We’ve seen the pictures, now there’s 100 full seconds of Becks running across LA in his pants in this ‘short film’ by H&M, which was directed and produced by Guy Ritchie.
Oreo’s turn to capitalise on the Superbowl blackout
Have a break, have a KitKat (and a break from any phone/internet signals within a 5 mile radius)
A trail of 60 Gromit statues are set to grace the city streets of Bristol next summer to raise money for the Bristol Children’s Hospital.
The models will be painted by both national and international artists, and dotted across the streets of Bristol in order to raise awareness for the hospital’s fund raising, which includes sponsorship and a charity auction.
The statues will hit the streets in Summer 2013, and are in association with Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal, which was formed 17 years ago after a public charity appeal to build a new children’s hospital enlisted the help of Bristol-based animation studio, Aardman Animations
Source: ITV News Online
by Alex Wells
A giant UFO hovers over the London to mark the launch of the Xbox computer game Halo 4.
The 50 foot wide logo was flown underneath a helicopter.
via Computer Games by @sam_batty
A very cool pot luck for the book lovers amongst us. A second-hand book shop in Toronto has created a vending machine that gives customers a random book for just $2. How very lovely!
It’s been nearly a decade since 3G was launched in the UK and its’ introduction saw mobile phones fast become an indispensable gadget for communicating and consuming on a daily basis.
creased by almost 200% [Smart Insights]. With this in mind you’d expect that we’d be a nation waiting for 4G with baited breath; but no.
EE formerly known as Everything Everywhere will be the first to offer the 4G network, which reportedly delivers speeds of up to five times faster than 3G. It’s very early days yet, but the queues of customers are not yet beating down the doors at EE to be part of the action. This goes some way to confirm suggestions from E-Consultancy that many consumers aren’t all that interested in 4G but that the excitement is really coming from the online retailers. And we can understand why. More mature 4G markets such as the USA have seen a huge surge in consumers purchasing through their mobiles. Some US stores have seen a 65% growth in customers buying straight from their mobiles [Smart Insights].
The simple fact is that 4G usage in the UK will rapidly increase once Britons understand the benefits. At the moment mobile users are wary due to the lack of price options in the market place and the continuing debate over dubious network coverage. In 2013 other telecoms giants will enter the market place and an educated audience will be ready to be part of the 4G revolution. It seems that EE have the tough job of warming up wary consumers. Their efforts might actually end up working in favour of other providers who will be poised to take note of their mistakes.
In the WPR office we’re all up for faster mobile internet for both us and our clients; and sooner rather than later as well. In this technological age, we want everything at the touch of a button and at the speed of light – 4G will certainly help to satisfy this demand further, but perhaps EE and future 4G providers just need to communicate what they can offer a little better first.
When sat in a restaurant we are no longer faced with embarrassing looks when we want to take a snap of the meal we are about to tuck into, instead the trend for food snaps is on the rise.
New York restaurant Comodo saw a great opportunity from this trend and cleverly came up with the idea of an Instagram menu. Using the hashtag #ComodMenu diners can upload their photos allowing others to check out the food before they eat.
WPR’s @jade_mansell got some great coverage with The Daily Mail for Flaming Grill and their sporting steak faces!
