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Slam Branding is the winner of the Digital Impact Award for Professional Services for its client, the Actuarial Profession. As part of an integrated campaign, Slam Branding created a Facebook page to provide a platform for graduates and members of the Profession to come together, ask and answer questions, exchange information and get careers advice. The [...]
At the last Facebook Developer’s Garage we attended, a gentleman was introducing a new app for tourists and travellers, one that introduces you to restaurants and sites you may like, recommended to you by people like you. It is hard to imagine that the Facebook “like” button was introduced just over a year ago, when [...]
We’re not getting any younger, that’s for sure. While I feel my proverbial beard growing, I’m trying to imagine the United Kingdom of 2034, in which, according to the Office of National Statistics, almost a quarter of our nation’s population (23%) will be over 65 years old. One of the most prevalent trends currently discussed [...]
Beyond the global brands whose opportunity to reach the masses through social media is immediately apparent, less mainstream businesses have taken a wait-and-see approach. If you are working in the b2b or professional world, like the majority of your peers you probably view LinkedIn as comfortably business-like, while Facebook is more for people’s personal life.
What? March already? Impossible! A few months ago we added the Technology for Marketing and Advertising event (TFM&A) at Earl’s Court to our diaries, excited at the prospect of such a meaty two-day event full of big name speakers, seminars and a broad ranging exhibition. Tomorrow, two members of the SLAM team will have the [...]
Last week we attended Mashup’s ‘Being Open’ event, where a multitude of professionals shared their experiences with open source development, data and platforms. In our previous post, we discussed the background of open source and new trends in open development. Now let’s have a look at open data and platforms.
The first topic on the Mashup’s Being Open event was “How open development and open source are changing the way we build digital services and dramatically reducing costs and development time” and included professionals discussing both open source software and open source hardware. The session started with Jeremy Ruston, Head of Open Source Innovation for [...]
“Being Open” is today’s motto at SLAM. In a few hours we’ll be attending Mashup’s half-day event at the Chartered Institute of IT to discuss the newest trends in open source development, platforms and data. If you’re very quick, and in today’s world you need to be, you may still be able to grab the [...]
Part two of Slam Global’s future digital trends for 2011 with a focus on the discussions from the February London Mashup event. It includes topics such as trends influenced by location, privacy, mobile payments and more.
Slam Global’s future digital trends for 2011 and highlights from the February London Mashup event. We look at mobile video sharing, niche social networks, influencers and more.
