Monthly Archives: September 2010

Tablet Wars Have Just Begun

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The tablet wars just got a lot more interesting with the entry of Research In Motion, the makers of the Blackberry smartphone. Top companies like Hewlett-Packard Co. and Google Inc. planning to come out with tablet computers have a lot of work ahead of them … Read More

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Getting On Track with SEAT

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     We are very excited in MBA as last night saw the first transmission on Channel 4 of ‘On Track with SEAT‘ a new AFP (ad-funded programming) series which has been developed by us with Globe Productions & Universal Music. The series consists of … Read More

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Apple relaxes its iOS development restrictions

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We’ve already touched on Apple publishing clearer overall guidelines for their developers but here’s the other big change announced at the same time… Last week Apple made a few choice changes to its iOS Developer License Agreement. These revolved around restrictions placed on developers creating … Read More

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So, not much happening then…

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Luckily there’s 45 of us in MBA to keep on top of things. A quick look at 7 key things from the last 7 days sees the following: Book publishing takes another subtle turn, thanks to Stephen Fry Tools such as Seesmic keep having newer … Read More

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First!!!1one

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When something gets famous, everyone suddenly needs an opinion on it. Lady Gaga release a new video and everyone rushes to word-vomit over their respective blogs to claim that it’s artistic genius or the end of the world as we know it. It’s as if … Read More

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Ford’s social media guidelines: simplicity in motion

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A whole generation of social media gurus – I said the G word, erch – have made huge amounts of money (some of it real) conning large corporations into thinking there’s a whole new set of behaviours their people need to adopt when talking to … Read More

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Wise words from the Hoff

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I love a good quote, soI’ve got some interesting little rib-ticklers for you to enjoy. I especially enjoy quotes about advertising and media when the words of wisdom come from Bob Hoffman (aka The Ad Contrarian) – a cranky old curmudgeon from San Francisco-P-Coltrane. (Apparently … Read More

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Yesterdays Apple iTunes announcement

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Yesterday Apple held their annual iTunes and iPod event. While it wasn’t on a par with their recent iPad or iPhone launches – despite some neat new iPod products – there were some new developments announced which weave social networking into iTunes. These will fundamentally … Read More

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