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Hamilton Nolan of Gawker told a story yesterday that will both entertain and enrage you; it sure did me.
It began when Hamilton received an email from a wanna-be marketing group called 43a . The agency claims they regularly bribe bloggers to "semi-naturally" include links to their "clients" and offered to pay Hamilton $175 for each link.
Clearly, this guy Bryan Clark of 43a has never read a single blog post ever written by Hamilton or he'd know that he's the last blogger on earth who... Read Full Story
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"There is no greater tribute to Steve's life than the fact that most of the world learned of his death on a device he invented." -- President Obama
That quote was certainly true for me. I'd just settled into my favorite chair after a long day Wednesday. As I turned on the television, I picked up my iPhone to quickly scroll through Twitter while the MacBook on my lap started up.
When I first saw the tweets about Steve's death, I assumed it was another false rumor like we've been seeing... Read Full Story
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Not that much surprises me anymore when it comes to branding these days. After all, we are living in the era of "packaging innovation" where it's no longer enough to measure a beer's temperature by touch, people need color changing labels to tell them what cold feels like. But, I read some news today from Starbucks that truly had me shaking my head. The brand that created global success by defining itself as more than just a coffee shop, but rather a total experience; a place where you can... Read Full Story
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I recently reported that the hacker group Anonymous announced Facebook as its next target because of their repeated violations of privacy.
Well, now, Facebook users have a new privacy concern after its been discovered that the social network apparently stores a list of phone numbers belonging to your Facebook friends and, apparently, to contacts stored in the mobile device that you use to access Facebook's mobile app.
According to The Washington Post , this Phonebook Contacts feature... Read Full Story
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When you think of a government shutting down social media to quell rioting in the streets, Britain is not the first country that comes to mind. But, about an hour ago, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron told parliament that the government is going to ban UK citizens from popular social networking sites if they are suspected of plotting criminal activity. No explanation of what constitutes suspicion has been released at this time.
As I reported earlier , Blackberry's BBM and Twitter... Read Full Story
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Stephen Colbert and his newly formed Super PAC, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow , have released two ads that are running in Iowa asking voters to write in Rick "Parry" in the upcoming straw vote in Ames.
The ads emphasize Rick PArry with an "A for America" while showing pictures of Rick Perry, the Texas Governor who is expected to announce a presidential bid in a few days.
It's all part of a campaign from Colbert to draw attention to campaign finance and the power of PR and... Read Full Story
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The hacker group known as Anonymous has a new target: Facebook.
The self described civil disobedience group published a YouTube video titled "Message from Anonymous: Operation Facebook, Nov 5 2011" under the username "FacebookOps."
The video's super creepy modulated voice announces, "Your medium of communication you all so dearly adore will be destroyed ... If you are hactivist or a guy who just wants to protect the freedom of information then join the cause and kill Facebook for the... Read Full Story
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Published to Tottenham Riots
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David Lammy, Member of Parliament for Tottenham appealed on Twitter and on BBC radio for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion to suspend BlackBerry Messenger (BBM).
"This is one of the reasons why unsophisticated criminals are outfoxing an otherwise sophisticated police force," he tweeted. "BBM is different as it is encrypted and police can't access it."
Earlier today, I reported that digital advisor to London’s Mayor, Boris Johnson, reportedly Tweeted it was... Read Full Story
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We all know on Wikipedia, anyone can edit. The problem is, nobody wants to.
Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales made an announcement at this year's Wikipedia conference: Nobody wants to edit Wikipedia anymore.
Wales later told the AP that the number of Wikipedia editors is slowly dwindling. "We are not replenishing our ranks," he said, "it is not a crisis, but I consider it to be important."
According to Wales a lot of the core Wikipedians have simply aged out, got married and found that... Read Full Story
