tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:16:55 +0000http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com (Sean McManus)Blogger316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-5798562369919226943Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:28:00 +00002008-07-12T01:45:47.758+01:00launchiPhoneinterviewPrompt CommunicationsBostonapple3GWe went out to Apple's largest store in the US (and probably the world) today and filmed people's reactions to the most anticipated gadget of the year, Apple's iPhone 3G. It was a fun morning of filming and we met a lot of interesting people, from someone who waited in line since Wednesday (and didn't get the iPhone!) to a VP of AT&T. http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/07/prompt-at-apple-iphone-3g-launch-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (James Gerber)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-8087297571630953607Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:41:00 +00002008-07-07T20:43:37.615+01:00videoprivacyyoutubeThe web is buzzing this week about recent developments in Viacom's $1b lawsuit against Google for copyright infringement. Viacom alleges that many of its videos are illegally hosted on Google's YouTube, garnering over 1.5 billion page views and taking away potential profits for the video producer. A copyright lawsuit against YouTube is nothing new, but this story took a surprising twist last http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/07/in-viacom-vs-google-if-viacom-wins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zach Hofer-Shall)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-7512060496914230727Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:46:00 +00002008-07-08T10:12:19.580+01:00Street ViewgoogleprivacyAieee! Everyone hide if you value your privacy - Google cars have reached Britain. The camera-equipped black cars have been seen on the streets of London, snapping photos for Google's Street View project. Google Street View lets users see photos of any street in a surveyed area. Google has been facing down protests and complaints over the photo-mapping tool as of late. The problem is that many http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/07/google-street-view-upsets-privacy-group.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Duncan Heaney)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-4066565412118535963Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:50:00 +00002008-06-24T22:07:15.331+01:00MySpacesocial networkingFacepartyFacebooksocial mediaComing up with a headline for this one was really tough without using profanity, so I decided to go with the tried and true internet acronym approach. Faced with users complaining on not getting "free cool tools" when they were told not to expect them until later this week, Faceparty decided to shut the entire site down for a day out of frustration. Their message: "#@*% The Haterz. Sowwy http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/06/faceparty-to-users-stfu-or-gtfo-wg2z.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (James Gerber)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-7748422649907890985Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:08:00 +00002008-06-20T16:23:30.020+01:00Actor Will Smith recently invested an undisclosed sum into PluggedIn, a new start-up. As the The Telegraph reports, Smith is just one of many super-celebs who are ploughing their cash into online start-ups. Comedian Will Ferrell is another. Ferrell launched a comedy video site, FunnyorDie.com in 2007, and is now pumping money into a visual search site, Searchme.com (still in beta, but looking http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/06/celebs-and-startup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Duncan Heaney)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-7420229246776958143Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:23:00 +00002008-06-20T12:38:41.087+01:00Mr Site, a web design software package for those who don't want to drown in a sea of HTML, announced earlier in the year that it was planning a year-long campaign of customer events in collaboration with PayPal. Those using the software to create their own website can add a PayPal shopping cart, hence the partnership. Each invite-only event of the roadshow will feature a panel of two business http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/06/paypal-and-mr-site-join-forces.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrie Chilvers)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-5170805974975396565Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:39:00 +00002008-06-20T00:28:47.927+01:00This morning you would have thought it was St. Patrick's Day in Boston by the sea of people adorned in green. This was a different kind of Celtic pride, it was the victory parade to honor the Boston Celtic's win over the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2008 NBA finals. It's been 22 years since the Celtics won their last championship title and today the city erupted after clinching the city of Boston a http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/06/one-nation-under-green-boston.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryellen Cronin)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-650062930584939732Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:32:00 +00002008-06-18T22:41:23.085+01:00associate pressblogcopyrightIf there's one main lesson that companies of all sizes need to learn about the evolving internet, it's that you should never ever underestimate the power of angry bloggers. Dell learned this lesson the hard way a few years back, but has rebounding miraculously by engaging with the angry bloggers. Well now bloggers have found a new enemy in none other than The Associated Press. Last week The APhttp://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/06/ap-must-want-fewer-readers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zach Hofer-Shall)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-27837130705370180Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:25:00 +00002008-06-17T21:55:49.612+01:00Guinness World RecordsFirefoxToday is the day we (well, at least us geeks everywhere) have all been waiting for, the general release date of Firefox 3. While there have been a few problems with the Firefox site uptime so far today, download it now on this seemingly working link. This will clearly be a world record for most downloads in a day, so join in and get in while you can. I'm also very curious to see if http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/06/firefox-download-day-is-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (James Gerber)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-4336352013129600029Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:36:00 +00002008-06-13T13:19:29.138+01:00e-commerceprivacyDigital tech companies like Phorm have been causing a stir for a while now with their newfangled approaches to online advertising. With software lurking on your ISP's network, they can potentially record keywords on webpages you visit and then use this information to target adverts at you. While it stinks when this is done on the sly (BT reportedly secretly tested Phorm's technology last year), http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/06/behavioural-targeting-free-personal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrie Chilvers)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-9032160790952408461Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:01:00 +00002008-06-12T22:28:27.428+01:00If you've ever been in need of any intelligent inspiration, thought provoking insight, or just a way to kill an entire afternoon then you absolutely must check out the TED Talks. This site holds a collection of videos from the conference that brings together some of the world's most brilliant minds in the fields of Technology, Entertainment, and Design, hence: T.E.D. The TED conference has http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/06/ted-technology-entertainment-design-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zach Hofer-Shall)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-1996804091519749468Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:23:00 +00002008-06-11T18:34:39.865+01:00seosocial mediaPRBy now, we all know how important social media is in relation to a company's image and reputation. Consumers are now looking to bloggers as a source of honest information, so what happens when bloggers turn irate over a company's products, services, or general business practices? Well, bloggers with high readership can make enough noise that the public and, often times, the press take notice. http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/06/sweeping-bad-publicity-under-electronic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lisa Facinelli)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-2072153724054328381Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:17:00 +00002008-06-09T11:44:20.793+01:00valet parkingspacegooglepartnershipsNASAOnce your precocious start-up has become a multi-billion dollar global phenomenon, it takes a truly out-of-this world technology partnership to rocket business to a new level and bring the competition crashing back to earth. If you haven't kept tabs on Google and NASA's mutual wooing over the past year, recent news is excuse enough for a quick refresher. It all started out seemingly innocently http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/06/googles-nasa-relationship-goes-into.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave Wilby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-6355503892039123366Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:31:00 +00002008-06-06T19:40:03.876+01:00open sourceweb 2.0autismFirefoxI came across a story in the Boston Globe the other day about a grandfather who built a Web browser for his grandson. Why would he do that, instead of using Firefox, you ask? His six-year-old grandson has autism and can't use a normal browser. Too many options confused his grandson and made him react with violence. The grandfather, being in the software industry, took it upon himself to http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/06/browser-built-for-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (James Gerber)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-9039893718083763063Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:15:00 +00002008-06-05T14:41:21.971+01:00Tech startups are producing children's books as part of their PR campaigns - does that sound a bit odd? Surprisingly, it's one of the latest mini trends in PR campaigns. The less a company has to do with children's products or services the better for using a child-like approach to deliver its messaging. It's the juxtaposition that works and provides a creative, simplified way to deliver core http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/06/interesting-mashup-tech-products-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryellen Cronin)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-2556078942127583101Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:19:00 +00002008-06-04T16:17:38.323+01:00On the evening of 31 May, thousands of revellers descended on London Underground Circle line stations with bags and stomachs full of booze. This was their last chance to enjoy drinking on the tube - a ban on all alcohol on the London Underground came into effect the next day. As Wired reports, the alcohol ban was a response to unruly behaviour and, unsurprisingly, as the night progressed, things http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/06/facebook-parties-go-underground.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Duncan Heaney)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-2732782448414842137Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:09:00 +00002008-06-02T17:21:15.906+01:00PolandInternet ExplorerGuinness World RecordsFirefoxMozilla is asking people to pledge to download Firefox 3 on the date of its launch. The goal: to set a new world record (one that doesn't exist yet), certified by Guinness World Records. This is a noble endeavor for several reasons. First, it would mean a world record for open source software. And what better way to have one than for everyone to come together as a community within a 24 hour http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/06/lets-all-help-set-world-record.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (James Gerber)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-8345735797427954206Wed, 21 May 2008 13:27:00 +00002008-05-21T16:27:43.805+01:00pranksopen sourcesoftwaremicrosoftMicrosoft, the world's favorite multi-billion dollar software conglomerate, recently had its CEO, Steve Ballmer, egged at a conference. Literally. Below is the video which I first caught on Matt Asay's blog. It's hilarious, not only for the eggs awkwardly being thrown, but also for the incoherence of the person throwing them and Steve Ballmer's priceless reaction. Listen carefully to see if http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/05/yolks-on-microsoft.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (James Gerber)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-7430762941161814406Fri, 16 May 2008 13:29:00 +00002008-05-16T16:29:53.003+01:00FacebookLeedspillow fightThe police in Leeds are worried. On Sunday 25 May, it is quite possible that the residents of the Yorkshire city will march out en masse, and battle each other in a large-scale pillow fight. The battle has been organised through a group set up on social networking site Facebook, and calls for participants to meet at the city's Hyde Park at 3pm and batter each other silly with pillows. According http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/05/leeds-threatened-by-big-pillow-fight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Duncan Heaney)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-3399352697028024606Wed, 14 May 2008 13:36:00 +00002008-05-14T14:47:25.981+01:00spacemobile communicationsThe moment the sun comes out, there are all sorts of silly maths-related stories in the press. You know the kind of thing: some boffin's worked out the formula for health (a lot of algebra which breaks down into eat well, exercise more) or someone's calculated how many crisps you'll eat in your lifetime (and what percentage of those are paprika flavoured). Well, this one I thought was hilarious http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/05/silly-season-starts-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sean McManus)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-8637631242386253483Tue, 13 May 2008 21:10:00 +00002008-05-13T22:15:22.309+01:00online shoppingebaywebsitesJust in case there aren't enough ways to waste money online, along comes SomethingStore.com, a service that allows you to pay ten US dollars to get "something".  That's it.  There's not really much more to explain. The variety of items can be viewed on the site's SomethingTracker, which lists previously purchased items.  This page shows the assortment of the objects and also indicates that there http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/05/placing-money-directly-in-trash-just.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zach Hofer-Shall)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-255955791279215045Thu, 08 May 2008 10:13:00 +00002008-05-08T12:43:01.881+01:00The internet has revolutionised our lives, giving us 24hour access to a dizzying amount of information. Unfortunately, a lot of it is inaccurate, misleading or completely incorrect. As the old adage goes, don't believe everything you read. With the exception of this blog, naturally. There have been a number of reports over the last few years of marketers posing as consumers online, and trying http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/05/word-of-mouth-advertising-regulated-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Duncan Heaney)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-9205259675134979119Thu, 01 May 2008 16:38:00 +00002008-05-01T18:13:06.582+01:00The London Mayoral Elections are just hours away. Soon we'll see the end of the slagging match that has been taking place between the candidates over the last few months. The manifestos of the three main candidates, Boris Johnson, Ken Livingstone and Brian Paddick, are all pretty similar, coming down to a bendy bus here or a congestion charge reduction there, so it seems likely that this http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/05/prompt-investigates-what-bloggers-think.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ellie)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-2688365618831366394Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:07:00 +00002008-04-29T21:31:57.884+01:00Comcast, a US telecommunications and cable company, which is renowned for bad customer service has started paying attention to the blogosphere in a major way, according to the Seattle Times. The company has a small division that exclusively focuses on monitoring blog postings and Twitter feeds to find out what people are saying about them. It is small (only 5 people) and growing. This http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/04/bad-customer-service-with-comcast-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (James Gerber)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078094.post-7074951886204979406Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:59:00 +00002008-04-18T00:30:29.074+01:00methanolconsumer technologySamsungMTI Microbatteriesgadgetsfuel cellsModern consumer gadgetry is sold as much on its desirability as its technical ability. The days when a laptop, mobile phone or media player succeeded because of processing power, features or capacity are long gone. Instead customers want to hear about colour schemes, brand identity and pocketability. One consideration remains constant however, whether you're interest is in pixel density and http://www.prompt-communications.com/blog/2008/04/new-power-generation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave Wilby)