Media Perspective: Let's hope adland's algorithms do not cause a flash crash
17 Mar 2011 | by Russell Davies
Last week, we were talking about algorithms, inspired by Kevin Slavin's marvellous presentation
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countries. The full programme consisted of three-and-a-half days packed with 14-minute talks of head ... 't come to TED to talk to them. You come, as we did, to have canapes with the guys from Nasa, to have a ... of you, then you haven't worked on it hard enough. All the short talks we saw packed in more insight than ...
Last week, we were talking about algorithms, inspired by Kevin Slavin's marvellous presentation
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Instead of creating promo films, should they just let their work do the talking, Katherine Levy...director of VCCP, thinks the meerkat should do the talking. "The most effective self-promotion is our ...
. Connecting mobile and social lets users connect, whatever device they're using. Brands and consumers can also ... driven Apple ahead, let's wait for the Samsung Galaxy S3 and Google Play to see if they change my mind ...
Last week, we talked about "the Internet of Things" - the idea that, soon, many of the ordinary..., you should care. First, let's think about how we'll get an Internet of Things. How might it come ... documents to talk to each other? That's a legacy of those days. The fact that it's a whole lot easier now is ... to get involved when your curtains want to talk to your central heating or your milk cartons want to talk ...
Lil-Lets, the feminine care brand, has appointed Leagas Delaney to its advertising business ahead...Delaney will be responsible for spearheading advertising to support a 10 million relaunch of Lil-Lets. Advertising will break across TV, print and online from spring next year. In July, Lil-Lets appointed ... Frost, the chief executive of Lil-Lets, said: "We are looking forward to the strategic focus and rigour ...
Burberry, the UK-based luxury-fashion brand, is holding talks with agencies about its digital...by the talks. The brand's creative department is led by the chief creative officer, Christopher Bailey, who has ...
LONDON - Google is in talks to buy the social media micro blogging site Twitter, according...The technology blog Techcrunch has stated that the companies are in late-stage acquisition talks, with a view to a possible sale. As yet, no price has been mentioned, although it is likely to be substantially more than the $500 million that Twitter turned down from Facebook in November 2008. After ...
strategic stake in the company, according to reports. The talks have since broken down. Axel Springer ... shareholder Denis O'Brien. News of the talks between INM and potential backers emerged as the relationship ...
Welcome to the first incarnation of a new element in Campaign in which we invite experts to burrow beneath the surface of the catch-all that is "digital". Google, Isobar Mobile, JWT London, LBI and MBA share their insights on mobile.