Google kills off virtual world Lively
Google is scrapping Lively, its virtual reality rival to Second Life, just four months after launching the service. The company plans to shut down Lively at the end of the year.
21 November 2008 16:00 |No Xmas advertising for Next
Clothing retailer Next has decided against launching a Christmas TV campaign this year. The move comes after the retailer's chief executive, Simon...
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Analysis
Can asos.com maintain its ascent?
Asos.com is a brand that impresses two key modern tribes - women under 34 and City analysts. The former because they make up the target market for...
20 November 2008 |
EasyJet brand buzz strong despite boardroom bust up
EasyJet is maintaining its feelgood factor with the public despite the potential boardroom blood-letting that may be precipitated by Stelios...
17 November 2008 |
Features
Eat, drink and be merry
For the past ten years we have thought nothing of splashing out on premium brand snacks, drinks and other little luxuries, but as the recession takes...
20 November 2008 |
Taking IT to the top?
Microsoft's new appointee, Ashley Highfield, faces the seemingly insurmountable challenge of usurping Google and Yahoo! by taking the search crown....
20 November 2008 |
Held to account
As marketing budgets get tighter, brands need to ensure they know where to get real value for money
21 November 2008 |
Where next?
Location-based services have been discussed in the mobile industry for years. But with recent developments, they now look like a real possibility
18 November 2008 |
and finally...
A woman from Denbighshire is giving eBay bidders the chance to remname her. Eileen De Bont has posted 50 different names inlcuding Scunthorpe Travelodge. The highest bidder gets to pick a name from the list and Eileen will then change her name by deed poll. "It's all very silly but i'm deadly serious about changing it," explained Eileen. "I'll even call myself Scunthorpe Travelodge if it's the winning bid, so watch out Paris Hilton." Half the money will go to Children In Need, with the mother-of-two keeping the rest so she can afford to give her own children a nice Christmas.Special Items
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Last rites for YouTube?
Last rites for YouTube?
One moment it was the possible saviour for agencies and clients, the next a real whipping boy for everyone, as demonstrated at the Thinkbox Televisionaries event yesterday.
