Archive for December, 2011

Facebook caused even more divorce mayhem in 2011

Swindon, 30 Dec 2011 A survey carried out by UK divorce website Divorce-Online in December 2009 found that 20% of behaviour petitions contained the word “Facebook.”. A follow up survey in December 2011 has found that number has increased alarmingly during 2011 to 33% of behaviour petitions have been found to contain Facebook in the [...]

Want to make a complaint? Go online

Younger UK consumers rank social media as a go-to choice for complaints, but email reigns supreme overall Sunnyvale, CA (Dec 30, 2011): (NASDAQ: EGAN). A survey of 2,000 UK consumers reveals that social media now ranks as a go-to platform for making complaints about a company’s products or services. Commissioned by eGain, the leading provider [...]

Unique Home Stays To Feature in New Primetime TV Documentary

Luxury accommodation provider Unique Home Stays Unique Home Stays is set to feature on the small screen after taking part in a brand new eight-part observational documentary series to be aired in January 2012. The primetime ITV1 series called ‘Cornwall’, will take in some of the delights of the beautiful and rugged county over the [...]

Over one in ten sales shoppers set to avoid the crowds this year by shopping on their mobiles

• 14 percent will be using their mobile phone to either purchase sales items online or find discounts from their favourite brands London, UK— 22nd December 2011: Research by mBlox, the mobile consumer interaction and payment specialist, reveals that one in ten UK consumers are planning to avoid the High Street this sales season and [...]

Capgemini Group receives HP Award for Innovation

- Capgemini and Sogeti recognised for collaboration, joint solutions, go-to-market activities and customer successes – 22 December 2011 – The Capgemini Group, one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, has announced that it has been awarded the ‘HP Software Most Innovative Alliance Partner of the Year’ for Europe, Middle East, [...]

Plusnet to sponsor Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Plusnet, the Sheffield-based broadband provider, has announced that it is to sponsor the new series of Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5. Celebrity Big Brother returns on January 5th for a second ru… Custom Release Wire

Facebook Introduces Private Messages between Business Pages and Fans, Signalling Further Opportunities for Brand Engagement, says Punch Communications

Business pages will now be able to connect with fans through private messaging, Facebook has announced, an introduction set to create further opportunities for brand engagement, says integrated PR, search and social media agency, Punch Communications. Although currently, the change is only available for admins in Asia, it is an important feature which as it [...]

Democracy under stress around the world

According to the EIU’s latest Democracy Index The results of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index 2011 show that democracy has been under stress in many parts of the world. The state of democracy deteriorated in 48 countries during 2011, out of the 167 that are covered by the index. In only 41 countries did [...]

Top ten bestseller for Christmas

Associated Editions is pleased to announce that their book and CD for Christmas has now entered the top ten bestselling books in Ireland. ‘Gloria: an introduction to 1,000 years of Sacred Music‘ by Tim Thurston has a special Christmas theme and tells the story of European sacred music earliest times to the present day, interspersed [...]

The Leaked Zuckerberg Photos And The Fragility Of Privacy

A few days ago, hackers exploited a security flaw on the Facebook website to gain access to private photos belonging to Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook. Although the security loophole was swiftly closed by Facebook, the images had already been posted to the web by the hackers. The incident has sparked off [...]