January 2012

UKTI Mission to SXSW 2012: The Companies Announced

SXSW 2011

Congratulations to the 40 leading UK digital companies selected for this year's UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) Mission to South by South West 2012.

The exciting mission will see the companies travel out to Austin, Texas for an action-packed 5 days at SXSW Interactive, one of the largest and most well known conferences focused on digital media and technology.

Each of the companies joining the mission are listed below, don't hesitate to drop them a line directly to arrange a time to meet up in Austin, or follow their progress via their Twitter accounts. You can follow the UKTI team's coverage of the mission on Twitter @uktiatsxswi.

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9 January 2012 by Lauren Cotton

Countdown to Social Media Week 2012 #smwldn

Oh my, it's exactly six weeks today until Social Media Week opens. We're getting very excited with all the fab events being registered and will soon be announcing our partners and sponsors. 

Here are two key dates for your diary to make sure you can really get engaged in all the action. 

1. Five weeks left to submit your event, submissions close on the 6th February. Need some help? Here are all the tips you could ever need. 

2. One week until event registration opens! If you want to get ahead sign up now and you can look through the schedule of events and add them to your favourities. Event registration opens on the 17th January. 

We can't wait to see you all, keep an eye out on the blog or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

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9 January 2012 by Bex Clarke

Simon Says: Supermarkets can do so much more with Social & Technology

Supermarket

Technology is designed to make our lives easier, faster and ultimately more fun.

Tesco is my supermarket of choice. This isn’t because it’s the nearest shop to me. Nor is it because I think they are the cheapest. It might have something to do with the fact I worked for almost all of the other big chain supermarkets in my teens and still have a little grudge about being treated poorly for minimum wage, but I think the main reason I’ll go to Tescos is the clubcard.

At the start of 2011 I purchased my first iPhone. When I got it home I immediately started downloading apps. Once I’d got Angry Birds, Facebook & Twitter I started to search for the more "specific" apps for me. I found the Tesco Clubcard app and moved straight over.

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4 January 2012 by Simon Caine