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Top 10 brand social videos of Q2

Video still of Tiffany Cooper for Karl Lagerfeld In the second quarter of 2015, luxury marketers used video content to delve deep into brand happenings. Whether presenting humorous takes on the design process or sophisticated Parisian nights, video engaged consumers on a variety of levels to showcase the medium’s power to connect and engage both on-the-go via mobile and on desktops. Video has emerged as a compelling way to script a

Boucheron sets sights on Indian consumer with high-jewelry suite

Boucheron’s Fleur de Lotus necklace French jeweler Boucheron is retracing its historic link to Indian dignitaries through its new high-jewelry collection, Bleu de Jodhpur. The four-piece high-jewelry collection symbolically ties together Jodhpur, the Indian “city of the sun” with Boucheron, known as the “jeweler of light,” as well as Paris, often referred to as the “city of light.” While many jewelers draw inspiration from locales outside their home country, Boucheron’s

Boucheron sets sights on Indian consumer with high-jewelry suite

Boucheron’s Fleur de Lotus necklace French jeweler Boucheron is retracing its historic link to Indian dignitaries through its new high-jewelry collection, Bleu de Jodhpur. The four-piece high-jewelry collection symbolically ties together Jodhpur, the Indian “city of the sun” with Boucheron, known as the “jeweler of light,” as well as Paris, often referred to as the “city of light.” While many jewelers draw inspiration from locales outside their home country, Boucheron’s

Adobe to plug Hacking Team Zero Day Flash vulnerability

Last weekend, Hacking Team became Hacked Team after over 400GB of confidential company data was leaked, and it’s emerged that a major Adobe Flash Player exploit is part of that package. A security bulletin released by Adobe explained that a critical vulnerability (CVE-2015-5119) has been found in Flash Player 18.0.0.194 and earlier for Windows, Mac and Linux. It has the potential to let an attacker take full control over a

Adobe to plug Hacking Team Zero Day Flash vulnerability

Last weekend, Hacking Team became Hacked Team after over 400GB of confidential company data was leaked, and it’s emerged that a major Adobe Flash Player exploit is part of that package. A security bulletin released by Adobe explained that a critical vulnerability (CVE-2015-5119) has been found in Flash Player 18.0.0.194 and earlier for Windows, Mac and Linux. It has the potential to let an attacker take full control over a

Tidal unleashes its family-friendly subscription

Jay Zed’s favourite music streamer, Tidal, today unleashes its new family plan pricing to its global market, offering discounts for new accounts tied to a ‘parent’ account. The new setup allows for up to four new accounts to be attached to a single main bill-payer, with each benefiting from a 50% discount to whichever tier they’re signed up to. For the base ‘Premium’ level that means an extra £5 /

Tidal unleashes its family-friendly subscription

Jay Zed’s favourite music streamer, Tidal, today unleashes its new family plan pricing to its global market, offering discounts for new accounts tied to a ‘parent’ account. The new setup allows for up to four new accounts to be attached to a single main bill-payer, with each benefiting from a 50% discount to whichever tier they’re signed up to. For the base ‘Premium’ level that means an extra £5 /

Review: Updated: Google Nexus 5

Introduction When the Nexus 5 launched in October 2013 it was lauded as “the best that Google has to offer”, but almost two years on is that still the case or has the search giant’s darling handset fallen behind the times? The Nexus 5 has always been updated with the very latest software and it now boasts Android 5.0 Lollipop. I’ve updated this review to reflect this change and everything

Review: Updated: Google Nexus 5

Introduction When the Nexus 5 launched in October 2013 it was lauded as “the best that Google has to offer”, but almost two years on is that still the case or has the search giant’s darling handset fallen behind the times? The Nexus 5 has always been updated with the very latest software and it now boasts Android 5.0 Lollipop. I’ve updated this review to reflect this change and everything

Facebook's new icon brings it up to speed with the modern world

Facebook design manager, Caitlin Winner, just quietly made Facebook icons more relevant to 50% of the world’s population by updating key Facebook icons. Not only does the female silhouette look less like Darth Vader, she’s now been brought forward to take centre stage on group notifications. The female icon was also slightly pushed into the background in the friends notifications icon, but now both the man and woman are of