Social Media
Balloonacy is back!
Orange has announced the return of the award winning online game Balloonacy, the world’s first internet balloon race.
Festival goers tag themselves into the record books
The Guinness World Records have confirmed that Glastonbury Festival's 2010 communications partner, Orange, has succeeded in setting the new world record for the Most People Tagged in an Online Photo.
Free tickets for tweeting modern brides
Luna Rosa (lunarosa.co.uk) the Italian specialist luxury events and weddings company, is offering brides to be complimentary tickets to the Modern Bride Show, 5-7 November, when they join them on Twitter.
Social networking website users urged to use caution
Over a third of UK adults are regularly using social networking sites to update people on their actions and whereabouts, without consideration of the risks associated - according to research by The Co-operative Insurance.
Controversial Frenchman returns to Gisburn
This weekend, Lancashire will roll out the red carpet for Claude – the Frenchman who caused uproar the last time he visited our shores when he compared Gisburn to his home town Menton.
Social media guidance produced for insurance brokers
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has produced a collection of legal guidance to help brokers understand and manage the potential risks surrounding the use of social media.
Search is on for 'Geek of the Year'
Geek and nerd used to be interchangeable negative terms, but not any more. Website geeks.co.uk is scouring the UK to find their Geek of the Year 2010 – the person who embodies the definition of what it means to be a geek in the modern age.
Unleash the value of your ‘hidden talents’
VideojugPages.com is a new knowledge sharing website that enables anyone to freely and easily share the things they know and earn money in the process.
O2 launches UK’s first location-based mobile marketing
O2 has become the first network provider to offer large-scale location-based mobile marketing in the UK, enabling brands to deliver relevant SMS and MMS to consumers in a more targeted, engaging and effective way than ever before.
Web benefits failing to click with over 60s
80 per cent of over 60s who are offline have a lack of awareness of the benefits of the internet, according to a new survey from the Post Office to mark the run-up to ‘Get Online Week’ which aims to show people across the UK how simple it is to reap the benefits that access to the internet can bring.
Autoglym on the hunt for the ultimate car care tweet
Autoglym has launched a competition to find brief-but-brilliant car care tips on Twitter, and is offering money-can’t-buy collections of personalised premium car care products for the most inventive submissions.
Land Rover Freelander 2 Claynation campaign
Land Rover has launched a new global marketing campaign for the 2011 Freelander 2, featuring an animated character named 'Clay Mason'. The campaign will premier a 30 second film online from today and air on TV in the UK from January 2011.
The great British enthusiast
Britain’s unheralded enthusiasts are documented in Matt Stuart’s observational street photography. As intrigued by these subjects as they are obsessed by their varying hobbies, Matt is increasingly drawn by their relentless passion and sense of community.
Fans of Santa’s Lapland should head for Facebook
Santa Lapland holiday specialist Esprit Holidays (santaslapland.com) is celebrating this year’s road to Christmas with the launch of a new Facebook fan page offering the opportunity for fans to click `like’ to enter a draw to win a goody bag including a DVD or Blu Ray copy of Nativity!, the fun family film starring Martin Freeman and Alan Carr, on release in the UK on 22nd November.
More Europeans on-line but concerned about costs and security
Europeans are becoming increasingly "digital" according to a European Commission Eurobarometer survey which questioned 27,000 households throughout the EU on their use of internet, telephones and TV.