Posts made in May, 2014

on May 28, 2014

By Dave Birss The people who’ve always interested me most in the advertising industry are the ones who have a creative passion that extends beyond the walls of the agency. There’s a disproportionately high number of musicians, screenwriters, fashion designers, graffiti artists, bloggers, bakers and DJs inhabiting our nation’s creative departments. And I’m always really impressed by the brave souls who leave the security of an agency job to pursue that passion. One of these inspiring individuals is Julian Hanford, who walked away from a successful advertising career to pursue his dream of being an artist. If you’re a regular reader of The Drum Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on May 28, 2014

By Natalie Mortimer Microsoft is set to release a new function for its internet phone service Skype that will translate voices in ‘near-real time’. Skype Translator, which works through a combination of Skype voice, IM technologies from Microsoft Translator and a “neural network-based speech recognition”, will be released as a Windows 8 beta app by the end of the year. The new function was announced yesterday at the inaugural Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. In a blog post on the Microsoft site Gurdeep Pall, corporate vice president of Skype and Lync at Microsoft, said language barriers have so far been Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on May 28, 2014

By Natalie Mortimer Google last night announced that it has built a prototype of a self-driving vehicle, and is to start manufacturing its own cars, rather than continuing to modify its fleet of Lexus and Honda vehicles. According to a post on the company’s blog, the new cars won’t have a steering wheel, accelerator pedal, or brake pedal, because “they don’t need them”. “Our software and sensors do all the work. The vehicles will be very basic—we want to learn from them and adapt them as quickly as possible—but they will take you where you want to go at the Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on May 28, 2014

Publisher to use lessons learned from social content site to inform wider business. Read full story › Source: Marketing Week...

on May 28, 2014

Publisher to use lessons learned from social content site to inform wider business. Read full story › Source: Marketing Week...