Digital news & analysis

Metro launches gaming site with £1.9m ad campaign

Metro, the free newspaper owned by Daily Mail & General Trust, is backing its new online gaming platform, Metro Play, with a £1.9m national ad campaign using the tagline "More rewarding ways to Metro Play".

Consumers urge brands to boycott Facebook over domestic violence

Car marque Nissan has pulled its ads from Facebook after they appeared next to a page making light of violence towards women.

Lynx celebrates Africa's 18th birthday with social graffiti

Brighton-based graffiti artists Pinky and Barney Chum101 used tweets using the hashtag #LynxAfrica18 to create a homage to Lynx Africa's coming of age.

Grand Visual bolsters management team

Grand Visual has hired Ben Putland as production director and Jeremy Taylor as account director.

Industry view: Will Xbox One revolutionise home entertainment?

Microsoft is touting its next generation Xbox One console as the "ultimate all in one home entertainment system", but the jury is out on whether it will prove quite as revolutionary as the brand hopes.

So, Tumblr sells to Yahoo - what happens next?

With this acquisition, Marissa Meyer's new-look Yahoo has paid a high price for cool and in the long-term, things are far from certain, says Philip Dyte, paid social media manager at iProspect.

Teens take a different view of social media

Research from the Pew Research Center points to how Twitter isn't perceived by some teens as a social network in the same way as Facebook or LinkedIn.

DigitasLBi and Razorfish appoint international leaders

DigitasLBi and Razorfish, the Publicis-owned digital networks, have appointed international leaders.

Interflora legal victory over M&S signals new 'cautious' approach to keyword bidding

Brands are likely to be more cautious when bidding online for competitors' keywords and phrases following a key High Court ruling, according to a legal expert.

Ed Miliband condemns Google for tax avoidance

Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has criticised Google for going to extraordinary lengths to avoid paying tax.

First Direct returns to 'challenger' origins with 'unexpected bank' relaunch

First Direct is rolling out its biggest ever ad campaign and repositioning as "the unexpected bank", reinforcing its credentials as a challenger brand against traditional high street banks.

Marks & Spencer loses AdWords battle to Interflora

Marks & Spencer has lost the right to bid on the 'Interflora' trademark on Google AdWords, ending a five-year legal battle.

Microsoft launches Xbox One to fulfill 'all in one' home entertainment role

Microsoft is refreshing its Xbox console brand for the first time in eight years with the launch of Xbox One, which the company claims will use cloud technology to provide an "all in one" home entertainment system.

Shelter picks Chameleon as strategic partner for online giving

Housing and homeless charity Shelter has appointed Chameleon to work across its online giving platforms.

Barclaycard teams up with Dare for digital campaign

Barclaycard has launched a live digital campaign with Dare, featuring internet stars including Brett Domino Trio creating personalised songs for tweeters, such as Derren Brown, to promote its Bespoke Offers.

Helen Weisinger to leave EDC group marketing role

Helen Weisinger, the group chief marketing officer at EDC, is to leave the business at the end of May, as the responsibility for new business and marketing falls back to the group's individual agencies.

Yahoo unveils complete overhaul of Flickr

Yahoo has followed up its $1.1bn acquisition of Tumblr by unveiling a complete overhaul of Flickr, its photo sharing service.

Yahoo unveils complete overhaul of Flickr

Yahoo has followed up its $1.1bn acquisition of Tumblr by unveiling a complete overhaul of Flickr, its photo sharing service.

Parents face awkward questions in Windows Phone film

An innocent kid asks his parents awkward questions and appears to walk in on his parents having sex before being given a child-friendly Windows Phone.

AKQA, Topshop and Bodyform triumph at Rev Awards 2013

AKQA was awarded Digital Agency of the Year, Topshop won Digital Brand of the Year, and SCA's 'Bodyform: The Truth' viral scooped the Grand Prix at this year's Rev Awards.

Nike campaign asks fans to put country before football club

Nike is to weigh into football's club-versus-country debate with a new social media campaign called "Country First Club Second", to coincide with the unveiling of the new Nike-supplied England team shirts.