| | | | How digital technology and social media have connected us with the Bronze Age | | Nick Hammond | | 20 June 2012, 9:38AM |  Throughout pre-history and up to about 3,000 BC, man communicated either orally or through pictures. People used pictures literally to demonstrate what they were talking about; so a picture of a lion represented a lion, a spear a spear, a basket a basket and so on. With the invention of writing, humans moved from pictograms, like egyptian hieroglyphics, to a non literal representation of information.
| | | | | | | LeWeb flies Union Jack as Brits make their pitch - 10 things from Day One | | Toby Gunton | | 20 June 2012, 7:49AM |  LeWeb has always been a slightly different type of web conference, some might say disorganised, perhaps as a result of its relaxed European heritage. Run for the last eight years inParis, this year for the first time LeWeb has bought its eclectic line-up toLondon, filling the Central Hall inWestminster with 1,300 people from 50 countries and some heavy hitting speakers.
| | | | Five of the best online ads of May: Thinkbox, Zonajobs, HSBC.... | | James Grant | | 19 June 2012, 4:29PM | 
The return of Harvey the Thinkbox dog, it's not quite as winning as the first time we saw him but his reminder of the great times he had with Rabbit still carries the message that nothing is quite as evocative as Broadcast advertising in all it's forms. Something we agree with at Vindico as we see a great response to innovative VOD advertising.
| | | | Tory MP Louise Mensch launches social platform for US elections | | @gordonmacmillan | | 19 June 2012, 3:21PM |  Louise Mensch, the Conservative MP and chick lit author, is widening her foray into social media with the launch of a social platform designed to curate the conversation around political conversation.
The site called Menshn.com (geddit?) launches today, but is currently on available in the US.
| | | | Tomb Raider 'rape' - how the social web responded | | Charlotte Henry | | 19 June 2012, 11:45AM |  There’s been a huge online debate around a sequence in the latest Tomb Raider game in which heroine Lara Croft is subjected to an attempted rape as she tries to flee captors.
| | | | Nelson's Column: Social Media Insights & KPIs - There is no magic button | | Andrew Nelson | | 19 June 2012, 9:42AM |  Based on my observations I believe we are at a tipping point now.
CMO's & Insight Divisions are realising that messages in social media can help them understand the consumer better. It is another layer of insight that is there to be tapped into. More CMOs want near real-time relevant information, not debrief but dashboard.
| | | | England beat Sweden on Tweets and goals [infographic] | | Scott Thompson | | 19 June 2012, 9:33AM |  England’s rollercoaster victory against Sweden last Friday evening drew in excess of 700,000 tweets during the game according to Starcom Mediavest Group's ECHOscreen Twitter analysis tool.
This tied in with what is likely to be the biggest Euro 2012 audience peak to date in excess of 16 million at home viewers and doubtless many more watching in pubs and clubs around the country.
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