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Archive for the ‘Digital Media’ Category

We’ve rebranded!

Published on September 23rd, 2011 by Chris.

2011 has been a busy year for Media Measurement. Many of our clients and friends have had a sneak preview, and now it’s the time to share our new brand image with the World. Dramatic, huh? Yes – we’ve rebranded. We haven’t changed the name (that would be madness – if you don’t believe us, [...]

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Facebook launching profile makeover

Published on September 20th, 2011 by Marcus.

Facebook are to announce a fairly major update to the network at f8, their annual developers conference, with ‘Read, Watch & Listen’ as the event’s motto. The focus of the updates will be on content with changes to the way we share things and how the things we share are presented. Details seem to be [...]

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Why Facebook Shopping is not the future of online retail

Published on September 15th, 2011 by Marcus.

A report from Rich Relevance has revealed some interesting trends in the influence of Facebook and Twitter on digital retail. Unsurprisingly, search engines, dominated by Google, overwhelmingly account for the majority of traffic to shopping sites. But the data also shows a big growth in retail traffic from social networks, especially Facebook. The king of [...]

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This Is The Future of Journalism

Published on September 6th, 2011 by Marcus.

If you’re a follower of developments in the technology industry, chances are you’ve heard of TechCrunch. To be honest, even if you only a casual peruser of the internet you’ve probably read a story from the tech news website. Founded by Mike Arrington in 2005, it quickly became a major player in the tech news [...]

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Google’s 13 – Time for some Google Doodles

Published on September 5th, 2011 by Marcus.

Freddie Mercury was born 65 years ago today. Google currently have a wonderful doodle in honour of the occasion. Google was 13 years old yesterday. What does this all mean? That I have an excuse to look at Google doodles. So here they are, some of the highlights of this online institution.   1. The [...]

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Is Groupon Heading for a Crash Landing?

Published on August 31st, 2011 by Marcus.

Mashable reports that the age of the daily deal may be coming to a close. Facebook announced last week that it was shutting down its opt-in daily deals feature on the network after a 4 month testing period. Additionally,  Yelp!, who have more experience of local businesses than anyone else, is also reducing its daily [...]

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Jonathan’s Card – Will Social Media Spread Trust & Altruism?

Published on August 16th, 2011 by Marcus.

A few days ago Starbucks shut down ‘Jonathan’s Card‘, the Starbucks card that mobile apps consultant Jonathan Stark had opened up for anyone to use and add money to, starting with an initial $300 from himself.  Starbucks stated that they had to shut it down due to allegations of fraud or misuse. This followed another entrepreneur, [...]

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The 5 Strangest Social Networks

Published on August 15th, 2011 by Marcus.

I found myself reading about the social network for primary & pre-schools, Scholabo today. I initially thought someone was trying to get primary and pre-school kids onto their social network which would have counted as probably the creepiest (legal) use of social networking. Turns out that it is actually for the parents & teachers of primary [...]

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Google vs. Microsoft – Patent Wars

Published on August 5th, 2011 by Marcus.

In what at times has felt like playground bickering between two of the biggest tech companies in the world, the Microsoft-Google Patent saga goes on. As well as causing the first interest in patents in recorded history, the back and forth being played out in public between Google & Microsoft gives us a fascinating look [...]

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KISSmetrics: An Invasion of Privacy?

Published on August 4th, 2011 by Marcus.

KISSmetrics & over 20 of its customers are being sued over claims that the way their tracking software operates constitutes and invasion of privacy. Filed by a group of lawyers, including Scott Kamber who had already filed suit against KISSmetrics and Hulu, they are named a long with customers such as Spotify & AOL. At the [...]

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