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Apple CEO Cook takes 99% pay cut
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, has confirmed he is to take a 99 per cent pay cut this year after receiving a record compensation payout in 2011. Cook will receive $4.17 million (£2.6 million) for the last...
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The Amazing Spider-Man 700th issue features an "epic turn" for the superhero
After 50 years and 700 issues Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, is out of the hero game. The 700th and final issue of 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Parker's character is killed off in an epic battle with his...
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UK Government launches £2.7 million hard hitting anti-smoking campaign
The UK government has confirmed it is to launch a stop smoking advertising campaign, the first in England for eight years. The £2.7 million campaign encompasses TV, out-of-home and online and shows a...
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Radio Times poll votes BBC's Sherlock top TV show of 2012
BBC1's modern-day adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock has been voted the top TV show of 2012 by writers and critics in a Radio Times poll. Sherlock beat off stiff competition from US...
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Savvy Marketing head of insight Alastair Lockhart says despite a flying start...
The Sales have set off to a flying start, with footfall across large parts of the country up compared to last year. This news seems a fitting end to the retail calendar, during a year which has been...
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NPD Group survey shows Smart TV owners not making full use of services
A report by the NPD Group, which specialises in consumer market research, point-of-sale data, and expert analysis, has found that very few Smart TV owners are making full use of their televisions...
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Phones4U left red-faced after inappropriate sponsorship ident used during...
Phones4U were the victims of an unfortunate piece of timing during Channel 4's broadcast of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' over Christmas. When the film headed towards a commercial break after a...
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Ad of the Day: 118-118 - Carrying the Nation
Swathes of helpful men dressed as the 118 boy help to connect businesses with their customers in this impressive commercial for the directory service. The continuing existence of this service and its...
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Lisa Byrne editor of OK! magazine leaves role after eight years
OK! magazine's long-serving editor Lisa Byrne has left the Northern & Shell owned publication after eight years. Byrne is thought to have left the celebrity gossip magazine, which is owned by...
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Facebook, One Direction and Fifty Shades of Grey amongst the most search for...
Wikipedia's most searched for articles of 2012 have been revealed, with Facebook topping the english edition of the site. The results, published by a Swedish software engineer Johan Gunnarsson as part...
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Billions of video views culled from YouTube after it was discovered they were...
A YouTube crack down on alleged fake video views has seen major recording companies being stripped of more than two billion views. Universal, which boasts like likes of Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Justin...
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Christmas Day saw 328 million app downloads
Accroding to analytics firm Flurry the 25 December saw 328 million app downloads and also estimated that 17.4 million new iOS and Android devices were activated on the same day. Flurry's software...
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Virgin Atlantic launches new campaign created by RKCR/Y&R
Virgin Atlantic has launched a new brand campaign entitled ‘Flying in the Face of Ordinary’ developed by creative agency RKCR/Y&R. The campaign is the first to come from Virgin Atlantic in two...
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Pearson to take on Amazon by buying stake in e-reader venture Nook
Financial Times owner Pearson has made a move into the e-reader market, purchasing a five per cent stake in Barnes & Nobles’ digital book venture, Nook. The deal, reported to be worth $89.5...
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Former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch claims Hewlett-Packard is ‘watering down’...
Former chief executive of Autonomy, Mike Lynch, has released a statement claiming that Hewlett-Packard is watering down the accusations it had levelled against him over the accounts filed by his old...
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The 10 most liked TV ads of 2012
Global information and measurement company Nielsen has used its TV Brand Effect service to pull together the most popular TV ads of 2012. Permalink | Comments (0)
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Lord Sebastian Coe says over-use of Twitter and social media leads athletes...
Lord Sebastian Coe has claimed that athletes who over-use Twitter and social media are less successful in their field. Speaking on Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek programme, Lord Coe said there is a "high...
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BBC staff paid up to £90,000 to relocate to new Salford-based headquarters
According to figures obtained under Freedom of Information laws the BBC has paid its staff up to £90,000 to relocate to its new headquarters in Salford. According to the Daily Telegraph, a sum total...
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Centre for Retail Research findings show British households spent £80 less...
British households spent around £80 less than expected on Christmas gifts and in the Boxing Day sales, according to estimates by Professor Joshua Bamfield, a director at the Centre for Retail...
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Foreign Office, corporation bosses and US officials discuss plans to...
According to a report by the Independent, US officials are encouraging proposals laid out by the Foreign Office and BBC World Service bosses to broadcast programmes aimed at North Korean residents, to...
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