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Apple puts out job ad for “creative writer” to help overhaul Siri’s personality
Apple is looking to improve the personality of its voice-activated virtual assistant Siri by recruiting a writer. Apple recently unveiled the job ad asking for someone to help in developing Siri into...
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Ad of the Day: Guinness - Clock
This charming commercial for Guinness offers the point of view of a clock that's decided to do more than simply tick tock onwards in a uniform fashion. Three illustrations of its ability to...
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“They’re doing a really bad job on their products”: Google’s Larry Page on...
In an interview with Wired magazine, Google’s chief executive Larry Page said that Facebook is doing a “really bad job on their products” and Apple’s limited offerings are “unsatisfying”. Making a dig...
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Beijing’s propaganda chief tells workers to “make more effort in opinion...
The “2.06 million” propaganda workers in Beijing have been told to “make more efforts in opinion guiding on hot topics” on the internet. The comments came from Lu Wei, Beijing’s propaganda chief, at a...
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Office of Fair Trading investigating David Montgomery’s Local World deals
David Montgomery's Local Worlds venture could soon be under the Office of Fair Trading’s microscope as it has said it is considering opening a full investigation into its deals. Montgomery’s plan was...
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Ad of the Day: Ikea - Living Together
This lovely commercial for IKEA reveals how we can start 'living together' properly if we use their products to organise our homes. This is a very pragmatic piece of work by Mother - if the Swedish...
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Pantomime horse prank in Tesco’s frozen aisle goes viral
A Tesco store in Bierspool, Pembrokeshire, found itself subject to a prank in the wake of this week’s horse meat scandal, as a pantomime horse ran the frozen food aisles asking “where’s my mum?” The...
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Kim Dotcom launches new file upload service which gains "100,000 registered...
New file upload service, Mega, has been launched by internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom as a successor to the Megaupload website which was shut down by US authorities last year. The Mega site has already...
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iPad owners to get some Hearst magazine titles before they appear in print or...
Apple has launched a new category in its Newsstand store featuring 20 Hearst magazine titles which will be available to iPad owners before they appear in print or “any other digital edition.” Hearst,...
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Sky expands on Sky Go with launch of new downloads service
Sky is set to launch its Sky Go Extra service this week, which will allow Sky customers who are already subscribed to its Sky Go service to download content to mobile phones and tablets. The...
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Could CBeebies Tweenies Savile row lead to a Stalinist Purge?
With CBBC being forced to apologise for having aired an old episode of The Tweenies featuring a parody of disgraced DJ Jimmy Savile, David Reviews co-founder Jason Stone discusses the implications for...
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Mothercare CEO Simon Calver discusses the benefits of retailer being customer...
For high street retailers to survive in today’s market retailers need to be “customer focussed rather than channel focussed,” according to Mothercare CEO, Simon Calver. Brought in to bring the ailing...
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China’s Communist Party inculcates youths with online games
China’s Communist Party has branched out into the development of online games in a bid to inculcate its ideology upon the nation’s young people. Despite banning consoles such as the PlayStation and...
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Hello Lamp Post! by PAN wins Bristol’s Playable City Award
It has been announced that Hello Lamp Post!, a mix between a game and a story which allows users to ‘communicate’ through lamp posts, bus stops, post boxes and other street furniture, has won...
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Campaign magazine shrinks in tandem with revenues
According to reports in the guardian, which haven’t been corroborated by The Drum, Campaign magazine is to be downsized from A3 format in a bid to cut costs. The weekly trade publication has been on...
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IAS b2b receives The Drum Grand Prix hatstand
The Drum Grand Prix Hatstand has been delivered to IAS b2b, which was named as the most awards agency of 2012 earlier this year. This is the first year that the prize has been awarded, but is set to...
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Childhood adviser calls for children’s internet and mobile privacy to be axed
Claire Perry, a Conservative MP serving as David Cameron’s adviser on childhood, has called for privacy legislation to be revised in order to allow parents to monitor their children’s internet and...
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LOVEFiLM announce content deal with Channel 4’s 4oD
Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has announced the signing of a new content deal with Channel 4 which will grant subscriber access to the broadcasters on demand 4oD service. The deal will enable LOVEFiLM members to...
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Debt charity StepChange launches TV campaign
Debt charity StepChange has launched a nationwide TV campaign to highlight its services in the wake of its recent rebrand from the Consumer Credit Counseling Service. It aims to highlight the...
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Coca-Cola launches Arctic Home TV campaign
Coca-Cola is to build on its iconic polar bear mascots with the launch of a nationwide TV campaign branded ‘Arctic Home’. Launched in partnership with the WWF the campaign aims to protect the habitat...
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