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I sat down to watch Apple's WWDC15 keynote speech last night with a certain degree of trepidation. On one hand, the company was unlikely to make any dramatic announcements having only just released the surprisingly successful Apple Watch, but on the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Nintendo shoot down Android rumours Whilst all of gadget land might well be salivating at the prospect of today's impending WWDC Apple keynote speech (check back tomorrow for my thoughts on that), it is the Californian tech giants primary rival in...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Introducing the “Anti” Smartphone Whilst many of us have become a little too attached to our smart devices in recent years (myself included), there are still those amongst us who long for a simpler time, when our phones were just that;...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Liberal Democrats After a disastrous election (by anyone's estimation) that saw the departure of their figurehead Nick Clegg after he managed to hold on to a paltry 8 seats (down from 57 in 2010), it's not surprising that the Liberal Democrat...
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Final Oculus Rift Designs confirmed The Oculus Rift is almost ready to meet its public, with the much hyped virtual reality headset due to hit shelves next year. The final design for the set was recently unveiled, and whilst it hasn't altered...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Albion – Wahanda Wahanda; the online marketplace for booking hair and beauty treatments, has appointed Albion as it retained agency. The relationship kicked off earlier this week with a fully integrated campaign to raise awareness of the Wahanda...
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The Green Party - Change The Tune Unlike the US position, political parties in the UK aren't permitted to buy up airtime for promotional purposes. They are, however, allocated pre-arranged slots on which to display their wares - and this is the...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
A new campaign for the SurfAid charity organisation from BWM Dentsu encourages people to literally make a donation in their sleep. The organisation, which works hand-in-hand with the communities of Western Sumatra, Sumbawa and Sumba in the Mentawai...
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Amazon Sources familiar with both companies have been suggesting this week that Amazon has shelled out between $50 and $70 million for a deal to secure Crytek's CryEngine game engine. The engine has been used to power the Far Cry and Crysis...
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A brand is the visual, emotional, rational, and even cultural image that people associate with a product or with a company. Brands are more important at this period in time than any time in the past century. Brands bring together psychology and...
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Say what you like about Facebook, but Mark Zuckerber's social media monopoliser has (for better or worse) become an integral part of our shared cultural heritage in recent years. Who amongst you, the media-savvy Creativepool reader, could honestly...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Samsung and Leo Burnett recently achieved quite a monumental feat when they allowed an Australian father to witness his child being born from over 4,000 kilometres away using the Samsung Gear VR headset. A world-first live streaming event, Jason...
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The ubiquitous music streaming service Spotify is abandoning its trademark black and green for a bold redesign, which will see the brand injected with colour. The look was designed by the New York-based consultancy, Collins, and adds a number of...
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Twitter Twitter officially announced this week that it acquired the live-streaming app Periscope back in January, and several sources have hinted that it will shortly be launched as a separate app with the ability to watch both live and previously...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
“Superfast broadband is much faster and more reliable than standard broadband. It lets you make video calls, do homework online and stream music, all at much higher speeds - and all at the same time.” That’s what the Government...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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...
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Mars - Winning Yes, we all know they're much smaller than they used to be (Mars have admitted as much). But they're still one of the leading chocolate brands, and need the power of advertising to maintain that position. Fortunately, the Mars people...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
The independent, London-based brand consultancy Venturethree has created a colourful new brand identity for NOW TV, the TV streaming service from Sky, marking the first rebrand since the service launched back in July 2012. The new identity features a...
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A couple of weeks ago, we covered some of the commercials filling the breaks in the Superbowl - one of which came from Coca-Cola. That particular spot invited viewers to submit negative tweets to a hashtag, whereupon the words would be transformed...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
As a self-professed creature of the online age, a solid 90% of my shopping is done from the comfort of my own home, most often at my office desk, occasionally whilst on the toilet (don't tell me I'm the only one). As such the idea of a brand such as...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In the latest is a series of significant culls for the supermarket chain since Dave Lewis took over as CEO last September, it was announced yesterday that Tesco's Blinkbox Books e-book service would be closing, following a failed sale to Waterstones....
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Last year, M&C Saatchi bought the digital agency Lean Mean Fighting Machine for an estimated £10 million as part of an ongoing effort to help establish itself in London. It would appear, however, that the move was actually part of a larger...
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Firefox joins the virtual reality bandwagon Last week, Mozilla made good on their promise to bring virtual reality to the popular Firefox web browser by implementing support for WebVR (an experimental API that makes it easier to connect the browser...
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If you've yet to climb aboard the Netflix bandwagon then it's probably for one of three reasons:- You simply don't watch enough TV/Movies to warrant the subscription. You're using a friend or family member's account and don't see the point in...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The 60 second phone charger Storedot Flash Battery As convenient and powerful as smartphones have become, recharging them can be a monumental hassle. Indeed, there are few smartphones currently on the market that can make it through a day without...
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WPP certainly appear to be stepping into 2015 with both feet forward! Firstly, it's been suggested that WPP might be considering a £2 billion purchase of Tesco's Dunnhumby data division. This would mark yet another major technology purchase for...
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Barclays embrace face-to-face video Barclays recently became the first UK bank to allow customers to use face-to-face video banking via their phones, laptops and tablets. The service will launch on December 8 and will allow premier account members...
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The car rental firm, Europcar, recently announced that it would be shifting its digital advertising strategy, beginning with a campaign that uses Affectv's Persona Discovery Platform. Affectv is a digital advertising agency that calls itself an...
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Uber is the revolutionary taxi service that's taken the US by storm and is set to make a similar impression over here as it moves into its third English City; Leeds, following successful debuts in London and Manchester. The Uber technology platform...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
YouTube, the infinitely successful video streaming site now owned by Google, announced a new service yesterday, which might well out-do Spotify at their own game. If it lives up to its own hype that is. YouTube Music Key attempts to radically alter...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Country darling turned stratospheric pop star Taylor Swift caused a minor uproar last week when she (or more accurately her record label) decided to pull her back catalogue from Spotify, including the new album “1989,” which is set to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Shop Direct Takes The Cake Shop Direct, the owner of digital retail brands such as Very and Littlewood's, recently named the Cake group as its retained PR agency following a competitive pitch. Lee Publicity will contain to be kept on retainer as...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Recently, Channel 4 Sales partnered with Innovid to launch a selection of interactive video ads (or iVODs) for its 4oD (4 On Demand) apps on iOS mobiles and tablets, becoming the first broadcaster to do so. This means that from this point onwards,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Nik Wallenda, the man they call “The King of the Highwire” is about to attempt his most audacious tightrope walk yet; traversing the Chicago skyline. He will also be walking a portion of the rope wearing a blindfold, leaving his...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The UK-based audio equipment maker Bose recently consolidated its media agency business between Interpublic Group and WPP shops after a lengthy review, which began in the spring. The review, which was supported by the London-based search consultancy...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
London's Old Street EC1 Roundabout has recently been brought kicking and screaming into the 21st century with a state-of-the-art, four-screen digital billboard. To celebrate this digitisation, a YouTube ad campaign has been launched to raise...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns