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Engine agencies Jam and Synergy have launched rugby’s first-ever interactive companion app, the RBS 6 Nations Live Challenge. The app breaks new ground for rugby fans, using dual screen interaction to revolutionise and enhance the live match experience for fans watching at home. The app is designed to be played while fans watch the RBS Continue reading →
2012 is meant to be the start of The End of Days, so these predictions may have a very short shelf life. We are living in unprecedented times. In a social media industry that is barely 5 years old, it has helped to elect Presidents, topple dictators, disrupt industries and free customers. The force of Continue reading →
Over the last few days London and other parts of the country have seen unprecedented levels of violence and disorder following the riots that began in Tottenham on Saturday night. As the violence and looting erupted on that night, I wrote a post on my Urban Mashup blog about how young people appeared to be Continue reading →
With the Olympic games fast approaching, many marketeers are still left wondering how to associate their brands. Jam’s MD Alex Miller speaks to Brand Republic about the impact of social: In 2010 we had the first social media Olympics, in Vancouver, where the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) eyes were opened to the huge opportunities on the Continue reading →
Forget your wallet and cash, the future has arrived – Mobile money is here. Near field communication technology (NFC) is now moving rapidly towards widespread adoption. Well, almost – if recent announcements, media buzz and consumer anticipation is anything to go by, the signs are encouraging: Google is set to unveil plans for a mobile Continue reading →
Tweetbot rivals Twitter for iPhone. I took Tapbot’s new Twitter application, Tweetbot, for a spin this week, and, as predicted by the hype, I was extremely impressed. With intuitive features, that easily highlight the restrictions of the official Twitter app, it’s a strong application for the tweeter on the go. And bar a couple of Continue reading →
Obama Wants You…Tube On Monday, it was reported that Barack Obama had kicked off his 2010 Presidential campaign via a YouTube video. Labeled with the statement: ‘the politics we believe in starts not with expensive TV ads or extravaganzas, but with you’, his campaign video, ‘It Begins With Us’, supports the idea of ‘people power’ Continue reading →
Having been down to the Regent Street Apple store earlier this morning, we thought we’d be missing out if we didn’t catch the 5pm launch! It was immediately apparent that the rest of London had the same idea as us; it was madness. There were people, taking photos of people, taking photos of people waiting Continue reading →
This morning, we headed down to the Regent Street Apple store and caught up with Jewels Lewis. He’s first in line to get the iPad 2, he’s been there since 7:30am Thursday morning – and he even missed his son’s 12th birthday for it! (Don’t worry though, he was given permission!)
On Tuesday 15th of March 2011, Jam had the pleasure of taking a select number of invited bloggers along for an exclusive preview of the Sky News iPad app, courtesy of – you guessed it – Sky. The event was a huge success, offering some of the UK’s top technology and news bloggers (including Lucy Continue reading →
