December 2009
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Facebook 'Friending' With Benefits Is Benefiting...
Who’s really getting the most benefit out of Facebook? Divorce lawyers.
Because of fresh connections created with old flames and introductions to new people, it makes sense that social media, specifically Facebook, is conducive to “e-philandering,” the term for online cheating.
According to the article on DailyFinance.com, one lawyer stated that almost one in every five...
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Facebook Judges You By Your Surname
Last night, the Facebook Data Team posted some new information about the diversity of its user base. The note describes the roundabout way in which the team determined the ethnicity of Facebook users — they used Census Bureau data about the typical ethnicity of the most common American surnames.
Many commenters have pointed out the possible errors in this method, although the researchers...
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This ChristmaHanuKwanzaakkah, Please "Pitch In"
Best Buy has announced the launch of its Pitch In card - a card to which friends and family members can contribute money (in any denomination over $5 and at any time) to help you purchase all the fun gadgets and accessories you’ve been dreaming of! Just imagine…instead of spending your own $300 on that e-reader you’ve been lusting after, you can strong-arm 10 of your closest...
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2010 - The Year of Profile Burnout?
I recently attended Jaunted’s “Travel Gets Social: The New World of Travel Media” event at the 92Y Tribeca. If you didn’t hear about it (*cough* then get out from under your rock *cough*) the panel line-up included The New York Times‘ Matt Gross (a.k.a. the Frugal Traveler), Virgin America’s Manager of Online and Digital Marketing Bowen Payson, New Media...
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Your Most "Untamed Moment" Tagged on Facebook... →
Mandalay Bay is taking “What happens in Vegas…” to the next level by prompting users to upload photos or video of their “most untamed moments” to its Facebook fan page for a chance to win a weekend with friends at Mandalay Bay for New Year’s Eve.
It seems like a pretty sweet deal, with roundtrip airfare and accommodations, tickets to a Black Eyed Peas concert,...
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'Rolling Stone' To Serve Up Rock, Food and Drink
I’m continually fascinated at the lengths that publications must go to stay relevant. Augmented reality covers from InStyle Magazine, Thrillist’s jetsetter parties, and the New York Times debut of the Times Wire are all examples of the great innovations media must create just to stay afloat. In today’s Los Angeles Times, another example hails. Rolling Stone magazine has...
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How Should PR Pros Disclose Client Tweets?
Since the FTC’s new endorsement regulations go into effect today, I figured now would be a good time to blog about something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately — how do you provide proper disclosure in tweets, with only 140 characters to do so? Most recently, tennis player Serena Williams came under fire for twittering about Nabisco without saying she was shooting a commercial...