Entries from May 2008

Watch Live Television While you Work Play

May 29th, 2008 by Ben · 3 Comments
In Brand Utlity · Media

Following recent discussions about the future, or for that matter the sad past, of TV, I’ve just been alerted to another platform for the medium.
Zattoo allows anyone to watch live TV, on PC or Mac, while getting on with other things. Not during work hours though, of course. Unless it’s for research. Wouldn’t dream of [...]

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R*M social media report with Contagious Magazine

May 19th, 2008 by Leo Ryan · 1 Comment
In News · Press coverage · Stories

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Ryan*MacMillan report into social media, published by Contagious Magazine. (Click here for an extract and here to purchase) It was borne out discussions over the past year that made it clear to us that there is a great deal of interest amongst brands in investing in [...]

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Japanese mobile social media

May 16th, 2008 by Gregu · 3 Comments
In Blogging · Mobile · New technologies · Social media · Stories

While Japan was often seen as slow in introducing the PC into the household, it has been the global leader in telecommunications and is a few years ahead of Europe and the US in several areas. One of these areas is the use of mobile devices to consume web content. A recent study by comScore put [...]

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Ladies and gentlemen: Maggie Walsh

May 15th, 2008 by Iain MacMillan · No Comments
In News

Recently seen placing her slippers under the New York desk at Ryan*MacMillan is Maggie Walsh. Maggie started working with us in the London office in January, but now joins us in an official capacity in her native New York. A big warm welcome to Maggie.
Maggie’s finding time for us while balancing work for her [...]

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Brand Tags

May 15th, 2008 by Dan O'Connor · 2 Comments
In Stories

Oh, the interwebs, with their crazy fly-by-night trends! Here’s the latest mindlessly amusing bit of web2.0 puffery: Brand Tags.
The concept is devilishly simple: each time you visit the site, a different brand logo is presented to you. You then tag it with a single word or phrase in a sort of word association type way. [...]

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