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4Goodness Sake!

Today Ofcom announced a consultation on how best to sell off the rights to the next generation of mobile wireless networks (4G) could this be a great money maker for the Government?

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Like this privacy ruling?

The issue of personal details on the internet isn't going way. At least not if the EU directive has anything to do with it.

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Our guest columnist

Manchester PR agency head honcho Rick Guttridge, known to most as our MD, has contributed not one, but two pieces to well respected media titles.

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A winning formula?

Well we must be doing something right, otherwise there's no way we would have been nominated for Best Newcomer at TheBusinessDesk.com North West Business Masters Awards 2011. An accolade in itself no less.

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The Activity Illusion

Smartphones are here to make our lives easier... or so we are told. One thinking mind begs to disagree.

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The power of dreams

Honda capture the power of dreams with a new interactive advert enabled by Apple's best-selling smartphone

Marketing News

The Lynx Effect

This week saw Lynx launch its new Facebook game where you try to bed….sorry I mean release Kelly Brook (a fallen angel). Now I’ll be honest I was really interested in this game when I heard about it. When I read about it in a national newspaper on Monday I immediately logged on and ‘liked’ … Continued

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Seen This?

The Great Manchester Debate

More scandal over the BBC's move out of London, and Manchester City Council's recently announced cuts. Can it really be put down to political one-upmanship? Yes, we think it probably can.

Media News

A slice of pie for hungry publishers?

Apple and Google both announce plans that will allow publishers to charge for digital content. The press breathe a sight of relief, and then look at the fees involved. Still, at least this is some quite good news for a change.

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Going to hold it against Britney?

Manchester PR agency offers its take on Britney Spears' new product placement car crash pop promo

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Social Media? It's old news

The roots of electronic discourse can be traced back almost half a century, so let's take a potted look at the history of Tweets, Pokes, IMs and more...

Guest Post

G’day! An upside down look at consumer PR

How different can a PR agency in Sydney be to a UK consumer PR agency like Smoking Gun? I moved to the other side of the world to pursue my career in PR I thought, new media to learn, contacts to make but how different can it be, right? Wrong! Moving to Sydney Australia has been a learning curve from start to finish.

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Human Robots

Android has become the world's leading smartphone operating system, which should cause no end of fuss at Apple, Nokia and RIM.

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