Communicators chart a new path in China.

21 October 2009
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Morgan Stanley: Mobile Internet is a tsunami.

21 October 2009
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The Apple iPhone marks the beginning of an underestimated new phase in computing and business, says analyst Mary Meeker of Morgan Stanley. A presentation at the Web 2.0 Summit 2009 on Tuesday 20 October in San Francisco showcases research from Meeker and fellow analysts Scott Devitt and Liang Wu. Big mainframes characterized the 1950s, smaller […]

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In China: 719.8 million mobile phone users.

20 October 2009

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released monthly telecommunications statistics on Tuesday 20 October showing that mobile phone subscribers in China grew by 9.3 million in September, to 719.8 million. With 460 million mobile subscribers, China Mobile has more users than any company worldwide. China Unicom, which just struck a deal with Apple to […]

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2010 colors: aurora, tomato puree, eucalyptus.

19 October 2009

The Pantone Color Institute isn’t saying what will be the 2010 color of the year, replacing the 2009 color, “mimosa yellow.” But forecaster Leatrice Eiseman says it’s going to be a color that helps create a feeling of “retreat and escape.” From a Fortune magazine story on the CNN Money website.

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How Thums Up became the ruling cola of India.

18 October 2009
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Dept. of better late than never: Liebovitz re-imagines Disney fables.

16 October 2009
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How did we miss these Disney images created by photographer Annie Liebovitz in 2007 and 2008? Were we distracted by the November elections and the Olympic Games and the great recession? Were we clueless? Did they not show up on YouTube? Why weren’t we informed? Part of a stunning Liebovitz series of re-imagining fairy tales […]

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Creating product romance for an audience of one.

15 October 2009
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An inspiring vision of media’s future.

14 October 2009

Few projects inspire more confidence in the future of media and communication than the “Did You Know?” series of videos. The latest version supports The Economist’s Third Annual Media Convergence Forum, taking place next week in New York City. The 2008 edition in the XPLANE design series is still relevant and just as inspiring. This year’s Media […]

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The Onion: Bird product launch.

13 October 2009
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News of the divine launch of a new species of bird, as imagined by editors of The Onion. In a marketing co-creation play, humans are being allowed to name the new bird.

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Word of mouth, Swedish.

12 October 2009

Fun in any language, especially Swedish. A series of videos from Volkswagen achieving widespread viral circulation on YouTube and elsewhere. Probably does as much for the creative agency, DDB Stockholm, as for Volkswagen. Wonderful to see Swedish diacritical marks like umlauts and rings, even having no idea what the words mean. Swedish nirvana achievable when […]

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