Microsoft today announced it had sold 100 million copies of Windows 8, its first statement on sales milestones since January. In a blog post and interviews with several influential bloggers and media outlets such as the New York Times and ...
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Bigjigs Toys is sponsoring Mummy Bloggers Sussex Mummy and Being Mrs C to represent the brand at this year's BritMums Live event. The event will take place at The Brewery, London on June 21st and June 22nd. BritMums Live is the UK's ...
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ToyNews has established an official network of parents to keep the UK trade up-to-date with consumer news, views and features. Members of the parenting network will help share their views on the toy market, write a monthly column and ...
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This trick or treat season, Rubie’s is expanding its Halloween kids collection with gruesome new editions to its fancy dress range. The new Zomboy and Zombet costumes are designed to deliver a fright with their scary prints and ...
Vivid is launching a torrent of Twitter-driven PR campaigns to support its new toy ranges. The company revealed its latest social media plans after reaching 3,700 followers on the social website, and following its latest Little Mix dolls ...
Tags: Twitter, webgame, Toys, Cut The Rope
Cotton Council International's (CCI) media outreach in Germany generated 1.0 billion consumer impressions and an earned advertising value of $2.9 million in 2012. Social media plays a major role in COTTON USA's consumer communication ...
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Microsoft may recant its Windows 8 design theology, bloggers reported Tuesday, by offering Windows 8 users an option to bypass the "Modern" UI and by restoring the Start button and menu to the beleaguered operating system. A pair of ...
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Suppliers are being told to get their entries for this year's Rainbow Toy Awards in as early as they can, to take advantage of blogger reviews of their products. Most Rainbow Toy Award testers are bloggers, who also sport the 2013 ...
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Bigjigs Toys has picked its first ever Play Patrol Agents. Over 100 parent bloggers registered to try to get one of five places to test out and review Bigjigs' new toys back in January. In the end, 12 families made it through to the ...
John Crane is reintroducing its Ambassador programme after its success last year. Laura from The Life and Times of the Working Mum (pictured) has been chosen as the summer ambassador. She will work closely with the firm from May to August ...
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BlackBerry plans to release a larger tablet and two phone-tablet combos, or phablets, over the next year, according to a leaked road map presentation slide. The three devices will run the BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system, which ...
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Feedly, which today announced it has added more than 3 million new users to its free RSS service since Google decided to retire Reader, said that it plans to offer a paid option this year. "Over 3 million new users have joined Feedly ...
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Character Options is celebrating its most successful UK toy Twitter party to date. Launched to honour its new Peppa Pig Theme Park toy collection, the social media event took place on March 26th and delivered nearly eight million tweets ...
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Microsoft yesterday confirmed Windows "Blue," an upgrade to Windows 8, but analysts remained uneasy about how the faster release cadence that Blue represents will be digested by businesses. "Microsoft is going to be on an annual release ...
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Wendy Hirschhorn, a veteran publicist with blue chip clients, has launched Wendy's Bloggers, a bridge for brands to create valuable relationships with influential mommy bloggers and their followers. Mommy Bloggers are typically defined as ...
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