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Tag: 'Web 2.0'

The following posts have the tag 'Web 2.0' assigned to them.

• Mobile 2.0 San Francisco

  Posted by James Parton on November 8, 2008

  This week I was fortunate enough to have been able to attend the annual Mobile 2.0 conference in San Francisco, on behalf of O2 Litmus. The one-day event took place on 3rd November at the Hyatt and was a sell-out, with over 300 people in packed into the venue. What was interesting to see was
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• Secrets from Silicon Valley: Sarah Lacy on the Rise of Web 2.0

  Posted by admin on October 28, 2008

  There is NO ONE who is better placed to speak on this subject than Sarah Lacy. Over the last 5 years she has had unrivaled access to the founders of the companies that have shaped the Web 2.0 scene.
  Now, for one afternoon only, she is London to share what she knows…
  - 4.00pm Registration
  - 4.30pm Fireside
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• Facebook, MySpace and Blyk

  Posted by Alastair Duncan on June 20, 2008

  I was fortunate enough to host a panel discussion as the Cannes festival with Facebook, MySpace, Blyk (the mobile service) and Intel on the topic of Can Brands be Friends?
  It’s relevant to the BIMA community since the space is shaping up into a very interesting landscape from an advertising, monetisation and application development perspective, and
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• Old Media Still Needs to Get Over its Control Issues

  Posted by admin on May 26, 2008

  I read a great post on TechCrunch and thought it was worth sharing here. In short, old media people say that to succeed on the Web, they should stop trying to control the message or the audience. People who get this, don’t talk about it – it’s already assumed. I agree 100%.
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• BIMA Spring party update

  Posted by admin on May 9, 2008

  Please read my previous post if this party is news to you.
  I thought it was worth providing an update as we’ve seen just over 100 tickets go within a couple of days. There are only 200 tickets available so please make sure to register to avoid disappointment. Everyone is welcome; agencies, brands, technology providers, freelancers,
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• What MyBlogLog is and why I’ve reinstalled the widget

  Posted by admin on

  Apologies for cross-posting from my personal blog, fortunately there’s only a small overlap of readers on both. I wrote a post a few weeks ago, complaining about Yahoo!’s stupid integrated registration system. I was so pissed off with the login process I decided to can my use of MyBlogLog and Upcoming. Fortunately I’ve never had
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• Would you like to handle BIMA’s PR?

  Posted by admin on May 7, 2008

  Would you like to work with the UK’s longest established association to represent the interests of the interactive industry? If yes, we’d love to hear from you, via, twitter.
  You’ve gotta embrace social media tools, techniques and importantly, communities, before you can even think about taking on BIMA’s public relations. So, please make sure you’re on
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• For seismic shift in expenditure, read subtle shift in organisation

  Posted by Alastair Duncan on April 28, 2008

  At the moment there’s a trend in ad agencies to hire Chief Digital Officers to “explain this Web 2.0 thing, please.” Forrester, the research firm that specialises in the digital marketplace, even recommends it in a recent paper. “Traditional advertising agencies face significant technical difficulties. Clients are shifting business to digital shops, and consumers
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• Sociable System Builder does Social Media

  Posted by Alastair Duncan on April 16, 2008

  Today’s been a long and fun day, delivering seminars about going online with, amongst others, a hundred or so Russian IT firms at an Intel conference in Rome. Particularly proud of intentionally getting a laugh (alright, it was a snigger) through the translation. Up with the larks to do a press briefing with Europe’s
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• Journos not twittering enough

  Posted by admin on April 11, 2008

  I wrote a post a while back on my personal blog, highlighting the lack of journalists on Twitter. Today, thanks to Marie Boran (AKA PixieVonDust), I read with great interest that Charles Cooper from CNET is of the same opinion. Charles goes as far as to say
  Out of curiosity, I drew up a list of
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