Posts in: 'International'

Facebook Objects to Employers Asking for Logins

March 23rd, 2012 by Lynsey

We read (with astonishment and disbelief) that some employers in the US were asking potential employees (at interview stage) what their Facebook passwords were – so they could look up their account. In the case of a user having chosen to have their FB profile private, this is a way of looking up their details.

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Google Flights, Whatever Next?

March 20th, 2012 by Lynsey

Google announced the expansion of this feature towards the end of last week – allowing users to check (and price) flight destinations. This was previously only available to US users, it has now been expanded to include 500 non-US cities.
Imagine my excitement! I went to check out some flights from Dublin to Las Vegas (if only) [...]

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To Click or Not to Click

January 26th, 2012 by Lynsey

With the huge leaps and bounds in mobile web usage in 2011, we have begun to really see the value of phone numbers within Google Adwords. With some new products announced last year too (Bid to Call comes to mind)

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RingJohns Marketing Trends for 2012

January 26th, 2012 by Lynsey

It is that time of year again – time to review the digital year that’s been and assess what we think will be big for the coming year. Clients ask, “How should we be spending our money in 2012?” It’s a question that comes up a lot.

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Irelands SOPA and Why You Should Be Concerned

January 26th, 2012 by Lynsey

You couldn’t really have missed the recent events stateside, and the global response which followed the Stop SOPA campaign this January (we wrote about it here just in case you did miss it).

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A Whirlwind Day for @BadlyDrawnRoy

January 18th, 2012 by Lynsey

I read about this story this morning, and was warmed to my cockles so thought I would share it with you.

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SOPA Blackouts Planned for Wed 18th Jan

January 17th, 2012 by Lynsey

You may have noticed lots of Twitter and Facebook avatars with “Stop SOPA” popping up over the past while.

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Dont Be Evil? Google Causing a Stir in Kenya

January 13th, 2012 by Lynsey

Friday 13th – unlucky for some? I read a great article today, written on the Mocality blog about some possibly very underhand behaviour on behalf of Google in Kenya.

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Google Allowing Fake Ticket Sales via Adwords Says BBC Report

January 10th, 2012 by Lynsey

Google got into some hot water last year when it was revealed that they had allowed Canadian pharmacies to illegally advertise to US consumers via Adwords – paying a penalty of $500 million US for their trouble.

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Netflix Comes to UK and Ireland

January 9th, 2012 by Lynsey

After months of preparation, Netflix has launched in the UK and Ireland today.

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