Admittedly, the headline on this blog post is sensational and a little bit dramatic, but it is true to say that a new Paddy Power campaign failed to win approval from the relevant authorities for airing on TV.
In light of this, Paddy Power has taken to the campaign to that great, big, unregulated, amorphous mass [...]
Archive for the ‘Fun 'n' Random’ Category
The TV ad they don’t want you to see
Darren Davidson - March 9th, 2010Twitter outage during Superbowl silences voices
Darren Davidson - February 8th, 2010One of the curious things about Twitter is that the service doesn’t always deliver on what you’d expect from something that is endlessly talked about.
Amid the hype, celebrity endorsements and impressive growth rate (although the steep curve has flat lined of late), it’s sometimes forgotten that the company is essentially still quite small.
According to reports, [...]
My late night encounter with Venus Williams and Google
Darren Davidson - January 25th, 2010While lying in bed last night I was keen to find out the score of Venus Williams’ fourth-round match in the Australian Open (like you do).
I had been watching the match on my laptop. It was a good match in what looked like very hot, uncomfortable conditions. Venus had lost the first set against a [...]
Are trolls bad for our health?
Darren Davidson - January 20th, 2010According to actual scientific evidence, the internet has the power to turn normal people into complete idiots.
These idiots inhabit forums, threads, message boards, blogs and discussion groups posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic comments, with the primary intent of attacking other users, derailing the conversation or provoking an emotional response.
The internet slang terms for these creatures [...]
Happy Christmas, Happy New year
Andy P - December 25th, 2009Seems like an appropriate photo right now (yes, that’s younger me in the picture!):
Have a good holiday, take care, see you in 2010, and thanks
No need to de-friend on Facebook with Death Star app
Darren Davidson - December 21st, 2009Facebook brand apps keep getting better, with Adidas taking things a step further with an immersive Star Wars experience which smartly conflates elements of your Facebook friends, Google’s Street View and the movie itself.
Using Facebook Connect, the app enables users to target a friend’s location using Street View, before zapping them into oblivion. The lazer [...]
The jury is still out on Bit.ly’s new video tracking service
Darren Davidson - December 18th, 2009Bit.ly the URL shortener and tracking service, has launched its own video tracking service called Bitly.TV.
A whopping 2bn links a month pass through Bit.ly’s link shortening service, which enables the company to see some of the most shared content on the internet. Given that bit.ly is the most popular way people share links on Twitter, it [...]
What’s on your m..mm..mind?
Darren Davidson - December 10th, 2009The auto-tune meme might well be on its last legs, but Sony’s Facebook twist is pretty cool nonetheless.
Sony has launched the ‘Auto-Tune Your Status’ app, which enables Facebook users to create a status update that can be played back as an auto-tuned song.
Once downloaded, you simply write a status update, select a voice and pick [...]
