| 'Thanks for Tuning In' | | 31 January 2013, 2:19PM |  Radio 1 DJs Nick Grimshaw (left) and Chris Moyles in the breakfast show studio. Photograph: BBC/PA 2012 was a pretty unusual year in the world of radio, there were several momentous and unique events which disrupted the normal flow of listener behaviour. Maybe we were pushed towards other media or distracted elsewhere meaning we had less time to devote to our usual routines, an area in which radio plays a prominent role.
| | | | | | | The social media dilemma for the world of finance | | 31 January 2013, 12:28PM |  What's the point of social media for financial services companies? I was asked by a client recently. Easy peasy, I thought, and started trotting out well practised verses including phrases like “engagement” and "community". Yes, but why should we do it? He asked. What’s the benefit to my business?
| | | | Instagram growing quickly as Facebook mobile revenues double | | 31 January 2013, 9:51AM |  Facebook beat Wall Street’s expectations and revenues climbed 40% in the fourth quarter with a doubling of mobile revenues. Fourth-quarter earnings hit $64m (£40.5m), compared with $302m a year earlier, on revenues of $1.59bn. There was good news as well on the mobile front as the company announced that mobile revenues had doubled and that mobile users now exceeded desktop ones.
| | | | Bet on engaging with Twitter not selling | | 31 January 2013, 2:11AM |  The best way to engage with consumers is actually to be non-corporate and not to sell your services. An oxymoron? No just engage by being engaging not selling. A great example of this is Betfair Poker.
| | | | Blackberry 10 launches as RIM changes name to BlackBerry | | 30 January 2013, 4:32PM |  It is months late, but today Research In Motion has finally launched its BlackBerry 10 operating system and changed its name officially to BlackBerry. The phone maker officially announced it is changing its name from Research in Motion to Blackberry as it launched its new phones this afternoon. Chief executive Thorsten Heins introduced two new BlackBerry phones the Q10 with its traditional Qwerty keyboard, and the touch screen Z10.
| | | | Facebook Graph has the potential to be more intuitive and more 'social' than Google+ | | 30 January 2013, 3:17PM |  Last night, with my feet up watching TV, I was amazed at the number of ads I saw for information search and listing-type websites. Within two commercial breaks, I counted at least four; Hotels.com, Trivago, Kayak and 118 118. For me this really hit home how the modern psychology of online purchasing, especially for big ticket items and leisure activities, is changing. Not just satisfied with finding out where we can obtain a R186 signal box, or fishing advice from JR Hartley, we now want that instantaneous, great value deal, in addition to seeking advice and advocacy from others through the myriad of reviews and rating calculations that these sites provide.
| | | | Foursquare launches specialist business app | | 30 January 2013, 12:47PM |  Foursquare, the geo-location social network, has launched an app that will allow businesses to update customers about themselves directly from their phone. The company published a blog post yesterday, announcing the arrival of Foursquare for Business, which it says will help the million plus businesses on their network connect with customers quickly and easily, straight from their phone.
| | | | YouTube plans to challenge cable and Netflix with paid for channels | | 30 January 2013, 10:32AM |  YouTube is planning the next phase of its development and is reported to be launching pay-per-view channels, which would see it challenge cable TV as well as streaming services such as Netflix and LoveFilm. According to various reports, Google’s YouTube has been in contact with a number of content producers with a view to supplying it with programming, which could be priced in the region of $1 to $5 (63p to £3.17) a month.
| | | | Get Smart about Smartphones to Appease Digital Shoppers | | 30 January 2013, 10:15AM |  The smartphone is changing how we shop. From showrooming to hitting the January sales in a more convenient way, smartphones have placed shoppers ahead of retailers and brands in the race to master digital. This gap is set to widen as retailers struggle to keep up with the expectations of the increasingly demanding digital shopper. Smartphones are creating a bridge between physical products and digital worlds, but retailers and brands are failing to grasp the nettle.
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