December 2011
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Social Media, Love and Privacy
I have strong views on how much should be shared on Facebook. Photos, comments, videos - all fine and dandy. But my one pet hate is couples sharing emotions and “special moments” on Facebook. I’m not jealous or bitter, I’ve been there and done it. I’ve just grown up. I just do not see is necessary to share EVERY photo, thought or emotion over a public site. My biggest...
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Did you know...?
That Kim Jong-il was a cognac fan. The former dictator, whose death was announced today, had a penchant for Hennessey cognac that retails for $630 a bottle in Korea - $270 less than the average Korean annual income, $900.
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Nudge Nudge, Tweet Tweet →
Karan Chadda, Marketing Specialist for Racepoint Group, Europe has landed a super-awesome role as a blogger for HuffPostTech UK. Not only are we uber jealous but we are also in awe of his awesomeness. Ten points Karan, look forward to reading your upcoming blogs!
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Racepoint Group's Social Media Predictions for...
It’s been an amazing year for social media. From the launch of Google + to augmented reality becoming commonplace, we’ve seen an incredible increase in the number of businesses using social media to connect with customers and social networks responding to meet demands.
As social media becomes a more important aspect of communications, we decided to take a look into the crystal ball...
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The Most Retweeted Tweet of 2011 →
@Wendy struck a cord with the Twitterverse and “RT for a good cause. Each retweet sends 50¢ to help kids in foster care. #TreatItFwd” helped Wendy’s raise $50,000 for orphaned children.
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A Very Hong Kong Christmas
Our colleagues in London are curling up by the fire with a Terry’s Chocolate Orange, our Boston counterparts are off to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and the team in San Francisco have the Great Dickens Christmas Fair taking place in Bay Area. In Hong Kong, it’s a positively balmy 24c, the sun is shining and the skies are blue.
It’s not what you expect in the build up to...
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Sina Weibo encourages use of real names to help... →
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The Age Old Debate
At the most recent Hong Kong PR Network Event, the age old “Content is King” saying was once again repeated and questioned.
If you don’t know about this debate, you probably don’t work in the communications industry. Here’s a quick background summary: “Content is King” is a phrase coined by Bill Gates in 1996 after he published an article where he...
“At the moment, lawyers at Facebook and Google and Microsoft have more power over...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, legal scholar Jeffrey Rosen talks about technologies that are challenging our notions of things like personal vs. private space, freedom of speech and our own individual autonomy. (via nprfreshair)