new product which offers email and calendaring services for corporate customers. The aim is for WorkMail to overtake Gmail and Outlook as the platform from which the company's corporate customers organise...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As a Mac user (I went Mac and never went back around the tail end of 2006), I honestly had very little interest in Microsoft's Windows 10 event, which took place yesterday (January 21), and I wasn't the only one. The announcement alone left people...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Why do they bother? Politicians, I mean - and specifically their ideas concerning technology. Because each and every time they open their mouths on the subject, they make utter fools of themselves. A shining example of this idiocy appeared last...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Amazon and the million dollar robot How to ride Kuratas Amazon Japan is now in the robotics business, with the gigantic robotic mech suit known as the “Kuratas,” recently uploaded to the company's technology section. Costing a svelte $1...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
TBWA\Chiat\Day New York TBWA\Chiat\Day New York has found its new CEO in the form of Rob Schwartz, who move into the (newly created) position from his previous role as global creative president for TBWA Worldwide. He will take charge of all...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Virtual Reality. The term itself might cause dreaded flashbacks to the early 90's, when many developers were convinced it was the future of home entertainment. With its vague, wonky textures, gigantic, ugly headsets that would give even Hulk Hogan...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Whilst 3D printing technology is a relatively modern concept, stop motion animation has been around for decades. Who would have thought then, that the two would fit together so effortlessly? Of course, when you look at it logistically, it's obvious...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If you unwrapped and unboxed a brand spanking new Playstation 4 or Xbox One console on Christmas morning, only to be met with a barrage of error messages and broken dreams, you were certainly not the only one. Indeed, both Sony's Playstation Network...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
CP+B Jason De Turris was named this week as the new chief strategy officer at CP+B, a promotion from his role as VP, executive planning director. As part of the promotion he'll be relocating to Hong Kong to help open the agency's new Hong Kong...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Sony find new ways to play in China Sony is launching its Playstation 4 console in China early next year on the 11th of January 2015, closely following arch rivals Microsoft, who launched their own Xbox One console in October; the first console to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Much like text messages and instant noodles, there was a time when audio logos seemed terribly brave and inventive. Received wisdom tells us Intel were the first to deploy such a thing, when they decreed their name could not be shown or spoken...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Oystercatchers Club Awards Marketing consultancy, Oystercatchers, held its annual awards at the Mayfair Hotel in London on Tuesday night (November 25), with winners including Saatchi & Saatchi, W&K, SapientNitro and Iris. Saatchi & Saatchi claimed...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The award-winning independent, creative, digital and technology consultancy ClearPeople, has just announced a new Senior Leadership team that will include Wesley Hogg as digital strategy services director, Luke Smith as cloud services manager, and...
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Though Facebook has already monopolised the social media market when it comes to our personal lives, it appears Mark Zuckerberg isn't content on stopping there. Sources familiar with the matter have hinted liberally at Facebook's plans to build a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
JWT London recently unveiled its news Debenhams campaign for the 2014 Christmas season. Dubbed “Found It,” the multi-channel campaign will run across all touch points, with a much heavier marketing push than in previous years. As well as...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The inaugural “Klout 50” was announced yesterday, ranking the top 50 global brands by their social influence and engagement. The list, ranked by Lithium Technologies, the software company that “Helps companies reinvent how they...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
CDW, the Fortune 500 technology solutions company, recently launched the latest version of their successful “People Who Get IT” campaign, debuting the new spot, featuring NBA hall of fame player Charles Barkley, last night during ESPN's Monday...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Last Wednesday, when Google announced their new “Inbox” app, which heralded a supposedly radical new approach to email management, very few people were 100% sold on it. Early reports from beta-testers, however, has been incredibly...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
CAA Marketing, the marketing division of the Creative Artists Agency (one of Hollywood's top talent agencies), has hired former Ogilvy & Mather Paris executive director and creative director Fred Levron to fill the same role at their Los Angeles...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The social media monitoring and analysis software company Crimson Hexagon, recently opened its new European headquarters on London's South Bank within the “WeWork London” workspace. The new office is home to a team that's expected to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The last week has seen a lot of creative moves, with announcements made from all corners of the globe. Perhaps the biggest announcement was made by video advertising firm TubeMogul, who hired Mauricio Leon, formerly of ZenithOptimedia, as commercial...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Addison Lee, the largest private hire minicab company in London, recently appointed Nick Constantinou as its new head of marketing and product innovation. Constantinou, who has previously held roles at McCann Erickson, AKQA overseeing product...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It was announced yesterday that MediaCom USA has hired industry veteran Thomas Rocco as managing partner and group account director as the lead on the agency's iconic Subway account. He joins MediaCom from Omnicom, where he served as executive vice...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Windows 8 was far from the success story that Microsoft likely envisioned. By almost completely forgetting their roots and attempting to stitch together their desktop and mobile into some kind of bizarre Frankenstein's monster of an operating system...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
OnLive, the world leader in cloud gaming, announced today that they are to form a strategic partnership with TP Vision, the manufacturing arm of Philips, which will involve the OnLive Game Service being pre-installed on all new Android powered...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
AccuWeather, the internet's top global weather information company, recently announced that a new version of its “Weather for Life” app has been released for Windows Phone users. This iteration of the app, which is also available for...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
3BlackDot, the multimedia entertainment company launched last month by former Machinima executives Angelo Pullen and Luke Stapleton in partnership with YouTube gaming influencers Tom Cassell and Adam Montoya, recently announced the appointment of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Boutique Los Angeles creative agency Omelet announced recently that Shannon McGlothin has been signed as the shop's group creative director. McGlothin, who is a veteran of the industry with time spent at several prominent agencies, will be leading...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns