Image Credit: Ascannio / Shutterstock.com It was a potentially explosive announcement for social media marketing, but it would appear that for advertisers and marketers, who rely on social media platforms to connect with customers, the news barely received notice. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced in December that they would be filing antitrust legislation against...Read More

Image Credit:  weedezign / Shutterstock.com A new contender has burst onto the social media app scene and is garnering some significant notice among the established players in the field. TikTok provides users the opportunity to generate creative and short videos. The vast majority of users are 13 to 24 years of age and those who...Read More

Image Credit: Rido / Shutterstock.com It’s a common scenario: imaginative company harnesses new technology to produce a unique product that millions of consumers find irresistible. Consumed with publicly-lauded and sky-rocketing success, the once innovative teams of product developers and marketing gurus stand-by and observe as a competitor passes them by, and steals their lunch, thunder...Read More

It’s not a bad idea to measure the room, before you go out and buy a bunch of new furniture. After all, who among us has not gotten that really great looking piece of furniture delivered only to realize it won’t fit the room.  But even if you have mastered tape measuring 101, sketching the...Read More

Mobile technology device users have said it countless times over. “There is an app for everything.”  And of course they are all correct.  The mobile application world has evolved into a market of 1,500,000 apps and includes every conceivable use from coupons to cardiac monitoring and beyond.  ABI Research predicts that mobile app revenue will...Read More

I guess it was inevitable that sooner or later some enterprising, tech savvy entrepreneur would figure out a way to utilize modern mobile technology to ply a generations old pick-up tactic.  BarEye, a social nightlife app that helps you purchase drinks at partner bars, is expanding after its pilot in Tallahassee to five major U.S....Read More

For all those who find it a significant challenge to rise out of slumber in the mornings to face the challenges of a new day comes another gadget-app designed to encourage, coax, pry, nudge or jolt you into a lucid state of mind and physical prescience.  The Walk-Up Alarm Clock App promises to join the...Read More

I have something really important to tell you about.  Do you have six seconds? It seems that the ever shrinking video and sound bite has now been reduced to a mere six seconds, so choose your words and images carefully if you want to impart a message to another through this media.  Vine, a mobile...Read More

** From the pages of Junction’s notebook: Read about the experiences, perspectives, and ideas of Junction team members. During the holiday season, we get to take a bit of a break from the fast pace of business and spend some time with the people that we care about most. The exchange of gifts is a...Read More

Atlanta-based strategy firm Junction Creative Solutions (Junction) announces the release its Annual Report for 2012. Titled Sustainability in a Fragmented Marketing Economy, the report charts the origins of a myriad of specializations or niches in modern marketing in order to illuminate the importance of centralized strategy to unify these solutions and drive results in 2013...Read More