Playstation and other online communities have been hacked. Probably millions of credit cards stolen. PR crisis anyone?
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Apr 282011
Aug 202009
Sony Vaio viral – say NO! to social media. Quite funny. Love the cushions too!
Jan 222009
Bandwagon – AIMIA’s (Australian Interactive Media Association) term for social media, not mine, never refuted or retracted. Ah well. The Awards page. Social Media people – remember, this is limited to a hundred or so members, most of whom are agencies so don’t take it too seriously. Most social media – good stuff – is coming up naturally, and won’t be thought of as mainstream award winning stuff. Always think when looking at a campaign, “what can the audience do with the social media campaign assets?” If all they can do is pass it on as a viral video, it’s Continue Reading…
May 072008
Americans have all-you-can-eat bandwidth to their mobile phones for around 30 bucks a month right? (Mobile Business Magazine) As Facebook, Bebo and eBay top the popularity charts on Vodafone Mobile Internet, Vodafone UK has today changed the way it structures its price plans to include access to the internet and email on their mobile as an integral part of the monthly price plan. The move means that pay monthly customers will no longer need to buy an additional internet bundle for £7.50 but instead every plan will automatically include internet access. The new plans will give Vodafone customers reliable and Continue Reading…
May 072008
I contend that the safest place for your personal information is online, in a social network, and let me tell you why… oh wait, let me set the scene first *moves some chairs around* I’ve been asked my a million people lately for my opinion on scams online and people having their identity in real life taken because they revealed too much on Facebook or whatevs. I have to say, I tend to fob off the questions. Not because they can’t be answered and, not because securing one’s real life identity from ID theft is not important, but because usually Continue Reading…
Mar 032008
Heigh ho, heigh ho, it’s a-conferencing I go. Today and tomorrow anyway. And Friday. Oh and next week at ad:tech too. First up: today and tomorrow Ross MonaghanDeakin University and Founder, The MediaPod Rob Shilkin Head of Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, Google Australia & New Zealand Adrian Christie Head of Public Relations, Sony Computer Entertainment Rod BruemFounding Editor, Now We Are Talking, Telstra Trevor CookDirector, Jackson Wells Morris Virginia StewartPublic Affairs, Church of Scientology Kylie JohnsonHead of Multimedia, CSIRO Ross DawsonCEO, Advanced Human Technologies Max Uechtritz Editor-in-Chief, ninemsn Bruce BelshamEditor, abc.net.au, ABC David HigginsEditor, News.com.au Mike Van NiekerkEditor-in-Chief, Fairfax Continue Reading…
Apr 252007
The times, they are a-changin’: Amazon may offer DRM-free music from major labelsAmazon seems set to open a mainstream online music store as early as next month, and aims to follow the new EMI/Apple model of offering tracks unencumbered with DRM.The company already sells music from a number of independent labels, but has reportedly approached the majors with a proposal to offer unprotected MP3 tracks from their catalogues. EMI has already indicated a willingness to provide unprotected tracks in any format a retailer cares to sell, so it would be surprising if a EMI/Amazon deal wasn’t imminent. One card Amazon Continue Reading…
Mar 152007
Current.tv has launched in the UK this week, picking up another 25 million subs. They are on Sky (Ch 229) and Virgin (Ch 155). For those who don’t know, Current.tv has 28 million subscribers in The States, runs on Comcast, DirecTV and TimeWarner networks, is user generated content driven – including the ads – and the sponsors include Sony, UniLever, L’Oreal. Oh and the Chair is Al Gore. I was able to grab a word with Kim Williams, Foxtel CEO yesterday, and ask if this piece of Citizen TV goodness was coming to Australia and he said … ‘we are Continue Reading…
Jun 222006
I had to give this bloglet that heading so that Erietta would come visit. She only sees the headings in her aggregator. From NMA.co.uk written by Jessica Phillips : NME teams with Sony Walkman for tenth anniversarySpecialist music site NME.com is teaming up with Sony Walkman to launch a national talent competition as part of its tenth anniversary celebrations. The two brands are looking for Britain’s best new band, inviting unsigned acts from across the country to upload tracks to the Web site, while asking visitors and NME magazine readers to vote online for their favourites. Site visitors are also Continue Reading…
Dec 092005
What’s your worst marketing nightmare? Hmmm, your consumers don’t just get bad service and tell a friend or two, but they start a web site to diss you, and potentially pull in a squillion readers? And then they get together with other unhappy clients and moan about you some more? The Consumerist is just such a blog. From the welcome page: Welcome, internet, to The Consumerist, the latest title from Gawker Media. The Consumerist loves to shop, and is reconciled to utilities, but hates paying for shoddy products, inhumane customer support, and half-assed service. Each week The Consumerist will guide Continue Reading…