May 2012
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Daily Video - LinkedIn: 9 minutes can change... →
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B.o.B. Showed us how to drive purchase with...
On May 1 Atlantic Records recording artist B.o.B. will released his 2nd CD “Strange Clouds”. The people over at Atlantic apparently have solid social media chops. There tactic combined an exclusive preview of B.oB.’s new CD and social media to drive purchase and digital media buzz.
1. Advance Premiere: A simple Facebook milestone post on the Atlantic Records Facebook page...
The Color of Success: Blacks in Tech on Twitter →
damanbahner:
I’ve wanted to write this post for a while, but I wanted to come at it the right way. This isn’t an article about blacks in technology from an exclusionary standpoint, but from a positive empowerment one. I hope the day comes when it’s not a rare thing for non-asian minority males to be found in…
Insights into the Digital Lives of America’s Black... →
Highlights
21% Black adullts download online coupons
31% of black adults watch UGC
Black Women are…
63% more likely to purchase haircare products online
53% more likely to purchase skincare products online
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Facebook: The Billionaires Club
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Video And Rich Media Increase Engage →
• Rich media ad units lifted return trip visits nearly 3 times higher than standard banner ads
• Video ads units lifted return visits over 5.6 times higher than standard banner ads
• Users who clicked on a rich media unit were over 4 times more likely to browse an advertiser’s site over someone who clicked on a standard banner ad
• Users who clicked on video units were over 9 times more likely...
April 2012
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Watchdigift:
With the proliferation of digital media, commoditization of media, content, and inventory will inevitably follow. In order to ensure yields remain high and campaigns have their intended effects, it is important to continually evolve and innovate in strategy, creative, pricing, and format. The above video was a first for FT.com, an out-of-banner Homepage Roadblock that had high impact...
Microsoft Makes $300M Investment In New Barnes &... →
chartier:
There are a lot of unanswered questions from this announcement, one of the largest being: what OS will the next Nook run? With Microsoft and Barnes & Noble getting this snuggly in bed, I doubt the Nook will remain Android for long.
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Hotkeys for Facebook, Google and Twitter by... →
“When they look back at this era, Internet historians will mark Facebook’s...”
– Web 2.0 Is Over, All Hail the Age of Mobile (via courtenaybird)
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CNNMoney Tech Tumblr: XCom Global - Thumb (drive)... →
cnnmoneytech:
Just wanted to give a belated shout out to XCom Global for saving me the headache of scrambling for a connection at this year’s Mobile World Congress.
At an event with 70,000 attendees, you could imagine that connectivity is an issue — ironic, at a conference about connectivity. Wi-Fi is…
What App-mania Can Mean for Your Business →
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Instagram: The Week on Instagram | 24 →
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News
The @WSJ had its readers tag their Instagram shuttle shots with #shuttlewsj
NatGeo & The North Face are Instagramming from Everest (Also: read our post here!)
Enter @mashable’s #mashpics photo challenge: How Do You Spend Your Lunch Break?
Check out the Instagram art…
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Ad Age Digital A-List: Buzzfeed →
The company’s pitch to brands is straightforward: We’ll work with you to create content, and help it go viral by tracking which items are shared most among certain social circles and then pushing the content getting the most “viral lift” into more prominent positions on Buzzfeed.com.
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2011 Google Creative Canvas →
Google shows you just how far rich-media can go. The “2011 Google Creative Canvas” is a collection of rich-media examples and digital wizardry. Take a look and get inspired.
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(INFOGRAPHIC) 70% of Shoppers Would Switch...
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Instagram: The Week on Instagram | 23 →
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Instagram’s New Guidelines Against Self-Harm Images & Accounts
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Weekend Hashtag Project: #landmarked. View photos from the last project, #vacantplaces.
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Photo Feature: Cherry Blossoms
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How Social Media Gave UFC a Fighting Chance →
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Local Search: The Numbers Behind the Search →
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Are You (Still) a Technophobe? →
joshpangan:
“Technology is changing fast, and those who don’t change with it will be left behind.” - SCORE, “Counselors to America’s Small Business” “Are you suffering from fear of technology? In this day and age, reluctance to adopt tech tools can seriously hinder your business’s growth potential. Consumers and big businesses alike are embracing tools like smartphones and tablet computers to...
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Day in the Life of a Mobile Teen →
“94% of adults with post-graduate degrees are online, but 57% of those without...”
– Report: One In Five U.S. Adults Does Not Use The Internet (via courtenaybird)
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7 Tweeps to Follow in the Startup Space →
tekfreq:
As a startup fan and all things tech aficionado I love Twitter for it’s ability to allow me to connect to the thoughts of a lot of insiders in the startup/entrepreneur/tech space. Here are some of my favorites!
1) Brad Feld (@bfeld) According to his bio, Brad Feld is a VC with Foundry Group…
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Tupac to perform live at Coachella with the power...
You wouldn’t know that Tupac is dead by all the news that surrounds him year after year including unreleased music, photos and conspiracies. Unfortunately, Tupac is dead - but for this weekend, he will come back to life thanks to holographic technology.
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Is Personalized Search Getting Too Personal? →
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QR Code vs Snaptag →
Why CEOs Should Allow Facebook in the Workplace →
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Draw Something's phenomenal growth →
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'Glee' Gets a Big Welcome Back From Twitter →
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Inside Apple's Foxconn factory (video)
bitshare:
Foxconn is the Chinese factory that puts together all of the Apple products, such as the iPhone and iPad. It’s a pretty rare event when cameras are let into Foxconn, and in this video from Marketplace, they take us inside of Foxconn for a brief but telling view of how it is to work at Foxconn and what it looks like when an iPad is put together.
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IPAD'S RULE THE SHOPPING WORLD
March 2012
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Tablet Owners - Increased by 50%
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Research: Twitter Drives More Traffic to Press... →
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Tumblr Tops Pinterest and Twitter →
Article recommendations from your friends on Facebook and Twitter aren’t a major source of traffic for news websites, according to Pew’s State of the Media 2012 report — but they have potential to become one. The annual release focuses on trends in the world of journalism but as news continue…
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Pinterest - 12 Million Active Users Each Month
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Don't Tag Me, Bro: How to Control Facebook Photo... →
Facebook’s photography features and photo-tagging functionality are an awesome way to share your images with friends and family. Sometimes, however, a few photos might show up that you’d rather not draw attention to. We can show you how to remove undesirable photo tags, and more importantly, h…
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“Pinterest represents your buyers persona”
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“In testing Angry Birds, Pathak recorded energy usage for one level of gameplay,...”
– The Verge, reporting on research from Purdue University and Microsoft. These tests were performed on Android devices. (via dbreunig)
6 Tips To Protect Your Facebook Account from... →