How technology won the Rugby World Cup 23 Oct 2014 A small part of me dies every time I go to a conference and someone says how important “Big Data” is. It’s as if the size of the data alone is interesting. It’s not. Data without context means nothing, like a flickering LED on a server. What is interesting is the insight that any data […]
A #NewJacket from Armani Exchange 22 Oct 2014 By the time summer fades to fall, people are excited to trade in their sundresses and flip flops for layered looks. Stemming from the days of back-to-school shopping, fall is often a time when people re-evaluate their wardrobe — and look for new pieces to define their personal style. It was this insight that drove […]
The Social Media Smackdown #5 21 Oct 2014 *Ding Ding* Round 5. The bell is ringing for the fifth round of our Social Media Smackdown series in London. We have a knock out line up of HSBC, Sony Playstation and F&F presenting at the event, going head to head with an overview of their most recent social media successes and learnings in front […]
Mashup We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #233 20 Oct 2014 Teenagers like, totally hate Facebook Facebook looks set to join pogs and yoyos (does this blog post make me look old?) on the teenage scrapheap. A survey by finance folk Piper Jaffray has found that only 45% of teens admitted to using the network this autumn, compared with 72% in spring. There’s certainly fear that, […]
#IamSocial: Experiencing editorial 17 Oct 2014 Hey there, I’m Alex. I’m the other graduate here at We Are Social on the #IamSocial grad scheme. After battling through the ‘social application process’ and attending the assessment day, Rhoda and I finally made it onto the inaugural scheme. Tidy. It’s time to fill you in on rotation two of the graduate scheme. This […]
The Best Digital/Social Agency in the World 16 Oct 2014 September came to an exciting end for the team here at We Are Social. After having picked up the Holmes Report’s EMEA Digital Agency of the Year and Best Multinational Agency to Work For accolades back in May, we were delighted to hear that we also picked up the publication’s award for the ‘Best Digital/Social […]
The profile of Pinterest users 15 Oct 2014 A recent GlobalWebIndex study analysed the demographics and attitudes of Pinterest users. It found that almost two-thirds of users are in 16-34 age bracket and there are more women than men on the platform. A third of Pinterest’s total user base comes from America, followed by China at 14% and India at 13%. The report […]
Marking a moment with BBC Music 14 Oct 2014 Last week, BBC Music unveiled a landmark musical moment across its television, radio and online networks, as 27 internationally acclaimed artists from a broad array of musical genres performed an extraordinary reworking of The Beach Boys’ classic song ‘God Only Knows’. The film marked the official launch of BBC Music, an ambitious wave of new […]
Mashup We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #232 13 Oct 2014 Facebook provides most social logins Facebook was the Q3 leader for social logins at 46%, followed by closest rival Google at 34%, according to reports by Janrain. Twitter comes a distant third place with 7% – this seems to be a two horse race for now. Facebook considers adding money transfer option to Messenger app […]
Global Digital Statshot 001 9 Oct 2014 We’ve been publishing snapshots of key digital data for some time now, but we thought it might make sense to bring these numbers together in a regular series of PDF reports, which we’re calling ‘Digital Statshots’. These Statshot reports are designed to supplement our more in-depth Social, Digital and Mobile reports, which contain individual data […]
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