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We have moved!

We recently offices and migrated closer to the heart of London. We are now based in 101 New Cavendish Street in a fresh and funky office we are sharing with our creative digital friends, Dare.

Come up and see us sometime. Our new address is:

101 New Cavendish Street, W1W 6XH

All our numbers and email addresses have stayed the same so can get in touch with us through the regular channels.

We’re looking forward to a new year of inspiration, innovation and growth.

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Read the rest of this entry Posted on 21/01/13 at 15:28 No Comments »

Apple’s Q1 Results: Record-Shattering Revenue and Profit

In Today’s Web News…Apple’s Q1 Results puts them up there amongst Oil companies, check out the business story that everyone’s been talking about today and the chart below that puts this into stark clarity. In other news take a look at how McDonalds fans have been showing little love for the brand in a social media ‘strategy’ by the fast food chain gone wrong. Elsewhere Wikileak’s rogue figurehead is planning a TV show…however who will broadcast it?

Apple’s Q1 Results: Record-Shattering Revenue and Profit

McFail: When Branded Twitter Hashtags Go #HorriblyWrong

Assange to Present Own TV Show

MySpace Has a Facebook App

Chart That Puts Apple Up There with Oil

Kindle Touch Software Update 5.0.3

Time Out Prepares to Launch Online Social TV Guide

Multichannel Boosts Email

Mobile Shopping Increases Nearly Threefold

Ubuntu HUD

Rasberry Pi’s GPU Double the Performance of iPhone 4S

Vox.io’s URL-Based Alternative to the Telephone

Facebook Timeline and What Marketers Need to Know

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 25/01/12 at 17:38 No Comments »

Nokia Lumia Sales Seen Topping 1m

In Today’s Web News…news that Megaupload has been taken down and will be prosecuted is sparking speculation of legal repercussions in light of SOPA and Protect IP legislation opposition. In other news the Nokia Lumia is seeing healthy sales, in the region of a million and Google+ continues to cause debate, over its user number claims, social search and relevance.

Nokia Lumia Sales Seen Topping 1m

The Death of Megaupload to Spark a ‘Spotify for Movies’

Work in Progress: Kirin Pipeline

Lazyweb: Git on Android

Why Google+ Matters to E-Commerce

Apple’s iBook Lockdown

Facebook’s New Open Graph Features Impact on f-Commerce

Nielson U.S Smartphone Numbers

How Bounce Rate Optimization Improves Search Rankings

Google+ Misleading Statistics

Google+ is Not a Social Network

Twitter Too Busy Growing to Worry About Google+

64% Would Pay-To-Stream Film in UK

London 2012 to be ‘Biggest Media Event in History’

Snicker’s Stupid Jordan Twitter Stunt

Domino’s Pizza Tracker

Search Plus Your World’s Impact on PPC

StumbleUpon for Power Users

BlueTrain Mobile Publishes “Mobile Marketing Map”

Facebook Timeline Apps: Should You Use Them?

iPhone Over Takes the Camera and Kodak Goes Bust

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 23/01/12 at 15:39 No Comments »

Facebook Bug Reveals Zuckerberg’s Private Photos

Today’s web news…

Facebook Bug Reveals Zuckerberg’s Private Photos

Broadcastr: The Crowdsourced Travel App

Internet Access and the American Divide

Engaging Children via an iPad Book

Time Out Targets London Underground

Global BBC iPlayer App Launching for iPhone & iPhone Touch on Thursday

Android App Download Hits 10 Billion

The Future of Search is Social: Q&A with Google

Future of Apps: Mindshape’s CEO David Begg

Persuasive Checkout Best Practice from ASOS

HTC Highlights How Fickle The Mobile Market Can Be

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 07/12/11 at 13:48 No Comments »

iPhone 4S Launched by Apple: Its What’s Inside That Counts

Today’s web news…

Its feeling Autumnal again after an unusual October heatwave…and its raining Apple!

As you might have noticed a certain company made an announcement yesterday evening British-time that the much-anticipated and hyped new technological handset to covert is the iPhone 4S. Some were disappointed that the exterior is exactly the same as the previous 4 model, however the changes have happened on the inside in software and unseen hardware changes.

Read the roundup of links below to be in the know on the Apple announcement and what it means for consumers and industry alike.

iPhone 4S Launched by Apple: Its What’s Inside That Counts

New iPods, Classic Discontinued, Siri & iTunes Cloud Coing to UK

Apple iOS 5 Out on 12th October: Challenge to Existing Apps?

Apple: 250m iOS Devices Sold

Google+ API Released for Search and +1s

Dunkin’ Donut’s Mobile Gaming Promotion

How to Create Custom Post Meta Boxes in Word Press

Twitter’s 1600 Brands Now Advertising

Pseudonyms and Anonymity Will Increasingly Disappear Online

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 05/10/11 at 10:37 No Comments »

Vexed’s Domino’s Foursquare Campaign is a Finalist for Social Buzz Award

We are delighted to announce that Vexed has been nominated for Best Use of Check in/ Location Based Services for our successful campaign for Domino’s via Foursquare. We were nominated by the lovely Social Buzz Awards where excellence in social media strategies is recognized. Read all about the Foursquare campaign we executed for Domino’s here, the campaign was highly praised in the media.

Also in Today’s News…

Apple’s iPhone Event is Today: News at 6pm

The Facebook Effect: Spotify Users Rise by 1.9m in 1 week

Mobile App Rentals: Next Big Thing in Smartphone?

The Future is Mobile: Is Your Site ready?

Google’s London Chrome Store

QR Reader-Guardian Consumer App of The Week

Lessons Learned from Mcdonald’s Location-Based Mobile Marketing

iCloud: The Story So Far

Conversation Techniques For Designers

The Gamification of News

New Wave Online Brand Management

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 04/10/11 at 14:04 No Comments »

Why Facebook Timeline Will Be Huge for Brands

Today’s web news…

Facebook’s new timeline and ‘frictionless sharing’ continue to hit the headlines this week with a storm of controversy building around Facebook’s announced plans. Read all the top stories below.

Zynga’s David Ko told the Guardian that they believe mobile to represent a “a new social gaming frontier” and that they aim to be “the best content creators in the world” with their successful gaming platforms and will focus on the rapidly expanding market for gaming on mobile.

On the topic of Mobile a study by Flurry in the US showed mobile apps to mirror TV usage, in that apps are used most around peak TV watching times in the evening. Another study in the US showed that 20 million people use mobile apps every hour.

Why Facebook Timeline Will Be Huge For Brands

Groups Ask For Ban on Facebook’s ‘Frictionless Sharing’

Zynga’s David Ko Talks Smartphone & Tablet Gaming

Web & Mobile App Use Peaks At Night

Google Analytics Adds Real-Time Traffic Data

Groupon Rewards: Groupon Customers Rewarded for Merchant Loyalty

Flurry data Shows Mobile Apps Used Hourly by 20m in US

Cognitive Psychologists to Gather Data from Smartphones

3G Turns 10

Halo Networks Get £1.6m First Round to Offload Mobile Data to Wifi

Michael Jackson Tribute to Stream Live on Facebook

Profile of a Social Strategy

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 30/09/11 at 15:47 No Comments »

Domino’s Pizza Receives Boost by Gourmet Pizza Range

Today’s web news…

Domino’s Pizza Receives Boost by Gourmet Pizza Range

Hipmunk Flight Search Takes Off on Android

Travel Ads Excel on iPads

Happy Hour Finder- Social Facebook App

Lovefilm Debuts Movie Streaming App

ASOS Named Best-Loved Digital Brand

Inside Google+

Why Every Brand Needs to Think Mobile

Can Youtube’s Founder’s Reheat Delicious?

What Frictionless Sharing Means

Kindle: Touch and Fire Released in US

Fashion Designer’s Crowd Sourced Instagram Print Ad

Survey: 41% of Smartphone Users Set to Buy iPhone5

Facebook Enriches Mobile with HTML5

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 29/09/11 at 14:31 No Comments »

Google Plus Users Can Now Share Circles

Today’s web news…

The debate rumbles on about whether Google+ will take off and rival Facebook. After opening registration to anyone last week they saw traffic rising hugely, and the site has added a new feature to circles which is one step ahead of Facebook’s seemingly reactionary ‘smart list’ settings. Facebook on the other hand may face obstacles in monetizing mobile while Spotify hops aboard to the social networking site.

To read more about Google+ and Facebook’s plans for monetizing Mobile both topics are covered in depth in this month’s Vexed Website, released today. It is available on the blog and via email subscription, covering the month’s hot topics.

Google+ Traffic Rose by 1269% Last Week

Facebook Faces Difficulties Monetizing Mobile

Google+ Users Can Now Share Circles

Spotify Ties Future to Facebook

Blippar: a QR Code Killer?

Ubuntu Launches App Store

Zynga’s Profits Down 95%

Europe Banks For e-Payments Monopoly

Disney Cars to get ‘Appmates’ toys that Work with New iPad

Zynga’s CityVille Arrives on Google+

FarmVille & Pizza Hut Want to Feed Hungry Children

A Flickr Founder’s Glitch: Wants You To Play Nice

Kobos New App Lets You See Who’s Reading With You

Domino’s Artisan Marketing

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 27/09/11 at 13:51 No Comments »

Brands Missing Out on 33m-Strong UK Gaming Market

Today’s web news…

In today’s news Google’s Christian Oestlien announced that Google+ will be open for businesses very soon and that Ford Motors is among the first brands to be tested as a business page. It follows on the news that the social networking site now has an estimated to have 44m users and that celebrity endorsements are being trialed in Google+ search results.

In other news the Internet Advertising Bureau has released a new report on gaming in the UK, the conclusion? That there is a 33m user-strong gaming market that is being under-marketed.

Over in the US libraries have truly entered the modern age with e-books now available for loan from 11, 000 libraries across the country.

Google+: Estimated 44m Users & Business Pages Near

Brands Missing Out on 33m-Strong UK Gaming Market

Can Augmented Reality Redraw the Media Landscape?

App Guide: TV Network Apps

Google Improves iOS App for Google+

How to Create a Facebook Media Room for Publicity

VIM Plugins for C/C++ Developers

Groupon’s IPO Delayed as Revenues Drop

Realtime Social Sharing with Jamcloud

The iPhone’s Winning 89% Retention Rate

e-Libraries in the US