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Socialympics: Twitter’s Quicker, but the BBC is Balanced.

Social Mobile Aug 6, 12 by Dan Osburn

It’s fair to say that coverage of sporting events has never pleased everyone – there will always be disgruntled viewers. Ten years ago people would retreat to forums or real-life conversation to moan, today the method of expressing one’s immediate disgust is primarily Twitter. The BBC have taken their fair share of criticism durin ...

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From the Jam Jar: 5 must-read links for Friday

Social Media Jun 22, 12 by Dan Osburn

Beneath the Surface, a closer look at Microsoft’s New Tablet This week Microsoft announced the clever design and engineering of their new tablet ‘Surface’. Although much of the attention has focussed on the tech behind the new tablet, there h ...

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Blogging - For Love or Money?

Digital PR Jun 14, 12 by Dan Osburn

The ethics of paying your writers in the digital age.

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Vintage Marketing is Trending on Pinterest

Social Media May 29, 12 by Dan Osburn

Product boxes, old ads, outdated signs, ancient packaging. These are the marketing materials that served their purpose once upon a time.

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Jam in the Press: We’ve hit the point of no return with social mobile

Jam in Press May 28, 12 by Dan Osburn

Dan Beasley, our Head of Mobile, was featured in NMA's Industry Opinion section last week. In case you missed the original publication, here is what Dan had to say about the rise of social mobile:   Social and Mobile are two of the most popular words in digital right now. However, if we’re ...

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The Jam Jar: social media stories you can’t afford to miss

May 11, 12 by Dan Osburn

Facebook Rolls Out File-Sharing for All Groups – Will Facebook become the next Dropbox? Facebook IPO Said to Get Weaker-Than-For ...

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Jailed for a Tweet? Making sense of the Louise Mensch trolling mess.

Social Media May 3, 12 by Dan Osburn

Over the past couple of days, Conservative MP Louise Mensch has publicised a serious of violent, sexually abusive, misogynist tweets she’s gotten from troglodytes on Twitter who don’t agree with her opinions on the parliamentary report regarding News Corp.  Instead of disagreeing with her on the merits of her argument, they’ve called her ...

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Social Spotlight: Tumblr

Social Media Mar 30, 12 by Dan Osburn

Tumblr is the UK’s second-most popular social network, but it is talked about much less than Facebook, Twitter or even newcomers like Pinterest or Highlight.

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The hottest blogs to watch for 2012

Blogging Dec 20, 11 by Mel Kirk

Here at Jam, we love blogs. We spend all day working with bloggers and all night reading their posts. It would appear our mothers never warned us about getting square eyes. Given our blog-nerd-levels, we thought we'd share with you the blogs we think will continue to see growth throughout 2012...you know, in case you're stuck with nothing ...

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Bing Event: Top London bloggers reveal their view on #yourbritain

Jun 7, 11 by Dan Osburn

Bound by a love of photography and inspired by the work of Dizzee Rascal, 26 of London’s top bloggers descended upon Jam HQ on Saturday 4 June to take part in the Bing #yourbritain Blogger Outreach Event.

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