Trying to convince their clients that “everything ages fast,” Brazilian ad agency Moma mocked up some hilarious vintage 1960s-style ads for Facebook, YouTube, and Skype. (Including charmingly broken Brazilian English.) The ads are currently being published in Meio & Mensagem, a Brazilian newspaper. – Gawker Funny thing is, where is the Google+? Maybe it’s not so prevelant in Brazil as
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Opinion pollster SodaHead surveyed 602 visitors to its site Feb. 16. about whether they experience Internet addiction, and found that many people are self-diagnosed addicts. Key word here – SELF diagnosis. Do most know what addiction is? Is being addicted to being online real? I watched a rerun of Third Rock from the Sun the other day where Dick discovered
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This fight is now happening in Canada under the proposed C11. One can be assured that the same folks arguing in favour of the flawed SOPA bill are also lobbying hard with the current Conservative government in Ottawa. (I refuse to call it by thier own brand name of the H####R Government.) Lets do a bit of “the end is
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Like Your PVR? Like your right to copy CDs or DVDs you bought for your own use? Right now that is all legal and prudent in Canada. Well folks PM Harper is saying NO – he wants to make that illegal. The Tories are screwing us by making sure that we can no longer tape, record, copy or otherwise enjoy
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Google+ has added a photo-captioning tool similar to what you see on Cheezeburger. You know the photos – the ones with inspiratinal meme text overtop. Google programmer Colin McMillen posted on Google+ “Today we’re rolling out a feature that makes it easier to add big, bold text on top of your photos. To try it out, drop a photo into the
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Don’t focus on fancy apps; focus on creative status updates. The newsfeed is the goldmine. Only 10% of fan interactions happen on the actual page Wall, while a whopping 90% occur in the newsfeed. What makes an effective status update? Here are some essential elements: Keep updates short & sweet. Ideally no more than two sentences or people won’t read
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All major social platforms have their own usage guidelines. The following is some themes that emerge on the major social platforms. Of course it is always due diligence to read the actual guidelines on each platform’s website. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/terms.php Twitter: http://t.co/nY4u5Nf Brand Guidelines: – Twitter: Offers “Verified Account” badges for accounts and “Promoted” badges for accounts, tweets and trends. These
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Timeline – Facebook’s new way of showcasing yourself to others in your profile – will be launching officially on December 27th. Of course you can get it early or learn about it at http://www.facebook.com/about/timeline beforehand. So with the release of timeline, I found myself not in the group that the media seems concerned about. “Your past is only a click
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