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▼Product Is The New Marketing - Six Pixels of Separation - Marketing and Communications Insights - By Mitch Joel at Twist Image
Brands can't hide any more. If you're reading this Blog, you already knew that. Last night Jeff Bezos (founder and CEO of Amazon) was on Charlie Rose to discuss the latest iteration of the e-book reader, Kindle (if you're interested in watching the online video of the conversation, you have to click around on the Charlie Rose website to find it). While reading Bob Lefsetz tonight, I came acros...Expand this post »
Brands can't hide any more. If you're reading this Blog, you already knew that. Last night Jeff Bezos (founder and CEO of Amazon) was on Charlie Rose to discuss the latest iteration of the e-book reader, Kindle (if you're interested in watching the online video of the conversation, you have to click around on the Charlie Rose website to find it). While reading Bob Lefsetz tonight, I came acros...Expand this post »
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Like▼Aww Moment of the Day: I Give U Our Heart - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
Caption dese cyoot kittehs and show us ur funnehs! » Recaption This! » View All Captions dis kitteh haz got a heartz to share 2… picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: mcat » Recaption ThisExpand this post »
Caption dese cyoot kittehs and show us ur funnehs! » Recaption This! » View All Captions dis kitteh haz got a heartz to share 2… picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: mcat » Recaption ThisExpand this post »
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Like▼YouTube Increases Video Time Limit to 15 Minutes - Mashable!
Good news for everyone out there who’s ever thought to themselves: “A 10-minute video of my cat eating ribs on the kitchen floor is just too short.” YouTube announced today that it has increased its upload limit from 10 minutes to 15 for non-partners. So get kitty lookin’ pretty and start rolling! So why add the extra five-spot now? Well, on the YouTube blog, the video-sharing site explains th...Expand this post »
Good news for everyone out there who’s ever thought to themselves: “A 10-minute video of my cat eating ribs on the kitchen floor is just too short.” YouTube announced today that it has increased its upload limit from 10 minutes to 15 for non-partners. So get kitty lookin’ pretty and start rolling! So why add the extra five-spot now? Well, on the YouTube blog, the video-sharing site explains th...Expand this post »
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Like▼The Mouse Is Dead. I Just Killed It. Now Can We Move On? - TechCrunch
This morning when I wrote a post about Apple’s new Magic Trackpad, I knew it would be a little controversial. After all, I basically said that it was the beginning of the end of the mouse — a device that everyone reading the post probably still uses for a good chunk of their computing on a daily basis. But I didn’t expect what I said to be that controversial. To the point where we have to decla...Expand this post »
This morning when I wrote a post about Apple’s new Magic Trackpad, I knew it would be a little controversial. After all, I basically said that it was the beginning of the end of the mouse — a device that everyone reading the post probably still uses for a good chunk of their computing on a daily basis. But I didn’t expect what I said to be that controversial. To the point where we have to decla...Expand this post »
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Like▼Brian Clark Howard: Stop Drinking Bottled Water Now! (Infographic) - The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Bottled water is healthy water -- or so marketers would have us believe. Just look at the bottled water labels or ads: deep, pristine pools of spring water; majestic alpine peaks ... In reality, bottled water is just water; however, that fact isn't stopping people from buying a lot of it. Here are some solid reasons to kick the bottled water habit from our friends at Term Life Insurance. So...Expand this post »
Bottled water is healthy water -- or so marketers would have us believe. Just look at the bottled water labels or ads: deep, pristine pools of spring water; majestic alpine peaks ... In reality, bottled water is just water; however, that fact isn't stopping people from buying a lot of it. Here are some solid reasons to kick the bottled water habit from our friends at Term Life Insurance. So...Expand this post »
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Like▼Preparing A Social Readiness Gameplan In Seven Steps - Logic+Emotion
Photo Credit: Avanash Kunnath | Originally posted on Jive Talks Two industry articles recently surfaced which caught my attention. The first on Media Post indicated that more than half of the companies polled for the article go at social media initiatives without a strategy. The second, from eMarketer included some statistics behind common social initiatives but indicated that there was a gap ...Expand this post »
Photo Credit: Avanash Kunnath | Originally posted on Jive Talks Two industry articles recently surfaced which caught my attention. The first on Media Post indicated that more than half of the companies polled for the article go at social media initiatives without a strategy. The second, from eMarketer included some statistics behind common social initiatives but indicated that there was a gap ...Expand this post »
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Like▼When memes collide!
VIDEO: Double Rainbow Remix (Featuring OMG Cat) - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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VIDEO: Double Rainbow Remix (Featuring OMG Cat) - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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Like▼Apply Directly to Your Head - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
Sumtiems, u just gotta put stufs on ur hed. And sumtiems da hoomin lieks to take lotsa pictures of it. But dats ok, ya jus gotta keep smilin. Picture by: shironeko Moar after da jump! iz a tuff life, iznt it?Expand this post »
Sumtiems, u just gotta put stufs on ur hed. And sumtiems da hoomin lieks to take lotsa pictures of it. But dats ok, ya jus gotta keep smilin. Picture by: shironeko Moar after da jump! iz a tuff life, iznt it?Expand this post »
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Like▼How the Old Spice Videos Are Being Made - ReadWriteWeb
How do you take the social web by storm in a day, winning over even the coldest of hearts and gaining international acclaim - with commercials? digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/How_the_Old_Spice_Videos_Are_Being_Made_2';digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff';digg_skin = 'normal';A team of creatives, tech geeks, marketers and writers gathered in an undisclosed location in Portland, Oregon yesterday and ...Expand this post »
How do you take the social web by storm in a day, winning over even the coldest of hearts and gaining international acclaim - with commercials? digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/How_the_Old_Spice_Videos_Are_Being_Made_2';digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff';digg_skin = 'normal';A team of creatives, tech geeks, marketers and writers gathered in an undisclosed location in Portland, Oregon yesterday and ...Expand this post »
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Like▼Fast Lane - The Slide - The Presurfer
For those looking to move a little quicker, auto giant Volkswagen has created a 'Fast Lane' slide at the Alexanderplatz subway station in Berlin, Germany. So the commuters have the choice to either take the staircase or have fun and save time by sliding down the Fast Lane.
(thanks Cora)
For those looking to move a little quicker, auto giant Volkswagen has created a 'Fast Lane' slide at the Alexanderplatz subway station in Berlin, Germany. So the commuters have the choice to either take the staircase or have fun and save time by sliding down the Fast Lane.
(thanks Cora)
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Like▼Adjustable Liquid-Filled Lenses Provide Vision to the Developing World - Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World
Today over 1 billion people around the world need — but lack — access to eyeglasses. Seeking to provide for this need, Adlens has created a set of specs affixed with fluid-filled lenses whose magnification can be adjusted with just a simple turn of the dial! A clever design for health and well being, the ingenious lens could prove to be particularly useful in the developing world, where resourc...Expand this post »
Today over 1 billion people around the world need — but lack — access to eyeglasses. Seeking to provide for this need, Adlens has created a set of specs affixed with fluid-filled lenses whose magnification can be adjusted with just a simple turn of the dial! A clever design for health and well being, the ingenious lens could prove to be particularly useful in the developing world, where resourc...Expand this post »
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Like▼YES: Argentina's Senate Approves Gay Marriage By 6 Votes, President Expected To Sign - Queerty
Well it sure took long enough (15 hours of full floor debate), but Argentina's Senate just passed its same-sex marriage bill in a 33-27 vote. That it's a country made up of 90 percent Roman Catholics cannot go unmentioned. The bill now heads to the desk of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who's expected to quickly sign it into law after previously voicing unwavering support for the bil...Expand this post »
Well it sure took long enough (15 hours of full floor debate), but Argentina's Senate just passed its same-sex marriage bill in a 33-27 vote. That it's a country made up of 90 percent Roman Catholics cannot go unmentioned. The bill now heads to the desk of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who's expected to quickly sign it into law after previously voicing unwavering support for the bil...Expand this post »
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Like▼Improv Everywhere Brings “Star Wars” to NYC Subway Car [VIDEO] - Mashable!
Those intrepid folks at Improv Everywhere are at it again — this time they invaded a New York City subway car, treating passengers to a reenactment of the first Princess Leia/Darth Vader scene from Star Wars. We’ve seen comedy troop Improv Everywhere undertaking a ton of missions in the past — from the No-Pants Subway Ride to staging a scene from Ghostbusters in the New York Public Library — b...Expand this post »
Those intrepid folks at Improv Everywhere are at it again — this time they invaded a New York City subway car, treating passengers to a reenactment of the first Princess Leia/Darth Vader scene from Star Wars. We’ve seen comedy troop Improv Everywhere undertaking a ton of missions in the past — from the No-Pants Subway Ride to staging a scene from Ghostbusters in the New York Public Library — b...Expand this post »
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Like▼iPhone 4 to Get First Mobile Video Relay Service for Deaf Users - ReadWriteWeb
Apple's face-to-face video chat for the iPhone 4, FaceTime, has been the word on the lips of many people recently, for reasons from its (ahem) innovative uses to its touching commercials. But beyond showing off haircuts and braces, the service is creating a lot of buzz in another community entirely: the deaf. Video relay service provider ZVRS has announced what it says is the world's first mob...Expand this post »
Apple's face-to-face video chat for the iPhone 4, FaceTime, has been the word on the lips of many people recently, for reasons from its (ahem) innovative uses to its touching commercials. But beyond showing off haircuts and braces, the service is creating a lot of buzz in another community entirely: the deaf. Video relay service provider ZVRS has announced what it says is the world's first mob...Expand this post »
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Like▼Ben & Jerry's: How a Big Brand Explores Augmented Reality - ReadWriteWeb
As we have mentioned previously, the success of augmented reality depends partly on its exposure through major mainstream brands. Late last week, the Ben & Jerry's ice cream empire took its first steps into the world of AR by adding the functionality to its iPhone app - but not in the way you might immediately assume. Today, I had the opportunity to chat with Katie O'Brien from Ben & Jerry's ab...Expand this post »
As we have mentioned previously, the success of augmented reality depends partly on its exposure through major mainstream brands. Late last week, the Ben & Jerry's ice cream empire took its first steps into the world of AR by adding the functionality to its iPhone app - but not in the way you might immediately assume. Today, I had the opportunity to chat with Katie O'Brien from Ben & Jerry's ab...Expand this post »
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Like▼5 Non-Profit iPhone Apps You Should Know About - Mashable!
Frank Barry, professional services manager at Blackbaud and blogger at NetWits ThinkTank, helps non-profits use the Internet for digital communication, social media, and fundraising so they can focus on making an impact and achieving their missions. Find Frank on Twitter @franswaa. If you haven’t noticed, the web is going mobile right before your eyes. Smart phones like the iPhone, Android, Bl...Expand this post »
Frank Barry, professional services manager at Blackbaud and blogger at NetWits ThinkTank, helps non-profits use the Internet for digital communication, social media, and fundraising so they can focus on making an impact and achieving their missions. Find Frank on Twitter @franswaa. If you haven’t noticed, the web is going mobile right before your eyes. Smart phones like the iPhone, Android, Bl...Expand this post »
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Like▼Google Maps Adds 45° Aerial Imagery For All Users - Mashable!
Google has granted all Google Maps users the ability to view aerial photos taken at a 45° angle. Just zoom in at one of the supported locations and you’ll get a better view than you could before. The feature was previously only available to developers and as part of Labs for Google Maps, a set of work-in-progress features that you had to opt in to. Now anyone who uses Google Maps can see the a...Expand this post »
Google has granted all Google Maps users the ability to view aerial photos taken at a 45° angle. Just zoom in at one of the supported locations and you’ll get a better view than you could before. The feature was previously only available to developers and as part of Labs for Google Maps, a set of work-in-progress features that you had to opt in to. Now anyone who uses Google Maps can see the a...Expand this post »
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Like▼Apple Admits iPhone 4 Reception Issues, Promises Fix in a Few Weeks - Mashable!
We did not see this coming: after first dismissing the reports about iPhone 4 antenna reception issue, Apple has officially admitted it existed, promising a software fix in a couple of weeks. Official press release below: Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances...Expand this post »
We did not see this coming: after first dismissing the reports about iPhone 4 antenna reception issue, Apple has officially admitted it existed, promising a software fix in a couple of weeks. Official press release below: Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances...Expand this post »
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Like▼Apply for NTEN’s Technology Leadership Academy - Wild Apricot Blog full text
NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network has just announced a great opportunity for non-profit organizations who want to learn to use and manage technology more effectively to meet their missions. The...Expand this post »
NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network has just announced a great opportunity for non-profit organizations who want to learn to use and manage technology more effectively to meet their missions. The...Expand this post »
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Like▼Iceland PM Johanna Sigurdardottir Wastes No Time In Making Use of New Gay Marriage Law - Queerty
Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland's 68-year-old prime minister and the only openly gay head of state in the world, married partner Jonina Leosdottir, a writer, yesterday — the first day same-sex couples could legally wed there. There was no ceremony. [AP] Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Iceland, Johanna Sigurdardottir, Jonina Leosdottir, MarriageExpand this post »
Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland's 68-year-old prime minister and the only openly gay head of state in the world, married partner Jonina Leosdottir, a writer, yesterday — the first day same-sex couples could legally wed there. There was no ceremony. [AP] Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Iceland, Johanna Sigurdardottir, Jonina Leosdottir, MarriageExpand this post »
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Like▼5 Cool Non-Profit Uses of Location-Based Tech - Mashable!
Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007. The continuing evolution of location-based social networking has yielded creative solutions for advocacy, fundraising and crisis response. With the increased competition among services like Foursquare, Gowalla and Whrrl, non-profits are innovating even furthe...Expand this post »
Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007. The continuing evolution of location-based social networking has yielded creative solutions for advocacy, fundraising and crisis response. With the increased competition among services like Foursquare, Gowalla and Whrrl, non-profits are innovating even furthe...Expand this post »
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HootSuite Adds New Features and Fresh Interface with HTML5 - Mashable!
HootSuite, the social media web-based dashboard, released its latest version today with HTML5 support that includes drag-and-drop functionality and enables faster loading. The new version, HootSuite5, also includes new features like geo-search and Google Analytics integration, as well as an improvement to Twitter’s RTs, which includes both the native RT and the option to comment with the RT. ...Expand this post »
HootSuite Adds New Features and Fresh Interface with HTML5 - Mashable!
HootSuite, the social media web-based dashboard, released its latest version today with HTML5 support that includes drag-and-drop functionality and enables faster loading. The new version, HootSuite5, also includes new features like geo-search and Google Analytics integration, as well as an improvement to Twitter’s RTs, which includes both the native RT and the option to comment with the RT. ...Expand this post »
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Like▼Flickr Photos Are Getting a Massive Overhaul - Mashable!
As of today, users can start seeing bigger, bolder Flickr photo pages with prettier controls and more apparent options for learning more about each image. For one thing, photos will automatically be a lot bigger — 640 pixels wide on the photo’s main page. Flickr has also placed the “who, where, when, how” of related information just to the right of the photo. These so-called story elements wil...Expand this post »
As of today, users can start seeing bigger, bolder Flickr photo pages with prettier controls and more apparent options for learning more about each image. For one thing, photos will automatically be a lot bigger — 640 pixels wide on the photo’s main page. Flickr has also placed the “who, where, when, how” of related information just to the right of the photo. These so-called story elements wil...Expand this post »
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Like▼Book Review: The Idealware Field Guide to Software for Nonprofits - idealist.org - HOME
By Hannah Kane. ::image::The Idealware Field Guide to Software for Nonprofits is a compact, 80-page introduction to the sometimes confusing world of software programs and web tools that nonprofits...Expand this post »
By Hannah Kane. ::image::The Idealware Field Guide to Software for Nonprofits is a compact, 80-page introduction to the sometimes confusing world of software programs and web tools that nonprofits...Expand this post »
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Like▼After Four Months In Private Beta, Salesforce Chatter Finally Arrives As A Public Conversation - TechCrunch
Salesforce's foray into injecting social features into the enterprise world, Chatter, is finally open to the public after four months in private beta. Announced last November, Chatter leverages what Salesforce CEO and co-founder Marc Benioff calls the Cloud 2, delivering realtime access to data and information, using social sources, such as YouTube and Twitter. In Feburary, Chatter was launched...Expand this post »
Salesforce's foray into injecting social features into the enterprise world, Chatter, is finally open to the public after four months in private beta. Announced last November, Chatter leverages what Salesforce CEO and co-founder Marc Benioff calls the Cloud 2, delivering realtime access to data and information, using social sources, such as YouTube and Twitter. In Feburary, Chatter was launched...Expand this post »
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