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Oklahoma Tornado & Social Media

Published 2 days ago May 24th, 2013
Oklahoma Tornado

This last week a massive Tornado roughly two miles in diameter went through Moore, Oklahoma near Oklahoma City. Many people lost their homes, belongings, and, for some, their lives. Reportedly at least 51 people died, including a large number of children that were trapped beneath their school. Networks like Twitter and Vine reported the breaking…

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Fitch the Homeless Campaign

Published 3 days ago May 23rd, 2013
Fitch the Homeless Campaign

Abercrombie and Fitch‘s CEO made a comment a long time ago, back in 2006, and it has haunted him. For good cause. After all, what he said was: “In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids,” he says. “Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We…

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YouTube E-Commerce

Published 4 days ago May 22nd, 2013
YouTube E-Commerce

YouTube has recently released a feature that can be put onto a company’s YouTube Channel which allows for the items in the video to be highlighted and sold alongside it. It incorporates E-Commerce alongside the subscription costs if you opt into that, but more so it gives those that want to continue providing free videos…

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Viral Video Pokes Fun at Facebook

Published 5 days ago May 21st, 2013
Facebook Viral Video

We’ve all grown nice and comfy in our Facebook ways of life – and then they change everything just because they can. This viral video perfectly represents the emotion that many users feel with the sudden alterations that Facebook makes. Mostly, that emotion is frustration. The video was published by ExtremelyDecentFilms on YouTube, and currently…

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YouTube Introduces Paywall

Published 6 days ago May 20th, 2013
YouTube Paywall

YouTube recently released the less-than-anticipated paywall for some channels on desktop and mobile viewing. Subscriptions to the list of currently about 53 channels is 99 US cents at the lowest and roughly 7 dollars the the highest. The features was first slightly exciting if only for the idea that the ads before videos would go…

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Google I/O ’13

Published 9 days ago May 17th, 2013
Google I/O 13

Google I/O, Google‘s annual developers conference, began on Wednesday, May the 15th. It is during this gathering that Google has announced some of it’s most important developments in the past, such as the release of the Chromebook and Google Glass. This year though, there has been words from Google representatives that there might be more…

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The Facebook Boycott

Published 10 days ago May 16th, 2013
Facebook Boycott

Facebook Advertising platform is being boycotted by the following organisations: Progressives United, MoveOn.org, CREDO, Democracy for America, the Daily Kos and the Sierra Club. These organisations are acting against Facebook because of Mark Zuckerberg supporting selective Senators in his company FWD.us’ videos, each of which have displayed messages biased towards specific political action and views. It…

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Anti-Abuse Poster: The Power of Marketing

Published 11 days ago May 15th, 2013
Anti Abuse Poster

This ad to support children who are being abused has recently become subject of widespread acclaim. It was a poster advertisement done by Spanish Marketing agency Grey, and depicts a normal child at first glance, but then when looking up at it from a lower angle, the image becomes that of an injured child, and a…

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Onion’s Hacking Incident

Published 12 days ago May 14th, 2013
The Onion Hacking Incident

Twitter hacking has recently become quite a common occurance for more known public accounts, now included in that list is self-proclaimed ‘America’s Finest News Source’ and satirical paper, The Onion. The Onion‘s Twitter account was recently seized last week by the ‘Syrian Electronic Army‘, and a number of Syrian related jokes were made, commenting in a…

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Unicef’s ‘Likes Don’t Save Lives’ Campaign

Published 13 days ago May 13th, 2013
Unicefs Likes Dont Save Lives

Unicef Sweden recently created a marketing campaign with advertisements that draw attention to the very lack of power that Facebook Likes have. The series shows people who are poor and suffering in various countries who try and operate through the system of Facebook likes, to no avail. Unicef then ends the videos telling you that Likes…

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