Lockdown on the high street: The effects of Covid-19 on small businesses
While walking down my local High Street this morning, some 14 hours after the government announced National Lockdown #2, I wondered what this route would look like six months from now. Almost every business has suffered, from big department stores to takeaways to shoe repairers….
The really big Big Trak
If you want to admit your age we’ll have a show of hands as to who remembers Big Trak ?! I vaguely remember my brother getting far too excited about a programmable electric vehicle that sort of resembled a tank in the early 80s….
Easter Eggs and Dr Who’s Tardis
I was driving through Earl’s Court on Saturday night when I spotted Dr Who’s Tardis outside the tube station: Not your usual sighting for sure, and no I hadn’t been drinking! A quick search online revealed it is one of those fabulous hidden secrets tucked…
Google’s Spring Clean!
Spring is on it’s way and Google are putting us all to shame with a timely Spring Clean. As of the 31st July 2013 Google Reader will be retired having been a part of the Google suite of products since 2005. The Reader is a…
Happy 4th July!
Happy 4th July to all our American clients and partners! Google has duly celebrated with its 13th Independence Day theme logo: Look closely and you can see this year’s Google Doodle has the lyrics from “This land was made for you and me” which I am reliable…
Pin it to Win it….How Brands can use Pinterest
So the new kid on the block (Pinterest) is still here and going strong and so now attention turns to how Brands can start using it. As Pinterest’s traffic rose 52 % between January and February, from 11.7 million unique visitors in January to 17.8…
The Ultimate Guide to Pinterest
I am a sucker for mood boards and so when Pinterest came along I jumped straight in. So far I have boards for hair colour ideas and dresses for a friend’s wedding….not that exciting I grant you but helpful none the less! A whopping 1.9…
Focus on the User
Since the launch of Search plus Your World, Google has increasingly come under fire for acting in its own best interests and edging out other social networks from its search results. So much so that engineers from Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have teamed up to…
Tug win GOLD at the DMAs with milk&more!
Last night Tug scooped the gold for Best Use of Search for our milk&more campaign at the DMAs. Great team effort for everyone involved on milk&more and congratulations to Dave, Hannah, Ollie, Juan, Faye, Rainelda and Neil who have all worked so hard to make…
Getting Arrested? There’s an App for that (no really there is!)
Inspired by a real Occupy Wall Street incident a new app has been developed that notifies, with 1 click no-less, your lawyer, loved ones etc that you are being arrested! The ‘I’m getting arrested‘ app for Android makes it a timely one in light of…