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March 11, 2010 15:08
by Dudley

Youtube annotations are finally being used in an interesting way by a big brand. The world's largest toy company Mattel is using YouTube's techonology in a major digital campaign for its new product Hot Wheels Custom Motors. The new product allows you to customise your vehicle in over 100 combinat...
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March 10, 2010 10:11
by Claire

Having just watched a short video about Google's taking over the world, the Internet, and the very cables that deliver said Internet, and spent a short aftermath considering the potential evils of the company, I've been quite easily won over by this new release: Google Public Data Explorer.
Googl...
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Chat Roulette stats are in from a film-maker who's become strangely interested in the feature. "And like everyone else on the planet I quickly became obsessed," he says. The new site at chatroulette.com which launched in November and describes itself as a "brand new service for one-on-one text, ...
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Do you support saving 6 music? Ashely Norris has written a skeptical blog recently asking whether the 6 music cuts are a Wispa campaign - as such things shall all become known in the future. As the BBC "needs to be seen to be making cuts" threatening to remove public service 6 Music which costs &...
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Today there's been development in the tech monopolies. Microsoft, home of I'm a PC, Windows 7 was my idea, and recent makeovers has launched their first app for the Android phone. Notably Android is a Google product, and whilst the app's been available since February 1st on Symbian, iPhone OS, a...
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February 26, 2010 18:17
by Dudley

We have a habit of starting traditions at (untitled) and mainly on a Friday; and what with the bacon sarnies for breakfast, thai for lunch and pub after work we probably thought the end of the week couldn't get any more exciting...until this Friday that is.
Today the creative team who normally ha...
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February 26, 2010 12:12
by Kieron

First doodle for some time, hope to have some more gems soon!
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February 25, 2010 16:01
by Claire

Yelp is getting a mass of bad press today. The site, which launched on 2004 and works essentially like Qype does; compiling users' reviews into a massive bank of helpful and handy local information has been lawsuited upon over advertising. Advertising, quite specifically, that comes in the form ...
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February 25, 2010 12:42
by Claire

It's a bad week for the internet. Not only has the official RickRoll been killed but Google's having a messy week. Italian Google Execs including the senier vide president and chief legal officer, former chief financial officer, and global privacy counsel, have been found guilty following the vi...
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February 19, 2010 09:51
by Dudley

Today Photoshop celebrates it's 20th birthday, even though it's only had history for the last 12 years (joke courtesy of Sea Dog). Events have been organised globally to celebrate including a celebration in San Francisco hosted by the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), a 20-ho...
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February 17, 2010 09:58
by Claire

Strange new ventures from Microsoft today. Presumably in response to the fact Apple have got the image thing pinned down; turquoise in-store t-shirts and kings of the thick-glasses look, whilst Microsoft dither with the image of Peep Show's Mark playing the PC in fuddy-duddy 80s suit and other st...
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February 16, 2010 14:41
by Claire

Back in Summer, I witnessed the planning of Confused.com's new PR strategy. Since then, they've bubbled-wrapped a street in a massive PR stunt as Cake are wont to do. Now, BMB have got on board and produced an array of adverts that hopes to portray a simple message in response to mighty Meerkat ...
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February 10, 2010 15:39
by Claire

More interesting than Google Buzz, over which the general public can't seem to decide if it loves, hates it, or just wants to shout loudly about it without having a real opinion, Google Street View Snowmobile has appeared. Joyfully trumping the Street Car and Street Trike, Snow mobile will be tra...
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February 9, 2010 12:53
by Claire

Yes, the hectic development of old competition: Google is to add social media features to the gmail email platform bringing it yet more directly as a threat to Facebook and Twitter. The announcement should come this week, and the important bit is based around ads. Stuff functionality to a point ...
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February 9, 2010 09:43
by Dudley

You might not think you need a whole day devoted to cleaning up your PC but after years of neglect it might be just what your computer needs. Yesterday was National PC Cleanup Day, a yearly reminder to organise your files, clean your computer and run virus scans (well unless you're on a mac). Also...
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February 2, 2010 10:03
by Dudley

Yesterday saw this years 'National Sickie Day', where the number of workers pulling a sickie was expected to peak...not the best day for me to fall ill. Apparently the first Monday in February is the worst day for people calling in sick; and with up to 350,000 employess doing so it could cost the ...
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February 2, 2010 09:51
by Claire

An Adobe employee has spent this weekend making silly pictures of iPads. With Apple's new iPod Touchesque tablet machine released last week crucially without the addition of Flash, Adobe's got a bit upset - but the bit that's caught attention are the actions of Adobe Evangelist Lee Brimelow ...
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January 28, 2010 12:19
by Claire

The Apple iPad has been launched. We have made some feminine-hygeine jokes, chortled, and idly wondered if we'll be inclined to buy it. Unfortunately we then had to turn off our Twitter apps because the inundation was unbearable.
There is other important news in the world today, aside from Appl...
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January 27, 2010 15:42
by Claire

Apple is soaring today. Ahead of their new product announcements, the rate of iPhone sales and share prices has upped significantly. If you fancy using your iPod touch or iPhone to pretend to be a shareholder, iTrade is a great app that simulated trading - unfortunately you don't win any money b...
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January 27, 2010 14:03
by suhel

We have a full-time opening for a junior to mid-level asp.net developer in our East London based digital creative agency.
You’ll be joining our small team of developers and will have the full support of the technical lead to help you grow and develop. You’ll help devise solutions and ...
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