To Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 we go… did you catch the simulcast of the third instalment of T-Mobile‘s ‘flashmob’ series of advertisements on Friday? If not, don’t worry, you can stay connected with the zeitgeist with the full 3 minute sponsored video here: Although it’s about a million miles away from an actual flashmob (clearly, [...]
Archive | October, 2010
Tesco’s mobile scanning feature is really, really smart
I think I’m right in saying that Tesco is the second largest supermarket chain on the planet just before the Wal-Mart group of companies. In the UK alone, Tesco employs almost 300,000 people working across over 2,500 stores. It’s a veritable giant. Beyond a quick foray into a rather featureless (yet highly popular) Clubcard app, [...]
T-Mobile’s Heathrow Flashmob premieres Friday at 2215 on Channel4
T-Mobile have done it again with their Flashmobbing. This time they are apparently welcoming home weary travellers arriving into Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5. Heh. A combined total of 28 million folk watched the last two flashmob videos (the Liverpool Street dance and the Trafalgar Square Karaoke event). And if you assume there’s about 60-70 million [...]
Apple iPhone 3G/3GS/4 bug grants access to address book & telephone
Ah dear. What is it with Apple? Can’t they make their devices actually work properly from a security standpoint? Given the fact that millions of businesses are moving to standardise on them, you’d think they’d have thought a little bit more carefully about getting the basic security correct. What’s the problem? Well, it’s simple: Even [...]
The Comfort Blanket That Is Mobile: When A Citroen Van Smacked Into My Range Rover On The M40 Motorway
I was rushing into London the other day for one of the Windows Phone launch events. Normally I’d take the train but the car made a lot more sense given I had my camera equipment with me. I should explain that I drive a Range Rover. With the exception of a summer zooming around the [...]
Sony Ericsson set to ‘blow the doors off’ Droidcon
I asked Dominic Travers, one of the organisers of this week’s Droidcon android conference, to give us a preview of one of the event’s keynotes. If you haven’t got your ticket yet, there are still a few left so be quick. I’m looking forward to it! Over to Dominic: – – – – – Traditionally [...]
The Data Capacity Crunch, Part 1
The Data Capacity Crunch In Part 1 of our video series focusing on the data capacity crunch, we talk to o2′s Head of Consumer Marketing, Jonathan Earle to find out his perspective on the issue. Over to Jonathan… This series is jointly produced with the talented people at Mobile Entertainment magazine‘s ME TV channel.
The Smartphone Obsession in Marketing, Part 6
The Smartphone Obsession Here’s Part 5 of the Smartphone Obsession Series that I’m producing thanks to the support of mobile messaging giant, OpenMarket. In the final episode, I sat down with InMobi’s top man in Europe, Rob Jonas, to find out what he thinks about the smartphone obsession issue. Over to Rob… Download M4V Video [...]
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The Smartphone Obsession in Marketing, Part 5
The Smartphone Obsession Here’s Part 5 of the Smartphone Obsession Series that I’m producing thanks to the support of mobile messaging giant, OpenMarket. This time I’ve put OpenMarket on the spot — I sat down with their European Sales Director, Adrian Sarosi, to find out what he thought of the smartphone obsession issue. Over to [...]
The Smartphone Obsession in Marketing, Part 4
The Smartphone Obsession Here’s Part 4 of the Smartphone Obsession Series that I’m producing thanks to the support of mobile messaging giant, OpenMarket. I managed to get Carl Martin of Mobsessed to talk on camera about his perspective on the mobile marketing industry’s obsession with smartphones. Over to Carl… Download M4V Video | Subscribe to [...]
50% Droidcon discount for Symbian’s laid-off workers
Quick note in from Dominic, one of the chaps behind next week’s Droidcon event: Hi Ewan. Have just seen breaking news on the Register that Symbian workers in London and Cambridge have been told to go home this morning. I would like to invite the all to attend droidcon for half price. Any chance you [...]
Microsoft’s London Windows Phone launch: Stylish, upbeat, confident
I’ve just arrived back from the swish Microsoft Windows Phone party held tonight in London. Goodness me there’s a buzz about the company. The excitement was demonstrable and the beautiful people were out in force for the event. “Are there a lot of famous people here, then?” I asked, scanning the crowd and recognising nobody. [...]
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