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Sony’s struggle to compete with high-end mobile manufacturers, such as Apple, has been widely publicised. A recent report from Gartner, for example, put Sony Ericsson’s global market share at 2.4% in 2010, down 46% from 2009. In the portable gaming sector, Sony’s PSP device is also a distant second to Nintendo’s handheld console, the DSi (likely to become even more popular with the launch of a 3D version in March).
Sony is now fighting back on both fronts with the Xperia Play, an Android-powered smartphone with a slide-out set of controller buttons, not dissimilar from the company’s original PSP gaming device. The idea of this is to allow mobile owners to play games that would normally have been too complex ...
Ricky Gervais has always been a bit Marmite to audiences, no more so that in recent days following his hosting duties of the Golden Globes in which he poked up fun at the likes of Robert Downie Jnr, Charlie Sheen and other members of the Hollywood elite, to mixed reaction. Tim Gearey, MD of Golley Slater PR takes a look at the reaction and what it could mean for the comedian’s career long-term.
"Gervais' performance and comments seem to have drawn mixed views but one thing is certain...everyone in the media is talking about the event. Breakfast TV, online news sites, tabloids and even broadsheets are carrying the story on the front pages, and clips from the show are doing the usual ro...
There may be no studio lights, no live audience and absolutely no auto tuning, but there is great music, and it’s coming from Jon Earl’s shed in the small West Country town of Cleveden Somerset.
Songs from the Shed, which can be seen at www.songsfromtheshed.com or by searching on You Tube, invites live musicians to come in and perform acoustically in front of a hand-held camera. It’s already attracted musicians such as David Rotheray from one of my favourite bands The Beautiful South, who...
Thousands of blue bicycles appeared across the capital last week, as Boris Johnson launched the Barclays bike hire scheme.
However you feel about the man known variously as Bojo, Boris the Menace or Bozza, the Mayor of London’s 6000 trusty new steeds are a talking point across the capital. The king of cycle super highways, Boris is known for his passion for two wheels and spending on cycling in London is at record lev...
We were delighted with the attention our latest project drew this week with the launch of our methodology on attribution...
We were delighted with the attention our latest project drew this week with the launch of our methodology on attribution in conjunction with SearchIgnite. The results we have achieved surpassed all expectations driving an increased ROI for Center Parcs’ online campaigns by 54% and managing to r...
Breaking box office performance
We were really pleased to report at the end of last year our latest design and build win for the English National Opera. Now we are pleased to report that month on month the results are surpassing all records, and just recently in the month of May this year a new record breaking box office performan...
Real Time pollen app...
Clarityn's Real Time pollen app has really been embraced by hayfever suffers across the country. In the first 2 weeks since its launch the applications has been downloaded by just over 78,000 users. Furthermore this free app has had some really positive reviews, from the likes of The Application ...
UK’s first free hayfever iPhone application
Working closely with our client Clarityn, we have created the UK’s first free iPhone application that provides real time pollen forecasts. The app integrates with the iPhone's camera viewfinder and allows the user to view the local forecast, wherever they are in the UK via animated 3D 'pollen spor...
A viewpoint on HIPS...
Well that was pretty quick wasn’t it? No messing from the new coalition, just wham! Away with red tape and unnecessary bureaucracy with the abolition of HIPs. While HIPs’ demise had been on the cards for quite a while, the speed and lack of notice on the announcement has come as a bit of a su...
Pro Bono PR Consultant to BITC’s Give & Gain Employee Volunteering Day
If employers took a poll among staff, they would probably be surprised by the number involved in volunteering work. The 2009 study by the Institute of Volunteering Research showed 87% of local volunteer centres had seen an increase in enquiries about volunteering opportunities. According to YouthNet...
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