Year: 2013

  • Tweet catches on in the OED

    The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the premier British dictionary of the English language – or, as its tag line states, “the definitive record of the English language” – adds new words from time to time, as well as evolved meanings…

  • FIR Interview: Rossi Mitova, CEO and Co-Founder Farmhopping, at #LeWeb London

    Bridging the gap between farms and city people who are interested in sustainable farming is the central idea behind Farmhopping, a global web platform to support small sustainable farms and communities by giving them an opportunity to access additional funding,…

  • FIR Interview: Update on FIR’s GaggleAmp with Founder and President Glenn Gaudet

    GaggleAmp is a service that helps amplify your social media messages. The company’s founder and president, Glenn Gaudet, gave FIR an account to use and report on back in September 2011. Since then, we’ve posted a series of updates with…

  • Broken trust and unfulfilled brand promises in Meaningful Brands study

    The just-published 2013 Meaningful Brands study from French marketing and communications group Havas contains useful metrics and insights for business leaders, marketers and communicators, along with big uncomfortable realities about what consumers think about brands. This worldwide study into the…

  • FIR Interview: Festicket Founders at #LeWeb London

    Founded in 2012 by Zacharie Sabban (CEO) and Jonathan Younes (CTO), London-based start-up Festicket wants to make attending music and other festivals as easy as booking a package holiday online. Would-be festival-goers browse a curated directory of music festivals, mostly…