Groundbreaking, inspiring: #CES2015 12 Jan 2015 Following last week’s 2015 International CES, we asked our Head of Creative Technology in London, Matthew Payne, to share his and his team’s thoughts on what stood out for them at this year’s event. Ridiculously large and unbelievably high definition screens – check. Drool worthy concept cars – check. More health trackers – check. Internet […]
The evolution of social in 2015 8 Jan 2015 We’re just a week into 2015 but, as is tradition for this time of year – no-one is focused on today. We’re all talking about what will be going on by the end of the year, or even beyond. Of course, future gazing like this is important, particularly in the fast-moving world of social media. […]
Yarn bombing with Bulmers 7 Jan 2015 As the nights draw in and the cider gardens empty, Bulmers Cider challenged us to come up with a novel way to encourage its fans to use the campaign hashtag, #livecolourful, throughout the winter months, while injecting a bit of colour into their fans’ daily routine. We knew that 2014 had been a bumper crop […]
The Multi-Screen Opportunity 6 Jan 2015 Last month, I joined the wonderful PromaxBDA team in Singapore to present a session on ‘The Multi-screen Opportunity’. My presentation brought together some of the key principles from areas like ‘second screening‘ and social TV, but the concepts we explored are applicable to content in all media channels, not just TV. You can read the […]
Mashup We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #243 5 Jan 2015 Welcome to the first mashup of 2015! Expect everything you loved in 2014, but with newer news. Overall Twitter usage is still quite low Twitter’s share of overall internet usage is relatively small, according to investment bank, Morgan Stanley. It’s worth noting that the below doesn’t include time spent in apps, where most Twitter use […]
10 Trends for 2015 2 Jan 2015 Our friend Dan Calladine, Head of Media Futures at Aegis Media, has kindly agreed to share his 10 Trends for 2015 with us.
We Are Social’s Top Ten Posts of 2014 1 Jan 2015 2014 proved to be yet another amazing year in social, presenting significant changes in the digital and social media landscape. Throughout the year, we’ve been using our blog to deliver you our own research, insight and perspective and to keep you up to date with developments in world of the social media. So, to re-cap […]
Google's Year in Search 31 Dec 2014 A busy year for Google – in 2014 we searched trillions of times. Google has tried to capture what all these searches say about us in this video. Pop culture features heavily of course, but it also highlights how we searched to learn more about Ebola, science, space and more. You can explore the subjects featured […]
Celebrating YouTube's 2014 30 Dec 2014 It’s been a pretty amazing 2014 for YouTube. To commemorate it, the platform has created this action-packed music video that celebrates the moments, memes, and people that helped make it such a great year for them.
Tumblr's 2014 Year in Review 29 Dec 2014 Tumblr has published its 2014 Year in Review, a collection of “amazing things you made” over the last year. It summarises activity from hundreds of blogs, thousands of posts and trillions of notes, according to Tumblr. Showcasing the best and most popular content from the platform, as well as highlighting a number of ‘ones to watch’, […]
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