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SOCIAL MEDIA: New Twitter is new again

by on December 11, 2011 in Adv & Marketing News, Advertising & Marketing, Digital, Social Media

This past week, Twitter unveiled a trailer (video not available anymore) for the upcoming revamp of its home website and mobile apps with roll outs happening the next couple of weeks. It appears this is the most thorough revamp the microblogging company has done with a host of changes that will either enrage or satisfy […]

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SOCIAL MEDIA: Get to know China’s social media equivalents

by on December 1, 2011 in Digital, Digital News, Social Media, The Universe

Let’s face it. China owns us and we’ll be soon calling them Gentle Overlords much sooner than you think. And, as you may or may not know, they tend to look down our “basic rights” and “freedom” of stuff. Our traditional ways of thinking, feeling, eating, sleeping, tying our shoes, omelets, vertical blinds, etc. will […]

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SOCIAL MEDIA: Google+ launches TV advertising

by on December 1, 2011 in Adv & Marketing News, Advertising & Marketing, Creative Briefs, Digital, Digital News, Social Media, Television

During Thanksgiving football, Google+ finally unleashed its social networking platform to the masses via paid advertising. Here follows the :90 spot: . At this time, we are not sold on Google+ as a go-to service to be used on an everyday basis. The platform, design and launch seem forced and not organic: a mere reaction […]

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SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook’s most viral stories in 2011

by on November 29, 2011 in Digital, Digital News, Social Media

Facebook released its top 40 most shared/ viral news stories of 2011 today, though there is still one full month to go (??) so the list could very well change with a faux pas from a political candidate or a cute kitten doing something cute and awwwwww! It wouldn’t matter because as you’ll see, it […]

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MISC: Congress nearing to pass SOPA, Internet censorship

by on November 21, 2011 in Digital News, Life, Social Media

Just when we are joining the Internet party, some stubborn neighbor called the cops to break up the fun. But this is more serious than some two-bit beat cop coming to ask to turn down the Turntable.fm. The U.S. Congress is fast-tracking two bills that will help the entertainment industry police the Internet of its […]

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MEDIA: Reporters at #OWS get occupied themselves

by on November 15, 2011 in NYC & Observations, Social Media, The Universe

Tony Kornheiser, our beloved radio/ podcasting sports grandpa, likes to regale his listeners with stories from the newsroom back in the golden age of typewriters. One thing that he points out when comparing that time versus now is the power of the press pass: back then, flashing credentials would open doors and mouths (not in […]

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