IoT Evolution Does Not Stack Up Well Against CES, but
I get a lot of mail from CES including the fact that there are over 3900 exhibitors and 170K people there. Candidly I would love to have a tenth of those numbers. On the other hand, IoT Evolution has...
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View ArticleSmart Lock Maker Suspends Operations
By Chrissie Cluney, Contributing Editor Otto debuted their digital lock back in August. Four months later, the company suspended their operations. The company suspended production just ahead of the...
View ArticleANA Acquires a New Word: WOMMA
By Chrissie Cluney Contributing Editor The Association of National Advertisers has acquires the Word of Mouth Marketing Association, which was founded in 2004. This follows similar acquisitions such as...
View ArticleDear Mr. President You Are Cold Because of Global Warming.
Sometimes people get confused because of a name. I remember a playboy joke that ended with “blow is just a figure of speech.” It seems that our president can’t connect the dots that when you melt the...
View ArticleApple Provides Battery Replacements
By Chrissie Cluney, Contributing Editor Apple has announced that their battery replacements for impacted users with an iPhone 6 or later is available. The company was initially aiming for a...
View ArticleLibrary of Congress to Stop Archiving All Public Tweets Due to Large Volume
By Chrissie Cluney, Contributing Editor The Library of Congress will no longer add every public tweet to its archives. This was a large project that was launched seven years ago. It cited that much...
View ArticleNielsen Ceases Funding Of Council For Research Excellence
By Chrissie Cluney, Contributing Editor Nielsen will end its relationship as the sole funder of The Council For Research Excellence, effective at the end of the year. This means the end of the...
View ArticleInFocus Mobile launches Vision 3 in India
By Chrissie Cluney, Contributing Editor US-based technology company InFocus Mobile launched “Vision 3” budget smartphone. Its price is Rs 6,999 or approximately $110 in United States currency. The...
View ArticleManning Departs Ebiquity
By Chrissie Cluney, Contributing Editor Nick Manning, chief strategy officer of Ebiquity, is departing after 10 years as a director of the media auditing and insight firm. He was a senior figure in UK...
View ArticleTom Dery Steps Down as Worldwide Chairman of M&C Saatchi By Chrissie Cluney
M&C Saatchi founder Tom Dery is stepping down as worldwide chairman of the network. He founded the Australian office in 1995. Dery will remain as chairman of M&C Saatchi Australia. “Tom Dery...
View ArticleOgilvy Melbourne Named as Cadbury’s Creative Agency By Chrissie Cluney
Ogilvy Melbourne has been named the local creative agency for Cadbury Dairy Milk, replacing Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney. Ogilvy Melbourne will take on local Cadbury and Cadbury Dairy Milk campaign...
View ArticleOMG Digital Raises a Seed Round of $1.1M by Chrissie Cluney
OMG Digital, the Ghana-based media startup known as the “BuzzFeed of Africa,” has raised $1.1 million in seed funding. Its main website, OMG Voice has versions for Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya. The new...
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Did you know I was Passive Aggressive Linguistically Speaking
Over at the Adjumps website, I am now trying to write a marketing blog. (I Know those who can’t – blog). Because Adjumps is about actually reaching out to customers in need and not being a site like...
View ArticleDelphi and Transdev Develop Global On-demand Driverless Transportation by...
Delphi and Transdev are developing automated, on-demand mobility systems, with a service offering set. The companies hope to debut with a service offering set via pilot projects in France, and then to...
View ArticleDave Buklarewicz Joins MARC USA by Chrissie Cluney
MARC USA has appointed Dave Buklarewicz to the company’s newly created position of EVP/Executive Media Director. The Pittsburgh-based ad agency has been adding resources to its media and data/analytics...
View ArticleGoogle’s ‘Home’ is Having Problems by Chrissie Clune
Google had high hopes for its virtual assistant ‘Home’ to take on Amazon’s ‘Alexa‘. The problem is that the product has trouble with users reporting indifferent behavior from ‘Home’. The virtual...
View ArticleMediaCom Promotes Pang by Chrissie Cluney
MediaCom has promoted Willie Pang to chief operating officer of the agency. He will lead their Melbourne office. Pang will be responsible for growing the business through product and new business...
View ArticleShipamax Raises $2.5M for its Cloud Software Platform by Chrissie Cluney
Shipamax is a London-based startup and recent graduate of Silicon Valley accelerator, Y Combinator. The company raised $2.5 million in seed funding. They plan to use the money to continue building and...
View ArticleKimberly-Clark Learned by Taking Programmatic In-House by Chrissie Cluney
Kimberly-Clark, the consumer packaged goods giant, has brought automated and audience-based media buying in-house. The company has also learned how to improve messaging and creative. With data and...
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