From a dog translation kit to a comedy club charging per laugh, technology took us in some strange directions during 2014. In this brave new world of toilet renting apps, hacked smart fridges and emailed NASA wrenches, we celebrate the weirdest news of the year.
As 2014 draws to a close, we look as some of the biggest marketing blunders of the year. From Amazon’s Fire Phone flop and Apple’s U2 fiasco to Facebook’s drag queen name ban and McDonalds terrifying new mascot, there were plenty of mistakes from companies that should know better. Read on, learn from the mistakes … [Read more…]
Astronauts on the International Space Station have used a 3D printer to create a new wrench, after Nasa emailed them instructions.
2014 hasn’t disappointed on the IT failure front. Software catastrophes, hardware meltdowns and system malfunctions have left executives red faced, customers hacked off and shareholders fuming. No organization is safe from IT disasters, which can have serious effects, causing disruption, reputational damage and diminished customer and investor confidence.
Lewis’ “Monty the Penguin” is the most compelling Christmas ad by a high street retailer, according to a study by Realeyes which measured people’s facial reactions as they watched ads.
Online retail sales were up 37% month-on-month in November, according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.
More people are shopping online on Christmas day, with Boxing Day forecast to rival Black Friday for sales, according to a new report.
Two thirds (66%) of the top online retailers failed to send customers any Christmas offers in the month running up Black Friday, according to new research.
61% of UK shoppers will have found gift ideas from researching the web site of online retailer, Amazon, this Christmas, with 50% getting ideas from searching on Google, according to new research.
Amazon has faced a backlash from retailers after a software glitch from a third party site caused hundreds of items to be sold for 1p.