Alibaba wants a chief cuteness officer (no dogs allowed) October 28, 2016 Forget the days of shelling out money to get Kim Kardashian to promote your products. Alibaba has come up with the idea of recruiting for a "chief maimeng officer" (that translates as "selling its cuteness") to help sell its products and promote its bumper sale on Singles' Day next month. The Chinese e-commerce giant is hoping the successful [...]
Everything you need to know (but were afraid to ask) about Donald Trump’s inauguration January 19, 2017 Whether you're a fan or a hater, there's no denying The Donald's inauguration as 45th President of the United States is kind of a big deal. If you're planning to don stars and stripes leggings, break out the hamburgers and settle in to watch it, here's what you need to know. So what's the plan? Events [...]
Why taking a selfie is going to start costing you money as MasterCard brings “selfie pay”, its facial recognition payment software, to the UK February 22, 2016 Now there's a less vain reason to take a selfie: MasterCard is bringing facial recognition payment services, dubbed "selfie pay", to the UK. The company has already trialled the technology in pilot schemes in the US and Netherlands, ahead of a launch in 14 other countries this summer. (Rumours Kim Kardashian was the first person [...]
Champagne Life review: Our verdict on the Saatchi Gallery’s first all-female art exhibition January 14, 2016 Saatchi Gallery | ★★★☆☆ Taking its name from one of the pieces on display, Champagne Life at Saatchi Gallery presents the work of 14 emerging female artists from a diverse set of backgrounds. It’s the first all-woman exhibition in the gallery’s 30-year history, somewhat surprisingly, but rather than attempt to offer an ambitious and all-encompassing commentary [...]
25 years of Photoshop: A short history of the image editor which gave us Katy Perry’s left shark, Kim Kardashian breaking the internet and Ed Miliband eating a bacon sandwich February 19, 2015 It’s created iconic images and can take responsibility for the most bizarre image fails ever seen, now Photoshop is celebrating its 25 year anniversary, a quarter of a century in which it changed our visual culture. The image editing software package which became a verb is so integrated into our lives and the way we [...]
Super Bowl XLIX 2015 adverts: Watch Budweiser’s Lost Dog, NoMore.org’s domestic violence PSA, Bud Light’s Pac Man and T-Mobile’s Kim Kardashian videos February 1, 2015 Some 184m Americans are expected to tune into the Super Bowl this year to watch the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks showdown. While American football is nowhere near that popular here in the UK (although it is growing), chances are many more of us have seen a Super Bowl advert shared on our screens [...]
Selfie fever hits London hotel June 10, 2015 Kim Kardashian, P Diddy, Barack Obama and Kelly Brook. What do they all have in common? They love a good selfie. And from today, Swish St James’ hotel Conrad is offering selfie sticks to all their guests as part of a new marketing campaign. These can either be ordered from the minibar at £12 each, [...]
Time’s 100 most influential people: This is the most important age April 17, 2015 You won't see Janet Yellen or Alexis Tsipras running in the same circles together with Kimye (that's celeb power couple Kim Kardashian and Kanye West), but they have one thing in common – influence. Along with head honchos like Apple boss Tim Cook, Microsoft's Satya Nadella, politicians Angela Merkel and Putin, and comedians John Oliver [...]
Car review: The Phantom’s little bro grows up – meet the Rolls-Royce Ghost II April 27, 2015 Drive the Rolls-Royce Phantom for any length of time, as City A.M. did last August, and there’s a strong chance you’ll come away deeply impressed. Your CEO may well own one and, you’ll undoubtedly agree, he/she is a person of great taste. Alan Sugar has a Phantom. So does Simon Cowell, Kim Kardashian and [...]
Super Bowl 2015 best adverts: Budweiser’s Lost Dog is a winner but Fast And Furious 7, Terminator Genisys, Ted 2 and Fifty Shades of Grey film trailers prove popular February 2, 2015 The New England Patriots may have triumphed over the Seattle Seahawks in last night's football game, but there was a puppy that also came out a winner from the Super Bowl. For all the Super Bowl pre-buzz surrounding the adverts due to be screened- with million-dollar ad break spots, teaser trailers and social media campaigns [...]