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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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A Preview of Twitter Cards

Social Media Aug 3, 12 by Dan Osburn

Our friends and Engine partners at Deep Focus sent us their view on Twitter Cards and what they mean to marketers ...

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Socialympics: Off to an Early Start

Social Media Jul 17, 12 by Dan Osburn

Way back in February, we dubbed the 2012 Games the Socialympics - as they will be the first truly social mobile Olympic Games. And now, 10 days from the Opening Ceremony, all the social media fun is starting to kick off already. Just hours after arriving ...

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Diamond Standard: Should CEOs Learn to Hug a Hashtag?

Social Media Jul 10, 12 by Dan Osburn

Last week we learnt a new way to fling a digital finger up at anyone foolish enough to incur our social media rage - Nell Diamond’s #HMD is definitely a contender for most notorious hashtag of the year, arriving as an unexpected contrib ...

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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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Jam in the Press: Samsung ties with artists for 'creative' Note campaign

Jam in Press Jun 12, 12 by Dan Osburn

Our upcoming #Breakfree project for Samsung has been featured in Marketing magazine: The first film in the ‘Breakfree’ series, which debuts this week, features ‘guerrilla’ textile artist Olek travelling the UK in a knitted taxi and adorning various landmarks with colour ...

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ROFLCon: Internet Culture is Serious Play

People May 9, 12 by Dan Osburn

"Some are tempted to think of life in cyberspace as insignificant, as escape or meaningless diversion. It is not. Our experiences there are serious play. We belittle them at our risk." - Sherry Turkle, Life On The Screen (1995) Last Friday, anyone walking through the doors o ...

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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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Why would you camp outside Nike Town?

People Mar 15, 12 by Dan Osburn

Our own Katie Graham explains why ...

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Keep Calm and Carry On? Against the Riots - Be the Change

Buzz Monitoring Aug 16, 11 by Dan Osburn

After the devastation of the 2011 riots we saw hope break despondency and the communities of ‘broken Britain’ rally together to show courage and solidarity in the face of adversity. As quickly as social media was attributed to fueling the riots, so was it quick to facil ...

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