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Mediacom partners Aurasma to bring augmented Reality campaigns to big brands

July 15, 2011

Media agency MediaCom has partnered with augmented reality platform Aurasma to give advertisers access to high tech mobile and tablet campaigns.

Orange offers Windows customers ‘free app a day’

July 6, 2011

Orange is working in conjunction with Microsoft to give its Windows Phone pay monthly and pay as you go customers a free app every day in July.

Farmville creator Zynga plans $2bn float this week

June 30, 2011

Social gaming firm Zynga is preparing to file for an initial public offering as early as today and hopes to raise up to $2bn, according to a news report.

Comment: Olympic ticketing website crash endangers second round sale

June 27, 2011

The Olympic ticketing website crashed temporarily on Friday morning, barring people from a second chance at securing tickets for the event. A 10-day first-come, first-served chance to pick up 2.3 million unsold tickets began at 6am this morning, but immediately hit problems due to a surge in demand. Colin Rowland, Senior VP from OpTier, comments … [Read more…]

Welcome to 'Blogwarts': Harry Potter lives on with new JK Rowling site

June 24, 2011

J.K. Rowling is launching Pottermore, a new website that will include new material and illustrations from the Harry Potter franchise.

Welcome to ‘Blogwarts’: Harry Potter lives on with new JK Rowling site

June 24, 2011

J.K. Rowling is launching Pottermore, a new website that will include new material and illustrations from the Harry Potter franchise.

The mobile wallet: an end to flashing your cash?

June 20, 2011

Will the mobile wallet sound the death knell of cash? The latest research by YouGov shows almost one quarter (23%) of people are interested in using their mobile phone instead of cash to pay for purchases. YouGov analysts expect take up of this so-called “wave and pay” technology to be rapid.

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