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  • The problem with social media

    digital media - Yahoo! News Search Results
    24 May 2013 | 1:06 am
    There is no doubt that digital media, mostly the Internet, has become a very important and influential tool, especially in advocacies, campaigns, and social reforms. From the Internet sprung the Occupy Movement of the United States and through it, the success of the Arab Springs. Through the Internet, people ...

  • Cloud Atlas (Blu-ray Review)

    Home Media Magazine
    John Latchem
    23 May 2013 | 11:01 am
    Warner Sci-Fi Box Office $27.11 million $28.98 DVD, $35.99 Blu-ray Rated ‘R’ for violence, language, sexuality/nudity and some drug use. Stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, Keith David, Xun Zhou, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant. How does one go about adapting a novel as structurally specific as David Mitchell’s 2004 tome Cloud Atlas, a sweeping anthology that spans 500 years? The way he wrote it, Mitchell considered the book unfilmable. It tells six seemingly unrelated stories that…

  • How to print out your own house

    TED Blog
    Helen Walters
    23 May 2013 | 8:05 am
    Architect Alastair Parvin came to TED2013 with questions that challenge our preconceptions about building. How about we involve everyone in the architectural design process, not just professional architects building for the super-wealthy? What about a world in which cities are built by citizens? Alastair Parvin: Architecture for the people by the peopleParvin isn’t merely being rhetorical, as he shares in today’s talk. He and his London-based team have come up with a way to democratize both the design and the manufacturing of buildings. It’s called WikiHouse. “The…

  • Top 10 Ways Websites Makes Me Suffer

    The Digital Connection
    Rob Angeles
    22 May 2013 | 8:39 am
    I believe some people create and publish websites for the sole purpose of tormenting their visitors. Browsing various websites and navigating the Web can often be like trying to read on an airplane while a kid kicks the back of your seat and the baby next to you alternates between screaming, crying and drooling on [...]

  • Who’s gonna pay for this stuff?

    On the Media
    WNYC, New York Public Radio
    9 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    This week, a special hour on the incredible volume of media available to consumers, and the incredible difficulty of making money for creators.
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  • Bones of remembrance: Fellows Friday with Naomi Natale

    Karen Eng
    24 May 2013 | 10:45 am
    For four years, artist Naomi Natale’s One Million Bones project has used education, hands-on artmaking, and public art installation to teach children and young people about genocide. On June 8, she will lead thousands of volunteers to lay down the human “bones,” which participants have crafted by hand, on the National Mall in Washington, DC — creating a mass grave symbolizing the human atrocities we cannot continue to ignore. Here, we chat with Natale about where the idea for this fascinating demonstration came from. You’ve been working on the One Million Bones Project for a…

  • 8 lyrical talks about the violin

    Kate Torgovnick
    24 May 2013 | 8:15 am
    Ji-Hae Park rocks out on the violin at TED2013. Photo: James Duncan Davidson At age 14, violin virtuoso Ji-Hae Park was accepted to a prestigious music conservatory in Mainz, Germany – even though the school only accepted students 16 and older. By the time she was 17, a German foundation had lent Park a rare Guarneri violin to play, worth millions. But Park’s early fame took its toll. Ji-Hae Park: The violin, and my dark night of the soul “The violin which once meant everything to me became a grave burden,” she says in today’s talk, given at TED2013. Park found herself deeply…

  • TED Global newsmakers: A closer look at Laptop U, plus the first all-female race in Beirut, and more

    Kate Torgovnick
    23 May 2013 | 3:49 pm
    With TEDGlobal 2013 just 17 days in the distance, we in the TED office are getting very excited to “Think Again.” Here, a look at the conference speakers who made the news this week. Education innovator Anant Agarwal is interviewed in The New Yorker article “Laptop U.” The founder of edX, Harvard and MIT’s online learning venture, Agarwal will speak at TEDGlobal during the session “Tech Impact.” In the article, Agarwal charmingly introduces himself: “Welcome to our start-up. It is very start-up-y.” The Beirut Marathon — which was founded by Session 6 speaker May…

  • A look at 10 TED Prize wishes past, to help inspire new ones

    Kate Torgovnick
    23 May 2013 | 12:18 pm
    A TED Prize wish must be ambitious and bold, with the ability to impact lives all across the globe. And yet, a TED Prize wish must also be practical — an actionable plan that can flourish with $1 million in seeding and access to leverage the power of the TED community. With nominations open for the 2014 TED Prize — you can nominate a visionary leader (be it yourself, a mentor, a co-worker, or someone whose work you admire from afar) from now through June 16 via the TED Prize website — we wanted to get your mental gears turning on what kind of wishes can be made with this…

  • How to print out your own house

    Helen Walters
    23 May 2013 | 8:05 am
    Architect Alastair Parvin came to TED2013 with questions that challenge our preconceptions about building. How about we involve everyone in the architectural design process, not just professional architects building for the super-wealthy? What about a world in which cities are built by citizens? Alastair Parvin: Architecture for the people by the peopleParvin isn’t merely being rhetorical, as he shares in today’s talk. He and his London-based team have come up with a way to democratize both the design and the manufacturing of buildings. It’s called WikiHouse. “The…
 
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    digital media - Yahoo! News Search Results

  • BBC director general's email on the Digital Media Initiative: full text

    24 May 2013 | 7:45 am
    Tony Hall's message to the corporation's staff announcing the axing of the project to digitise its archive , which has cost £98.4m From: Tony Hall Sent: 24 May 2013 11:01 Subject: Digital Media Initiative (DMI) This email is going to everyone Dear all, Following a review of the Digital Media Initiative (DMI), we have decided to stop the project in its current form. Since 2010, we will have spent ...

  • VIDEO: BBC abandons £100m digital project

    24 May 2013 | 4:58 am
    The BBC is to close its Digital Media Initiative, with director general Tony Hall saying it had "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money".

  • BBC abandons £100m digital project

    24 May 2013 | 3:24 am
    The BBC is to close its Digital Media Initiative, with director general Tony Hall saying it had "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money".

  • The problem with social media

    24 May 2013 | 1:06 am
    There is no doubt that digital media, mostly the Internet, has become a very important and influential tool, especially in advocacies, campaigns, and social reforms. From the Internet sprung the Occupy Movement of the United States and through it, the success of the Arab Springs. Through the Internet, people ...

  • Cogswell College Expands Digital Media Management Program

    23 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Cogswell College, one of the world's leading regionally-accredited institutions offering a unique curriculum that fuses digital arts, engineering and entrepreneurship, today announced ...
 
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  • BBC abandons £100m digital project

    24 May 2013 | 4:01 am
    The BBC has scrapped a £98m digital production system, which its director general said had "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money". The Digital Media Initiative was set up in 2008 but was halted last autumn having never become fully ...

  • Hiring in Digital? Look for an Expert in, Yes, Traditional Media

    24 May 2013 | 12:35 am
    Maybe we need to turn our focus to hiring media experts, even if they come from traditional media. What qualifies someone as a media expert? Media experts are bred through the mistakes ... resonates with their consumer. Not only do traditional media ...

  • BBC director general's email on the Digital Media Initiative: full text

    24 May 2013 | 12:20 am
    Following a review of the Digital Media Initiative (DMI), we have decided to stop the project in its current form. Since 2010, we will have spent £98.4m on DMI. Today's decision means that we are writing-off all of the assets related to this project.

  • Clear Channel Airports to Serve as Digital Media Provider for O'Hare and Midway Airports

    23 May 2013 | 5:47 pm
    In addition to enhancing the air passenger experience with interactive displays and real-time information, the Company said the Clear Channel Airports media technologies are expected to attract local, regional and global advertisers delivering ...

  • Lynch joins KPC as digital media director

    23 May 2013 | 1:36 pm
    Lynch will work out of KPC Media Group’s Fort Wayne office. “We’re excited to add Kelly to our growing digital team,” Vice President Terry Ward said. “His creativity, expertise and passion have already proven to be assets to our ...
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    Thomas Hawk Digital Connection

  • Those Abusing Marissa Mayer’s Personal Flickrstream Should Be Ashamed of Themselves

    Thomas Hawk
    22 May 2013 | 12:14 pm
    As one of Flickr’s most active users, I’ve been watching intensively over the past 48 hours as the new Flickr design has been released. Personally speaking, I’m a fan. I think the new Flickr is the best version I’ve seen yet and agree with almost every design change that they made. That’s not what this post is about though; I’ve already given my opinion on the new Flickr here. This post is about respect and civility. As the drama of the new Flickr has unfolded, an element of what I consider to be the worst of the internet has taken to Yahoo CEO Marissa…

  • The Hangout Where We Review the New Flickr

    Thomas Hawk
    22 May 2013 | 10:56 am
    Last night I recorded a special hangout show with nine other Flickr users where we talk about the new changes at Flickr. In the show we give a tour of the new Flickr, discuss/debate the changes, and provide Pro Tips on how to make the best of the new design. We also review the recent changes in your account options and discuss the differences between Free, Paid and the old Pro account. To get a look at what some of Flickr’s active users think of the new changes check it out. What do YOU think of the New Flickr?

  • How Flickr [Update DIDN'T] Screw Me Out of My Pro Account On a San Francisco Photo Walk

    Thomas Hawk
    21 May 2013 | 12:57 am
    BIG UPDATE! GREAT NEWS! Since writing this blog post late last night Flickr has fixed this problem. I just noticed on my Flickr account page I have now been given the choice to extend my Flickr Pro account just like recurring Pros. This is awesome. So awesome in fact that I just re-upped for two more years of PRO!!!!! Thank you Flickr for fixing this and in less than 24 hours! Now that’s customer service! Earlier today, I wrote a blog post about today’s new changes at Flickr which included a free, ad-supported terabyte of storage for all Flickr users. In my article I referenced…

  • Holy Mash Potatoes Batman! Flickr to Offer All Users 1 Terabyte of Free High Res Photo Storage!

    Thomas Hawk
    20 May 2013 | 2:30 pm
    Wow! Well just when you thought the Tumblr acquisition was the big Yahoo news of the day, Yahoo drops yet another bombshell. All free accounts on Flickr just got upgraded to 1 terabyte of FREE storage! Yep, you heard that correctly; the Flickr 200 photo limit for free accounts is being done away with. If you’re one of those Flickr users who, in the past, complained about Flickr holding your photos beyond 200 in a free account “hostage,” well, the Navy Seals at Flickr HQ have just set them all free. Starting today, everyone will be able to upload full high res photos up to…

  • Ok Glass, Find Dogfood!

    Thomas Hawk
    16 May 2013 | 8:50 am
 
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  • News Corp. Board Okays Split With 21st Century Fox

    Erik Gruenwedel
    24 May 2013 | 10:37 am
    News Corp. May 24 said its board formally approved the separation of News Corp. into two publicly traded companies, 21st Century Fox and the new News Corp. 21st Century Fox will be home to 20th Century Fox Studios, including 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. News Corp. announced appointments to the boards of both companies, effective upon the completion of the separation, which is expected to occur on June 28. “Today’s announcement is a significant step in creating two independent companies with the world’s leading portfolios of publishing and media and entertainment…

  • CBS CFO: Not Only Doing Deals That Benefit Netflix

    Erik Gruenwedel
    24 May 2013 | 10:22 am
    Netflix CEO Reed Hastings’ recent comments that the subscription video-on-demand pioneer would be more selective licensing third party content going forward doesn’t concern CBS Corp. — one of its biggest TV programming contributors, CFO Joseph Ianniello told an investor group. Speaking May 22 at the B. Riley & Co. investor event in Los Angeles, Ianniello said the data Netflix is gleaning from subscribers regarding what shows are working is no different than what CBS deals with every day with TV ratings. “We have a very strong relationship with Netflix,”…

  • Redbox CFO: Smaller Box Office Movies Rent Better

    Chris Tribbey
    23 May 2013 | 11:52 am
    With Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into Darkness, Fast & Furious 6, Man of Steel, Despicable Me 2 and Monsters University, it’s shaping up to be a big summer box office. And that worries Galen Smith, CFO of Redbox parent Coinstar. “What you’ve seen is the studios move to fewer but bigger blockbusters,” he said, speaking May 22 at the B. Riley & Co. Investor Conference. “I’d much rather have a lot of movies in that $50 [million] to $100 million range, than a lot of blockbusters in the $200 [million], $300 million range.” The reason? The monster summer…

  • GameStop Sales, Profit Drop

    Chris Tribbey
    23 May 2013 | 11:45 am
    Gaming retailer GameStop May 23 reported both lower revenue and a smaller profit for the fiscal first quarter of 2013, ended May 4. Total worldwide sales were $1.87 billion, down 6.8% from $2 billion from the same quarter in 2012. GameStop attributed the drop to lower hardware sales. Net earnings for the quarter were $54.6 million, down from $72.5 million. Mobile sales grew 290% to $46.8 million and digital sales grew 47.3%. New software sales decreased 3.8%, which was favorable compared with the industry-wide decrease of 14.2%. New hardware sales were down 30.6%, with pre-owned hardware…

  • Cloud Atlas (Blu-ray Review)

    John Latchem
    23 May 2013 | 11:01 am
    Warner Sci-Fi Box Office $27.11 million $28.98 DVD, $35.99 Blu-ray Rated ‘R’ for violence, language, sexuality/nudity and some drug use. Stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, Keith David, Xun Zhou, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant. How does one go about adapting a novel as structurally specific as David Mitchell’s 2004 tome Cloud Atlas, a sweeping anthology that spans 500 years? The way he wrote it, Mitchell considered the book unfilmable. It tells six seemingly unrelated stories that…
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    SnapStream's 'TV Searcher' Blog

  • KAPIO 2013: Lunch & Learn with SnapStream

    Rachel Eichenbaum
    30 Apr 2013 | 5:15 am
    Lunch & Learn with SnapStream: TV Monitoring Best Practices and Workflows for PIOs Thursday, May 2, 11:45 a.m. – 1: 15 p.m. Mike Lopez, Sales Engineer, SnapStream Tom Erickson, Master Deputy, Johnson County Sheriff’s Office We are excited to support the Kansas Association of Public Information Officers (KAPIO) at their annual conference this week, as the platinum level sponsor. PIOs from across the state will be congregating to learn from one another’s communities and organizations, focusing on takeaways from “real world PIO experiences.” We’re joining…

  • Join SnapStream at NAB 2013 next week!

    Rachel Eichenbaum
    4 Apr 2013 | 4:22 pm
    Enjoy More Ways to Monitor TV NAB is next week! Meet with us to get a personalized demo of SnapStream’s new cloud sharing technology, as well as an exclusive look at upcoming, unreleased features. See how easy it is to skip to a topic of interest with the new interactive transcript viewer; monitor TV on-the-go from your tablet; and watch live TV from the Web Player for Mac and PC. Schedule a meeting with us in South Upper Hall SU4721 and you’ll be entered to win a free flat-screen TV. How awesome is that? Schedule a demo SnapStream Speaker Series at NAB LIVE from…

  • Next up! Journalism Interactive at the University of Florida

    Rachel Eichenbaum
    6 Feb 2013 | 10:00 pm
    Getting Interactive Tomorrow SnapStream will be participating at Journalism Interactive 2013, a new conference focused on intertwining journalism education and digital media. Host of the second annual event, the University of Florida houses one of the top 10 journalism schools in the country. Scholars, practitioners, teachers and students, from universities near and far, will congregate at Journalism Interactive to share their successful approaches for delivering journalism education in today’s metamorphic media space. I graduated from UF’s journalism school, so I’m filled…

  • New in 5.8! Share TV clips everywhere with cloud sharing

    Rachel Eichenbaum
    2 Jan 2013 | 2:18 pm
    Search, play, clip and share. It’s one of the most popular TV monitoring routines. In the newest release of SnapStream, we set out to perfect the “share” step, to improve the workflow of sending and receiving TV clips. It’s all about sharing in the cloud today, from Facebook photos to Google Docs. So yes, we jumped on the bandwagon, okay? We have embraced the cloud. We’re proud of the cloud. In 5.8, cloud sharing makes it easy to pass along TV clips to anyone, anywhere. It’s particularly useful for sharing with non-SnapStream users or with colleagues…

  • SnapStream’s Holiday Wish List

    Rachel Eichenbaum
    24 Dec 2012 | 2:38 pm
    We want toys! Tech toys, that is. We, at SnapStream, have an obsession with shiny new gadgetry. And during the holiday season, our tech-lust gets extreme. Here’s what’s topping our collective wish list for this year. 1. Like in the movie Minority Report, Daniel F. wants to use hand gestures to control his computer, using the Leap Motion controller. 2. As a fan of Frank Gehry, Rakesh admires this photograph because it shows the famous architect putting his own creation through its paces. Who knew that Gehry designed and built desks earlier in his career? 3. Chris is fired up…
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  • Unit 7 - Internet

    stephenb18
    21 May 2013 | 6:08 am
    . The advantage of blog posts are that you can include pictures. Video and links as well as text. This way it can be more interesting and entertaining to read. . We use ‘tags’ in our blog posts so they appear higher in Google searches. . We use the student network to save over work so we can get to it from any computer and share files easier. . I went to skate in the park on the weekend. When it’s raining  outside like the road or the park you would not be able too skate because  it will be bad for your skateboard. We need a really nice day if you want to go out to skate…

  • Unit 7 - Internet

    adriandroma
    21 May 2013 | 6:08 am
    The advantages of blog posts are that you can include pictures, video and links as well as text. This way it can be more interesting and entertaining to read. We use tags in our blog  posts so they appear higher in Google searches. We use the student network to save our work so we can get to files from any computer and share flies easier. Fast and Furious 6 is a very good movie. It is all about cars and  it has good actors like Vin Diesel and The Rock.

  • Mobile Delivered Digital Content will Reach $65 Billion by 2016

    David H Deans
    21 May 2013 | 5:40 am
    The forward-looking outlook for the savvy leaders in the progressive digital media industry is very bright. Annual revenue generated from digital content delivered to mobile phones and media tablets is expected to increase by nearly $25 billion over the next three years, reaching $65 billion by 2016, according to Juniper Research. via Digital Lifescapes

  • The Good Shepherd Laid Down His Life For His Sheep, Not For Goats

    Elmarie
    21 May 2013 | 5:21 am
    My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.(John 10:27-29 KJV) Pastor Don Fortner The Son of God laid down his life and died for those people who are specifically designated his sheep (John 10:15, 11, 26). The objects of redemption, those for whom Christ laid down his life a ransom price, are described as ”sheep”. They are the sheep of…

  • Final Year Project - Ocean Warriors

    Beckey-Finn Britton
    21 May 2013 | 4:07 am
    Hey all, just a quick post to let you know about Ocean Warriors which is my Final Year Project on the Creative Digital Media course. Just a couple more weeks and my journey at ITB will be over. Eeeeek! Anyway, the project is all about the coast and the need to raise awareness about the environmental issues that coastal communities face. The project consists of videos, promotional work, a website, social media, etc. so it encompasses an awful lot of what I have learnt on the course. Please check it out and show your support in whatever way you can. Thanks! Website: oceanwarriors.ie…
 
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  • Microsoft Reveals New Xbox One Console with Blu-ray Drive

    Trevor Freeman
    21 May 2013 | 4:00 pm
    Earlier today, Microsoft unveiled their next generation gaming and entertainment console, the Xbox One, at a press event on the Microsoft campus in Redmond. The hour-long event was also streamed live worldwide on xbox.com. Several members of the Xbox development team as well as third-party game and content developers talked about the exciting new features [...]

  • Rimage Prism III Thermal Printer: A Penny per Print

    Trevor Freeman
    17 May 2013 | 3:14 pm
    About 7 months ago, we reported that Rimage was working on an updated version of their popular Prism and Producer series machines. We followed up 5 months later with an in-depth look at the Producer IV series. Now it’s time to take a look at the other new equipment we reported on: the Prism III. [...]

  • Rimage Kicks Off ‘Go Green, Get Green’ Instant Rebate Offer

    Trevor Freeman
    17 May 2013 | 3:09 pm
    Are you stuck with a clunker of a disc duplicator? Maybe your machine was top of the line 5 years ago, and now it’s a high mileage unit that’s limping along with a drive or two out of commission. If this sounds like you, you’ll be glad to hear that Rimage has just kicked off [...]

  • Celebrate National Photography Month with Archival Media

    Trevor Freeman
    14 May 2013 | 10:22 am
    Being an adult means that sometimes you have to do things that you don’t really want to do. At the top of most people’s lists are chores such as cleaning house, doing dishes, and yardwork. However, there’s a new 21st century chore for us in the digital age: making regular backups of our computer files. [...]

  • TDK Announces Withdrawal from Blu-ray Business

    Trevor Freeman
    9 May 2013 | 2:58 pm
    Every year TDK sells millions of blank CD, DVD, and Blu-ray discs all over the world. Earlier this week, TDK announced that they are planning to withdrawal from the Blu-ray business entirely by March of 2014. Over the next year, TDK will shut down or sell off its production lines that manufacture the company’s BD-R, [...]
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    On the Media

  • Conservative Bloggers Vindicated, Advice for Leakers, and More

    WNYC, New York Public Radio
    16 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    Some vindication for conservative bloggers in the IRS scandal, advice for sources after the AP call-record seizure, the Bloomberg Terminal scandal, and what the people thought the newspaper industry would look like in the future.

  • Who’s gonna pay for this stuff?

    WNYC, New York Public Radio
    9 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    This week, a special hour on the incredible volume of media available to consumers, and the incredible difficulty of making money for creators.

  • Jason Collins Comes Out, Patenting Genes And More

    WNYC, New York Public Radio
    2 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    A look at the media fallout around NBA center Jason Collins' announcement that he is gay, how one company is defending its patent of two genes linked to breast cancer, and how filing a Freedom of Information Act request just got a lot more complicated. 

  • Surveillance After The Marathon Bombing, The Kill Team and More

    WNYC, New York Public Radio
    25 Apr 2013 | 9:00 pm
    Bob looks at the risks and promise of surveillance after the Boston marathon bombing, a new documentary looks at war crimes and whistleblowing in the theater of war and an Onion-like satire site tries to bring military humor to the civilian masses. 

  • Coverage Of The Boston Bombing, Undercover Reporting, and MORE

    WNYC, New York Public Radio
    18 Apr 2013 | 9:00 pm
    Brooke examines the twists and turns of the marathon bombing coverage, listeners tell OTM what they want to hear from the media when there's no new information during a crisis, and what it's like to tweet the news cycle in the wee small hours of the morning. 
 
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  • Yet Another Hulu Bidder! Yahoo Is In, Too.

    Peter Kafka
    24 May 2013 | 11:39 am
    Add one more name to Hulu bidding derby: Yahoo, which just announced plans to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion, has made an offer on the video Web site as well. The Web giant submitted a bid for the video site this morning, according to a person familiar with process. Other people looking to buy all or a piece of Hulu include: Directv, Time Warner Cable William Morris Endeavor, along with with PE backer Silverlake KKR Guggenheim Digital The Chernin Group More shortly.

  • Big Blog Bet, Round 2! Tiger Global Puts $50 Million Into WordPress.

    Peter Kafka
    24 May 2013 | 8:16 am
    It’s a big week for blogs: Julian Robertson’s Tiger Global has invested $50 million in Automattic, the parent company of blogging platform WordPress.com. Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg said Tiger is buying the shares from early investors and employees, but said the sellers will hold on to “the vast majority” of their Automattic holdings. The announcement comes days after Yahoo’s $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr.

  • Apple's Newest iPhone Ad Still Says Nothing, Is a Little Less Great

    Peter Kafka
    23 May 2013 | 8:23 pm
    The deceptively simple iPhone ad Apple rolled out last month has garnered all sorts of praise. Totally justified! So you can see why they’d try a new one, using the exact same format, music and spec-less pitch. The only difference is that this time, instead of focusing on the notion that iPhones = cameras, Apple is reminding you that iPhones also = personal stereos. So why don’t I like this one quite as much as the first? My gut: Because when you take a picture, you’re probably doing it with the hope of sharing it with someone. And while Apple makes a point of showing some…

  • Tremor Video Files for IPO

    Peter Kafka
    23 May 2013 | 3:10 pm
    Tremor Video, a big video ad network that has long been eyeing a public offering, has finally decided to go ahead with one. The New York-based company just filed its S-1, and should be headed out on a road show within the next month. Here’s the summary of what Tremor executives will be telling investors: Last year they lost $16.4 million on revenue of $105.2 million; the previous year, they lost $21 million on revenue of $90.3 million. During that same time period, gross margins improved from 35.2 percent to 41.7 percent. Its ads run on more than 500 websites and mobile apps. Big…

  • Netflix Still Says "House of Cards" Did Great, but Still Won't Talk Ratings

    Peter Kafka
    23 May 2013 | 11:25 am
    Before Netflix launched “House of Cards,” its much-publicized foray into original programming, the video service announced that it wouldn’t be providing any kind of viewership numbers for the show. News flash! Netflix still hasn’t provided numbers about “House of Cards.” There was a brief suggestion to the contrary on Wednesday, when the Hollywood Reporter published an interview with Netflix content boss Ted Sarandos. In the Q&A, Sarandos compared the audience for “House of Cards” to that of AMC’s “Walking Dead,” which…
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  • HDRI Photography: An Essential Skills and Workflow Primer

    20 May 2013 | 3:20 pm
    It is directed toward anyone that has any interest in creative photography from beginner to professional. While some concepts will be more familiar to more experienced photographers, this guide presumes that you have a pre-existing understanding of mere fundamental photographic concepts. Some of the more advanced concepts will be explained in context as they are met. For some of the more advanced topics that reside outside the scope of this guide and warrant a more in-depth discussion, readers will be directed to some helpful documentation for additional information.With this free guide you…

  • Exploiting Chaos: 150 Ways to Spark Innovation During Times of Change

    13 May 2013 | 6:50 am
    Author Jeremy Gutsche offers examples of successful iconic companies — Disney, Hyatt, MTV, and more — that started during periods of recessions, arguing that periods of uncertainty actually fuel opportunity, reshuffle the deck and change the rules of the game. In this summary of Exploiting Chaos, you will learn: How to contemplate what's next for brands, commerce and consumerism. How to break boundaries, ignite customer passion and start a revolution. How to find simplicity in the clutter. Where to find opportunity in the middle of difficulty. How to identify new market needs…

  • Retailing in a Social Media World

    6 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Despite the vast sums of money that retailers spend on marketing promotions and advertising, however, word of mouth remains the most powerful influence on consumer behavior. If a retailer wants to take the pulse of shoppers' desires, wants, needs, and perceptions to stay ahead of the game, they need look no further than Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube.Request Free!

  • Taking Control of the Virtual Image Lifecycle Process

    29 Apr 2013 | 1:50 pm
    Virtualization continues to lead a sea change for enterprise-scale data centers and cloud environments, delivering well-established benefits such as cost savings, reduced physical space and power requirements, simpler and more flexible testing environments, faster server provisioning, and improved return on investment. Yet for many organizations, one of virtualization's greatest benefits is only now being realized in the form of highly portable and flexible virtual images. Natural extensions of virtualization technology, virtual images help organizations achieve even greater efficiencies and…

  • PLEX, a Manual: Your Media, With Style

    19 Apr 2013 | 3:20 pm
    It's amazing at what it does, but a little complex to use: you need a server and a client for it to work. If you need help figuring all this out, it's time to download "Plex, a Manual: Your Media With Style", the latest free guide from MakeUseOf. If you're anything like Lachlan, you've got a lot of media - music, recorded TV shows and DVD rips, all meticulously managed on your computer's hard drive. You've also got a TV and sound system all set up, ready to go. It's just sitting there, dying to play all your media. But how can you play the content from your computer on your TV?You could just…
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  • Automating Industrial Supply Chains

    22 May 2013 | 4:20 pm
    With the addition of sophisticated solutions like warehouse management and ERP systems, as well as advanced data capture and wireless networking tools, companies are squeezing more efficiency out of their operations every day.Request Free!

  • Make Field Service Best Practices Even Better by Leveraging Mobile Technology

    22 May 2013 | 4:20 pm
    This white paper identifies best practices for workforce optimization, resource management, revenue assurance and performance control. It explains how technology supports these processes, leveraging current mobile and wireless technology to enhance processes to improve productivity and profitability.Request Free!

  • Top 10 Supply Chain Technology Trends

    22 May 2013 | 4:20 pm
    Drawing on over 40 years of experience, Intermec has identified the top 10 technology trends in mobile, industrial and supply chain environments. Learn how they apply to supply chain operations and hear results from users who have adapted the technologies to improve their businesses.Request Free!

  • Harnessing BIG DATA to Grow Revenue

    20 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Social data is the key to more relevant marketing. Are you seizing the opportunity?90 percent of the world's big data was created in the past two years alone. Despite the volume and scope of this data, however, businesses are often at a loss when it comes to effectively using it to drive user engagement and sales.This white paper on social data discusses the following:How social data is captured, stored, and managedBest practices for collecting user dataWays social data can be used to deliver direct valueRequest Free!

  • Forbes.com: Real ROI with Social Infrastructure

    20 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    In this case study you will discover the challenge and success of creating a full social infrastructure on Forbes.com to show real results such as boosting registrations and engagement with content.Request Free!
 
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  • Simulation Marketing

    Greg
    22 May 2013 | 3:04 am
    The beauty of marketing driven by big data simulations is that it allows us to dream bigger than ever. We can now go and test our wildest ideas, tweak them and then turn them into realities.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • What To Do When Markets Fail?

    Greg
    18 May 2013 | 11:45 pm
    We are increasingly learning how to go beyond markets and augment the basic platform with new technologies that improve overall performance. Related posts: Where Did The iPhone Really Come... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Why Every Business Should Consider Innovation Teams

    Greg
    15 May 2013 | 3:25 am
    The key to managing innovation is recognizing that the interests of your organization are best served by focusing on the type of problem you need to solve. Related posts: What is Disruptive... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • The Singularity: Apocalypse or Nerd Rapture?

    Greg
    11 May 2013 | 8:53 pm
    There is indeed good reason to fear the rise of the cyborgs. After all, they’re us. Who said the universe didn’t have a sense of humor? Related posts: 3 Keys to The Future of Digital Business How... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • The Future of TV

    Greg
    8 May 2013 | 4:06 am
    As screens proliferate, production democratizes and distribution becomes frictionless, a multitude of new media business models will emerge, mix and recombine. Related posts: Marketing Creativity in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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  • Programmed To Love

    Tom Saunter
    15 May 2013 | 6:04 am
    Two robots, Vincent & Emily, are connected to each other as if deeply in love: where at the heights of romance, every motion, utterance, or external influence is shared in an acutely empathic, highly attuned ‘emotional’ response: The creation of German artists Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler and Carolin Liebl, the robots take in sound and motion data–from each other and from spectators– via sensors, which causes them to react–via gears and motors–with certain expressions. Shown in a gallery and open to the interaction of visitors, the project aims to explore…

  • Imitation & Flattery

    Tom Saunter
    1 May 2013 | 8:17 am
    I’ve been lucky enough to own this domain name for a number of years, and populate it with loads of content along the way. For a while, I ran a dedicated Tumblr sideblog of the same name which I have since merged into this site. More recently, I founded Digital Cortex Ltd., a formal means of handling a clutch of consultation projects. And now, this site is the front-end to my hosting business, offering virtual private server space to a few happy clients, as well as a playground for a few of the other little projects I’m working on. Meanwhile, plenty of other people / groups /…

  • Snake

    Tom Saunter
    9 Apr 2013 | 4:50 am
    Watch, and be mesmerised: It’s gotta be a computer program playing this, right?

  • Which Icon?

    Tom Saunter
    8 Apr 2013 | 9:39 am
    Hello! It’s been a while. I’ve had a busy few weeks at work as well as online, mostly behind the scenes stuff, such as building a website for a client, a load of little tweaks and optimisations to my online ecosystem (more on that soon), and switching web hosts three times in the past four weeks. Ouch! Meanwhile, people have begun asking for more icons for the Subscription Options addon pack, mainly Instagram. I thought I’d put it to the vote in time for the next release, so please,  take a look and let me know your preferred version in the comments. Logo One Logo Three

  • Nature

    Tom Saunter
    26 Feb 2013 | 3:49 am
    This post originally appeared on the FTMF.info planning blog. In this post, let’s explore the link between the twin worlds of microbiology and creative thought, drawing inspiration from three brilliant scientific discoveries. Labcoats on, people! 1. Sponges If a sea sponge (phylum porifera) is forced through a sieve to disintegrate it down to its cellular level, those cells, if left alone, will recombine into a sponge again: Lesson: some ideas only make sense as a whole – passing them through a ‘sieve test’ can reveal whether they were ever meant to be, while others…
 
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  • Why are we still treating web video as if it were TV?

    jaredhendler
    21 May 2013 | 8:54 am
    In reflection of the Digital NewFronts a few weeks back, the Upfronts and the NYTVFestival this week, I’m amazed that we are trying to get web video to fit within a TV model. When TV first came to market it was simply filmed theater until we figured out the medium. The same will happen with the on-demand interactivity and share-ability of web video. So why are we so bent on selling pre-rolls?…think about how our viewing habits have changed. While the Upfronts very much focus on the networks that bring you the content, the Digital Newfronts are more focused on the content and the…

  • The limits of social advertising.

    jaredhendler
    25 Apr 2013 | 6:44 am
    What is up with all of the poorly targeted advertising on my social newsfeeds? Some days it feels like I am seeing more ads than posts from my friends and colleagues! I had such high hopes for digital advertising. You would think that the digital environment with participatory engagement, democratization of video content and non-linear narrative opportunities would not have us simply repeating the same advertising tactics from print and television – with more commercials to skip with ‘Tivo-like’ tools. But here we are placing commercials within digital content as if it were…

  • Marketing in the moment.

    jaredhendler
    29 Mar 2013 | 1:59 pm
    As I head out for vacation I think about the priority of living in the moment. Marketers are learning to do more of this too. For a discipline historically built on planning, this is still something they are learning to do. The democratization of media along with the ability to publish directly to the consumer has given every brand the opportunity of being a publisher, along with the responsibility that comes with that. Take note, that is publisher, not advertiser. For some, that means engaging real-time via social as Oreo famously did during the SuperBowl blackout. For others that may mean…

  • Making a computer from a Living Cell.

    jaredhendler
    29 Mar 2013 | 4:32 am
    Making a computer from a Living Cell. When computing becomes more intuitively responsive. A part of us. This is when computing will work for us as opposed to us working for ‘it’. A time when we no longer need to carry the devices we do. The idea of man and machine will dissolve as it will all be a part of the same organism. A time where the pace of computing may adjust to the needs of a biological organism. Better integration on many levels is sorely needed. It is human evolution. The future! From MIT’s technology lab, how to make a computer from a living cell is worth a…

  • Musings from SXSWi 2013

    jaredhendler
    22 Mar 2013 | 11:29 am
    Back a week, I’ve have had a bit of time to reflect on SXSW, here are the things that stood out for me from this years interactive festival. Creative Entrepreneurship vs. Marketing While it is hard to sum up a festival as rich and intricately complex as SXSWi, one thing stood out for me more than anything else this year – the presence of so many marketers and brand folks vs. the excitement of entrepreneurial ideas, content and platforms from previous years. Mind you, all of us who were advocates and supporters of new technology and platform invention from past years all wondered,…
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  • Ascending to 'Interesting'

    Christine Geraci
    23 May 2013 | 10:50 am
    Summary: I've read a fair share of how-to articles about how to capture online audiences with great content. And I'd say 99.9 percent of them order you to "be interesting." What on earth does this maddening generality mean? To me, it means a lot of things. Which is why it makes me crazy whenever I see it in an article claiming to have unlocked the secret to great content.

  • Where the Cool Kids Aren't

    Jessica Cherok
    23 May 2013 | 9:48 am
    Summary: As a teenager, pretty much the last place you want to hang out is where your parents are. No surprise then that Facebook's popularity is waning amongst the teens and young adults. Hanging out with mom and dad, even online, is totally lame. Unfortunately for Facebook, this trend may only increase as more and more of its users' children become old enough to start using social media sites.

  • Pinterest Launches Mobile 'Pin It' Button and Updates Pin Types

    Jennifer Stack
    23 May 2013 | 5:56 am
    Summary: On Monday, Pinterest introduced "More Useful Pins" via their blog. The Pinterest team has expanded the types of Pins to include Product pins, Recipe pins, and Movie pins, which all feature specialized augmented content that provide the information needed for the user to enjoy the featured image.

  • Game of Thrones Fans In Tune With Social Media

    Tiana Tucker
    23 May 2013 | 5:55 am
    Summary: HBO's Game of Thrones series is one of the most talked-about cable network shows on Facebook this season. At the end of March when the third season premiered, it became one of the most-pirated shows on the web this year. Now, there are only two more episodes left before the show wraps up the season and this week HBO is taking a hiatus for the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Since the show began back in the spring of 2011 it has quickly gained a large, enthusiastic following...

  • Learn About Someone Online Without Being Obvious

    Aprel Phelps Downey
    21 May 2013 | 11:49 pm
    Summary: Social media networking is all the rage these days! With the click of a mouse or tap of a finger you can find out where a potential business partner goes for networking events or how that next client truly engages in the outside world. Social media also allows you to keep tabs on people you associate with, yet might not want to be "friends" with.
 
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  • 5 Web Design Mistakes Novices Make

    Lucy Harper
    9 May 2013 | 4:25 am
    As a web designer or business owner, you’ve probably seen it all when it comes to novice web design creations. On the one hand, it’s understandable that small-business owners need to stay within budget while getting their online business up and running. What they don’t understand is that sometimes the shortcuts that save money in the short-run end up costing a lot more down the line. These five web design mistakes are ones you can present to potential customers when trying to help them understand why it’s worth their while to pay for your services. In the end, having a The post 5 Web…

  • Friday Photography Inspiration #89

    Natalie Turner
    26 Apr 2013 | 12:39 pm
    This post is a part of our weekly photography inspiration series. Each Friday we feature some of the most professional and amazing photographs captured by talented photographers from all around the world. Here are latest photographs for your inspiration. If you like this post feel free to share it on Twitter and Facebook. Photography Quote of the Week: “While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.” – Dorothea The post…

  • Would You Turn Down a High Five From Tom Selleck? No – and You Shouldn’t Turn Down Outbound Links Either

    Thomas McMahon
    24 Apr 2013 | 6:44 pm
    A nasty rumor has been going around the web and it has caused a lot of problems for bloggers, webmasters, SEOs, link builders, and even site visitors and readers. In an effort to hold on to Google’s ever important PageRank, some people are unwilling to link out to other websites and only link internally within their own site. The thought being that linking out to websites will make their PageRank flow right out the door and they’ll lose everything they’ve been striving for. But this is a backwards way to approach the web and it creates a poor web experience The post Would You Turn Down…

  • Friday Photography Inspiration #88

    Natalie Turner
    5 Apr 2013 | 9:30 am
    This post is a part of our weekly photography inspiration series. Each Friday we feature some of the most professional and amazing photographs captured by talented photographers from all around the world. Here are latest photographs for your inspiration. If you like this post feel free to share it on Twitter and Facebook. Photography Quote of the Week: “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” – Ansel Adams &nbspThe post Friday Photography Inspiration #88 appeared first on MachoArts | Design, Social Media, Blogging tips.

  • 7 Useful tools you should use to make web development more efficient

    sandramiller
    1 Mar 2013 | 6:34 am
    Web development is rocket science for most people because it’s demanding and detailed. The development process requires a site map, a design, the code, styling and many small elements to make its entirety. Without using the proper management tools, your web development process risks suffering from inefficiencies, which cost money. This article gives you some of the most effective tools to use in order to have an efficient web development process. Plagiarism checker The technology age is moving so fast and web developers need to move with it. With the number of competitors springing up…
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  • Superman, Star Wars, and Zombies: Fun Video Friday

    Chris Atkinson
    24 May 2013 | 8:25 am
    Did you ever want to see what would happen if Superman kicked a man in the balls? Did you really want to see Patton Oswalt's Star Wars filibuster from Parks & Recreation to come to life? Did you ever want to see a zombie feed on brains in a drive thru? Look no further.

  • April 2013 comScore: Ads Continue to Explode

    Chris Atkinson
    23 May 2013 | 12:50 pm
    comScore released their April Video Metrix and the ad boom continues, as we saw yet another record amount of ads last month. Virtually everything stays the same from March in total videos viewed, unique viewers, and so on.

  • Video and Alcohol: What Beer, Wines, and Spirits Need to Keep In Mind

    Chris Atkinson
    23 May 2013 | 11:00 am
    Unruly has found some interesting things out about video and the alcohol industry. Namely, they should be using it a lot more. Only four ads make up 97 percent of the entire social video market. Many brands are missing out on some great opportunities.

  • 6 Types of Video Marketing and How They Work [Creator's Tip #92}

    Tim Schmoyer
    23 May 2013 | 9:35 am
    There are six types of video marketing that a business can use when attracting interest in a product. Which one works best for you? Do all of them work best for you? Are you that kind of video junkie? Read on, and discover a marketing strategy that works.

  • Revision3, Discovery Launch TestTube Digital Network

    Chris Atkinson
    23 May 2013 | 8:24 am
    Revision3 and Discovery are launching a new digital network called TestTube. It has all the types of shows you'd expect from the geeky/nerdy set that help us learn more about our world and maybe even laugh in the process.
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  • 5 Up-And-Coming Vloggers You Should Know About

    Andrew Kerby
    24 May 2013 | 11:09 am
    Standing out from the crowd and growing your audience is one of the most difficult tasks you’ll face as a vlogger. To aid people hoping to make it big on YouTube, I’ve compiled a list of the best up-and-coming vloggers you should subscribe to. Missed any? Leave a comment with your suggestions, and don’t forget [...]

  • Zoella: A closer look at one of YouTube’s most zealous and creative channels

    Andrew Kerby
    10 May 2013 | 10:07 am
    Zoe Sugg, the uncompromisingly likeable face and brain behind smash-hit YouTube channel ‘Zoella’, is more than just a figure of authority when it comes to vlogging. Since joining the site in early February 2007, Zoe has uploaded some 98 videos, most of which are centred upon the subjects of cosmetics and beauty. Her steady rise [...]

  • STEFFI – An Exciting New Urban Music Drama Hits YouTube

    Andrew Kerby
    4 May 2013 | 9:38 am
    Ours is an age wherein recognition in one’s own respective field of pursuit may come overnight, or alternatively may never come at all. At a time in our economic history when the sure has become the un-assured and the un-assured the near impossible, the straight road of individual endeavour is the only route which must [...]

  • Helping Your Channel Grow

    Andrew Kerby
    1 May 2013 | 10:19 am
    One of the modern-day video bloggers most heinous nemeses is his/her on-going battle with viewer/subscription statistics. Even the most placid of content creators amongst you are likely to be partial to the odd fit of rage upon seeing your views drop. Well, at least as likely as you are to launch into a full body [...]

  • The Rise of the Video Blog!

    Andrew Kerby
    25 Apr 2013 | 10:16 am
    The internet has undoubtedly revolutionised many of the processes relative to modern society. From a humble offset as little more than a militarily led experiment, I’d say this globally based series of computer networks has come a very long way since it was first introduced commercially in the 1980’s. In the past ten or fifteen [...]
 
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  • How to use metadata to sell ebooks

    Martin Taylor
    3 May 2013 | 3:36 pm
    You’ll hear the term metadata a lot in book marketing. It used to be referred to as bibliographic data, back in the days when its main users were humans, like booksellers and librarians. But these days we use the term ‘metadata’ which is more widely-used in the computer industry. This reflects the importance of metadata to the smooth operation of computer systems and online booksellers. So, what is metadata? It’s the information you provide about your book or ebook to help retailers and librarians sell or catalog it, and to help potential readers learn what it’s…

  • SEO for books: Search and the keys to discoverability

    Martin Taylor
    3 Oct 2012 | 6:53 pm
    SEO for books and ebooks is the key to ‘discoverability’ — making sure online searchers can find them. A technique borrowed from the web, search engine optimization (SEO), is arguably the single most important skill to acquire to sell books online. We’ll look at how to address this problem by applying  SEO to books and ebooks. SEO for books: Why it’s important Search engines are often the biggest source of website traffic, so understanding how to optimize your website to attract searchers is a vital skill. But for book and ebook publishers, the value of being…

  • How to work with ebook conversion services

    Martin Taylor
    2 Oct 2012 | 4:31 am
    The surge in digitisation of publisher backlists has spawned an industry, much of it based in India, which specialises in converting printed books into ebooks. In this tutorial, we’ll look at what you need to supply to a conversion service, how they convert a book, the outputs, typical costs, and things to consider when working with outsourced conversion services. Supplying the book for conversion The three most common ways publishers provide books to an ebook conversion service are: Print-ready PDF Hard-copy book Original files from the page layout program Print-ready PDF A print-ready…

  • Using Facebook to market ebooks: How it works, how to get started

    Martin Taylor
    2 Oct 2012 | 1:08 am
    With almost a billion users, Facebook is likely to be part of your marketing mix, especially if your books are aimed at the general reading public. But Facebook isn’t just big in numbers. It offers a large and often confusing range of features and applications to help marketers reach its huge reach audience. In this tutorial, we set out the bare basics you need to know to get started. Image: Leadformix Martoons Some Facebook terminology Let’s start with some important Facebook terminology. This is a constantly changing (and somewhat confusing) feast of jargon but to use Facebook, you…

  • Tune your website for digital marketing

    Martin Taylor
    2 Oct 2012 | 12:40 am
    In spite of the hype surrounding social media, a website remains the central hub for most digital marketing. But its effectiveness depends on it being properly set up for this purpose. Often it’s not. So here are a few ways to make your website more effective as a marketing tool. Anyone can access it, it’s visible to search engines, and you can do more things with a website than with any other digital marketing tool. Make sure your team can update the site easily This sounds obvious but unfortunately many websites fall over at this first hurdle. It’s especially true of…
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  • INFOGRAPHIC: Inside The Mobile Real-Time Bidding Ad Ecosystem

    Josh Luger
    24 May 2013 | 11:15 am
    Real-time bidding, or RTB, is a style of programmatic buying in which digital advertising opportunities are auctioned off in real-time. The auctions take place in milliseconds as advertisers bid on the right to show you an ad immediately after you open an app or click to a new web page.  On the desktop it's a powerful technique to deliver the right ad to the right consumer at the right time and place. On mobile, it could be more powerful since consumers take their devices everywhere — to the mall, the car dealership, Starbucks, etc.  In a recent…

  • Steve Jobs' Family Has Secretly Been Giving Away Money For 20 Years (AAPL)

    Jay Yarow
    24 May 2013 | 10:34 am
    One of biggest criticisms of Steve Jobs was that he was not very philanthropic. While he became a billionaire thanks to Pixar, he wasn't known as an activist like Bill Gates who pledged to donate the bulk of his fortune to causes he believed in. Well, it turns out, Jobs' family has been donating money for the last 20 years to various causes. It's just been doing it anonymously, the New York Times reports.  His wife, Laurene Powell Jobs said, "we don’t like attaching our names to things" so the family just quietly made donations. She's becoming a slightly more public figure lately…

  • Meetup Founder Scott Heiferman: Have Patience And Guts To See Your Startup Through

    Kamelia Angelova and Daniel Goodman
    24 May 2013 | 10:16 am
    About four years after it launched, Meetup decided to charge for its services, which allow users with common interests to organize face-to-face meetings offline. Immediately, the startup lost some 95% of its activity. CEO Scott Heiferman says that startups need to implement such risky strategies to elevate their products, and to see what the real demand for such services is. Despite the initial backlash, Meetup went on to attract close to 14 million members who organize about 400,000 meetings a month in 196 countries. Watch below Heiferman talk about the dangers of layering too many features…

  • CHART: Teens Are Sharing More Of Their Data On Social Media

    Cooper Smith
    24 May 2013 | 9:30 am
    This news note comes from BI Intelligence, Business Insider's research and and analysis service. The charts and data featured here are available for download in the BI Intelligence library. Please sign up up for a free trial here. Teens are sharing more information on social media than ever before, according to a new survey from the Pew Internet And American Life Project.  In 2012, 53% of teens said they shared their email address on social networks, compared to only 29% who did so in 2006. Further, ten times more teens shared their cell phone…

  • The Guy Who Created Google+ And Then Redesigned Facebook Has A New Job (FB)

    Jim Edwards
    24 May 2013 | 8:59 am
    Paul Adams, Facebook's global head of brand design (and a former Google alum), has left the company to take a position with Intercom, a company that makes customer communications, messaging, and analytics tools.Adams is famous for his presentations on how people actually use social media, and for taking a key role in the design of Google+. Basically, he's one of the more important "thinkers" in social media. At Facebook he took a lead role in ad product design, and reported to ad products director Gokul Rajaram and director of global creative solutions Mark D'Arcy. He had a hands-on role…
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  • Winners of AnthropoGraphia Award Announced – MediaStorm Makes Shortlist

    Cortney Cleveland
    22 May 2013 | 9:31 am
    For the fifth consecutive year, AnthropoGraphia presents a series of human-interest stories that won’t appear on the front pages of newspapers. Continuing their commitment to advancing human rights advocacy through visual storytelling, the organization selected Liu Jie, whose work explores the problems of urban migration in China, and François Pesant, who investigated sexual abuse among U.S. soldiers, as this year’s Still Photography winners. Dirk-Jan Visser’s documentation of a young woman’s political activism in Guinea Conakry was selected as the winner of the Multimedia…

  • Eddie Adams Workshop Now Accepting Applications

    Cortney Cleveland
    21 May 2013 | 7:29 am
    The Eddie Adams Workshop has announced that the 26th Workshop, which will be held October 11th – 14th, 2013 in Jeffersonville, New York, is now accepting applications. The Workshop is one of the premier photojournalism events for students and young professionals. It’s a weekend that offers an excellent opportunity to meet the top photojournalists in the world, and to work alongside the best photo editors in the business. Deadline Apply online by May 31st, 2013. Workshop Details The Eddie Adams Workshop is an intense four-day gathering of the top photography professionals, along…

  • MediaStorm Welcomes Director of Partnership Development, Samia Khan

    Brian Storm
    20 May 2013 | 11:50 am
    MediaStorm is excited to welcome Samia Khan to our team as the Director of Partnership Development. Samia Khan is dedicated to using the power of collective action and storytelling to build a more just world. She has spent the past decade working on human rights and development issues in Kenya, Pakistan, and the United States; with organizations like the UNDP, UNCDF, the World Bank, and Ashoka. Most recently, Samia worked as a strategic planning and fundraising consultant, where she helped organizations clarify their missions and programs and execute successful fundraising campaigns. Samia is…

  • Worth Watching #114: Space Oddity

    Cortney Cleveland
    20 May 2013 | 7:18 am
    Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield performs David Bowie’s 1969 classic “Space Oddity” from the space station. With gorgeous time lapse of our lovely blue planet. Close the internets. We’re done here. – Eric Maierson Space Oddity from Chris Hadfield on YouTube. See what else we think is Worth Watching.

  • Application Deadline for Smith Grants Set for May 31st

    Cortney Cleveland
    17 May 2013 | 7:29 am
    The deadline to apply for grants presented by the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund is set for May 31st, 2013. W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography 2013 Grant: $30,000 Discretionary Fellowship: $5,000 To Apply: http://smithfund.org/eugene-smith-grant Application Deadline: May 31, 2013 The W. Eugene Smith Grant is presented annually to a photographer whose past work and proposed project, as judged by a panel of experts, follows the tradition of W. Eugene Smith’s concerned photography and dedicated compassion exhibited during his 45-year career as a photographic essayist. The grant…
 
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  • Event Spot: Another Marketing Conference (minus sponsors)

    infomobster
    23 May 2013 | 5:48 am
    Another Marketing Conference is not just another marketing conference. Forget sponsor led sales spiel, line up great speakers (see below) and a great venue and what you get is an invaluable experience that is well worth the cover price.  Expect … Continue reading →

  • Million Pound Startup competition lands in London – ¥£$!

    infomobster
    23 May 2013 | 1:51 am
    The hunt is on for the next £100m tech outfit with the launch of the London leg of The Million Pound Startup, a global competition to bring a high-growth technology company to London with £1 million of investment. Launched at and … Continue reading →

  • Infographic: Storytelling one frame at a time

    infomobster
    20 May 2013 | 8:38 am
    Here’s a nice infographic from creative PR agency, M Booth visualising the image component of successful storytelling – proof (if ever it was needed) that good brand communication starts with a picture or video. Videos are shared 12 times more than … Continue reading →

  • Quick Stat: 77% of firms in Tech City say a lack of skilled workers is restricting their growth

    infomobster
    20 May 2013 | 2:44 am
    On the eve of this year’s annual tech festival, Digital Shoreditch, research outfit, Gfk has released a report on how Tech City businesses are coping with funding and finding skilled staff.  Amongst its key findings: Nearly half (44%) say a … Continue reading →

  • Branded social content is most popular but paid ads are more successful

    infomobster
    16 May 2013 | 4:39 am
    A new study from social marketing firm, Kenshoo Social  has found that most *large* social media marketers are more likely to implement free, organic tactics such as creating branded pages and content than to use paid ads — no matter what type of … Continue reading →
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  • Cisco Completes Acquisition of Ubiquisys

    24 May 2013 | 6:59 am
    Cisco Completes Acquisition of UbiquisysSAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired) - Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced it has completed the acquisition of privately held Ubiquisys. Headquartered in Swindon, U.K., Ubiquisys is a leading provider of intell...

  • SAP to Accelerate Innovation for Cloud and SAP HANA® Through One Unified Development Organization

    24 May 2013 | 6:34 am
    SAP to Accelerate Innovation for Cloud and SAP HANA® Through One Unified Development OrganizationSAP Brings All Development Under the Leadership of Executive Board Member Dr. Vishal SikkaWALLDORF, Germany/PRNewswire/ --  SAP AG&nbsp...

  • Open Paradigm Project highlights psychiatric diagnosis with social media

    24 May 2013 | 5:45 am
    Open Paradigm Project PR, social media and video campaignSocial media and video marketing used to educate audience to mental health  issues by the Open Paradigm ProjectCampaign name: Open Paradigm ProjectOrganisation: Stories of Hope From Peo...

  • Got Words? New Word Game "Words in a Pic" Tops Global Mobile Charts

    24 May 2013 | 4:54 am
    Got Words? New Word Game "Words in a Pic" Tops Global Mobile ChartsSTOCKHOLM/PRNewswire/ --Do you think you're good at word games? Got a mind for seeing the obvious and not easily getting stuck in brain games? Well think again. As over 100 00...

  • MagicBricks Goes Local

    23 May 2013 | 10:44 pm
    MagicBricks.com Goes LocalNEW DELHI/PRNewswire/ --Adding Context to Content, MagicBricks.com Introduces Locality Pages With Ratings, Reviews, Maps and MediaScouring the Internet for information, Firoze Ahmed grumbled, "I want to kno...
 
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  • Marvel’ın Başarı Hikayesi

    Emre Cinar
    10 May 2013 | 7:01 am
    Iron Man’in 3. filmini izlerken bu yazıyı yazmak aklıma geldi. Ben de fazla vakit kaybetmeden sıcağı sıcağına yazmak istedim.  Marvel benim son dönemde en beğendiğim Hollywood şirketlerinden birisi. 1930 yılında kurulan Marvel Entertainment süper kahramanları ve canavar karakterleri olan ve bunları karikatür dergisi olarak piyasa sürüyor. Bugünlerde şirketin portfolyosunda 5000′den fazla karakteri mevcut. Şirketin 4 ayrı segmenti var: Lisanslama -  Film üretimine, TV programlarına, Video oyunlarına ve merchandise ürünleri lisanlayıp gelir üretimi…

  • Twitter Zaman Tünelinde Anahtar Kelime hedeflemesini açıkladı.

    Emre Cinar
    19 Apr 2013 | 12:43 am
    Twitter bugün yeni özelliği olan zaman tünelinde anahtar kelime hedeflemesini açıkladı. Bu açıklamadan önce sosyal medya pazarlaması yapanlar Twitter’ın promoted ürününü kullanıcıların interestlerine göre dolayısı ile hedefleme gibi gözüken conversationlar ortaya çıkıyordu. Bu clusterlar kullanıcı datası sonucunda ortaya çıkıyor ve platformun gerçek zamanlı muhabbet gücünü kullanamıyorlardı. Anahtar kelimesi hedeflemesi ile birlikte pazarlamacılar şimdi gerçek zamanlı olarak kullanıcılara  bu hafta ortaya çıkan anahtar kelimeler ile ya da…

  • April’s Fool Marketing’de bu sene neler oldu?

    Emre Cinar
    12 Apr 2013 | 8:09 am
    Malum markalar artık pazarlama diyince sinekten yağ çıkarmanın peşindeler. Beyaz Show’da arada bir sanatçı çıkıyor, ünlülerin portrelerini ve bir çok başka yaratıcı nesneyi, minicik elemanlar üzerine resmediyor. Şimdiki pazarlamıclarda bu kadar büyük pazarın içinde çok ince noktaları görerek tıpkı bu ressam gibi pazarlama aktivitelerini yönlendiriyorlar. Marka için (tabii ki bütçe olmadan!) o kadar yaratıcı olmak gerekiyor ki onlarda her alandan bir fayda çıkarmaya çalışıyorlar. Sonuç olarak 1 Nisan şakaları da artık pazarlama ve medya…

  • 2012′nin En iyi 20 Viral Kampanyası

    Emre Cinar
    3 Apr 2013 | 12:20 am
    2012′nin En iyi 20 Viral Kampanyası 2013′ün ilk çeyreği geçmişken viral alem için 2012′nin nasıl unutulmaz bir yıl olduğunu göstermek adına kendi kafama göre 2012′nin en iyi 20 viral kampanyasını sizler için listeledim. YouTube’a her dakika 72 saatlik video yükleniyor. Her geçen yıl yüklenen videoların kalitesi daha da artıyor. İşte bu yüzden bu listeye belki 150 video daha koyabilirdim fakat bu sefer yaptığım liste amacını aşacağından 20 ile sınırladım, inşallah beğenirsiniz… Coca-Cola: Gizli Kameralar Coca-Cola…

  • MediaCat Power 100

    Emre Cinar
    2 Apr 2013 | 3:45 am
    Cinaremre.com MediaCat Power 100‘e girdi. Tüm takipçilerime buradan teşekkür ediyorum.
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  • How to Plan a Vine Video

    Neil Davidson
    21 May 2013 | 2:23 am
    Vine videos can potentially provide a valuable marketing tool for your business, if you learn how to wield them effectively, because branded Vine videos are four times more likely to be shared (on Twitter) than other branded online videos. This is based on research carried out by Unruly. As with any other successful marketing method, your Vine videos will need to evoke an emotional response from your viewers, be it laughter, awe, or something else. The reason for this is that videos that evoke emotions are more likely to have an impact on the viewer, and are more likely to make them take…

  • The basics of video storytelling

    Neil Davidson
    15 May 2013 | 6:06 am
    For some time, marketers have been moving away from the traditional selling tactics of TV commercials. It is no longer enough to tell audiences that your product is great and that they should buy it. One of the buzzwords that characterises the shift away from pure selling is ‘storytelling’. How long it has taken for this evolution to take place is unclear, however, it is evident in TV advertising and in online video that more and more marketers are using storytelling techniques to engage audiences. With online video, storytelling style videos are becoming increasingly common for one…

  • When is an animated video production most appropriate?

    Neil Davidson
    13 May 2013 | 5:04 am
    The popularity of animated video within a digital marketing strategy is growing, and whilst it was once limited to those with massive production budgets, improvements in technology mean it is now widely accessible. Studies have proven that online video is a vital part of your marketing strategy (web visitors are 64%- 85% more likely to purchase after watching a product video, and you are 53 times more likely to appear on the first page of Google if you are using video on your site Forrester, 1/2010) – but with the wealth of video options out there, which is best for your business? We find…

  • Storytelling through reportage video production

    Neil Davidson
    8 May 2013 | 6:58 pm
    Reportage is traditionally a journalistic term. In this article, I am going to tell you more about what reportage is and about how the reportage genre can be translated into corporate video production, making for great video content that your audiences will thoroughly enjoy. MWP have recently launched a reportage video production service and I will tell you about the process we employ to create fantastic reportage videos for our clients. What is reportage? Reportage is defined as the act of reporting news. A wider way to describe reportage is as the journalistic style of factual…

  • How a Kickstarter Video Production Can Help Launch Your Project

    Neil Davidson
    5 May 2013 | 11:24 pm
    Zach Braff recently secured the funding for his new movie, Wish I Was Here. But the thing is, he didn’t go down the traditional route of signing a financing deal with a big Hollywood investor. Instead, he turned to his fans. He put up a video on Kickstarter, and within days had raised over $2 million. How to create the right Kickstarter video production Braff isn’t the first celebrity to try Kickstarter as a way to fund his work, but he is certainly one of the most successful. Bjork once tried to use Kickstarter to fund an App – but she failed, and closed down her project after…
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    Music library management blog

  • The trouble with classical...

    Dan Gravell
    21 May 2013 | 4:00 pm
    I recently enjoyed a discussion with a user of bliss, where he described what he saw as the problems with classical music tagging. These boil down to problems discussed elsewhere on this blog, but his visualisation of the problems really hit home. The user in question laid out a sample table of tags: Composer Title of Composition Label Orchestra Conductor Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburgische Konzerte Deutche Grammaphon Resonance Festival Strings Lucerne Rudulf Baumgartner Bach The Brandenburg Concertos Deutche Grammaphon Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan Bach Brandenburg Concertos…

  • Managing multiple music libraries

    Dan Gravell
    13 May 2013 | 4:00 pm
    The current top voted idea on the bliss ideas forum is The ability to monitor more than one location on a computer. bliss currently only allows one folder to be specified as the root music folder within which all your music files must reside. Why is owning and storing multiple music libraries desirable or required, and why does bliss currently only allow one root folder? Owning multiple music libraries Why would you have more than one root music folder? There are a number of reasons. First, you might simply have run out of space on one drive, and want to use another rather than going through…

  • Release 20130507

    Dan Gravell
    6 May 2013 | 4:00 pm
    This release contains a number of UI improvements and bug fixes. The forward/backward/back to list links added in a previous version of bliss have now been added to the album detail page and the file organisation detail page. That makes it easier to scroll backwards and forwards through albums. I had reports of the following error from a number of users: Message: java.lang.ClassCastException: cannot assign instance of com.elsten.bliss.policy.coverart.lookup.common.ImmutableImageInfo$ImmutableImageInfoSerialisationProxy to field…

  • Solving split albums by consolidating track artists

    Dan Gravell
    29 Apr 2013 | 4:00 pm
    Split albums are a nuisance I've discussed before. Sometimes, when adding a new album into your music collection, you realise that the album has been split up. You see multiple albums with the same name, with varying artist names, representing the album. Having split albums like this can make your music library more difficult to search and navigate. Fortunately, bliss comes with a rule to enforce the same track artist in all of your albums. Once these albums have been identified, it's just one click to fix each album. Split albums in music software are often caused by varying track artist…

  • Release 20130416 - fixed Discogs art download

    Dan Gravell
    22 Apr 2013 | 4:00 pm
    A couple of weeks ago, one of the servers bliss uses was hit by an attack which initially appeared to be a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Subsequent investigations suggested that the attack may not have been intended to bring down our servers, as such, but to access and download advertisements, possibly for spam related purposes. Anyway, the actual outcome was that our servers couldn't cope with the load, and I had to block out the outside world. As a result of blocking the server to the outside world, however, Discogs cover art could no longer be downloaded by bliss. This new…
 
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    Smells Like Infinite Sadness

  • Ray Manzarek Tribute Playlist

    SLIS
    23 May 2013 | 4:53 pm
    Smells Like Infinite Sadness Smells Like Infinite Sadness - A 40-something's musings on the current state of music, film and pop culture. Get off my lawn. RIP Ray Manzarek; Enjoy in remembrance our mix of some of his best tracks with The Doors, his solo work, collaborations, and covers.In a year that’s already seen many musical titans pass, we’ve lost another legend, and that’s the late Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek, who passed away from cancer on May 20th at 74 years old.Manzarek was a true musical revolutionary. When The Doors began making music in the 60′s,…

  • Concert Review: ArnoCorps at Fireside Lounge

    SLIS
    22 May 2013 | 2:22 pm
    Smells Like Infinite Sadness Smells Like Infinite Sadness - A 40-something's musings on the current state of music, film and pop culture. Get off my lawn.Concert Review: ArnoCorps Blaze Through A Rocking Set At The Fireside Lounge in Alameda, CA. ★★★★★If you’ve wondered why I haven’t posted in a bit, it’s because I just came back from a trip in San Francisco, one of my favorite places to take a trip. One of many vacation highlights included a blistering set by the band ArnoCorps who played a secret show at the Fireside lounge in nearby…

  • The Mandarin Controversy In ‘Iron Man 3′

    SLIS
    15 May 2013 | 10:49 pm
    Smells Like Infinite Sadness Smells Like Infinite Sadness - A 40-something's musings on the current state of music, film and pop culture. Get off my lawn.MAJOR SPOILER ALERT: Don’t read until you’ve seen ‘Iron Man 3′. I recently saw “Iron Man 3.” I wasn’t looking forward to it in particular. I loved the original but thought the sequel was an afterthought, merely serving as a set-up to The Avengers.But “Iron Man 3″  was quite enjoyable, and that’s in large part a testament to the writing/direction of Shane Black (“Kiss…

  • Album Review: Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy ‘You Are Everything’

    SLIS
    14 May 2013 | 2:33 pm
    Smells Like Infinite Sadness Smells Like Infinite Sadness - A 40-something's musings on the current state of music, film and pop culture. Get off my lawn.Album Review:  Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy make chilled-out bliss with “You Are Everything”★★★★★When I interviewed Steve Kilbey earlier this year he was quite candid about the recent shakiness with his long-running band The Church, and had this to say about his new album  ”You Are Everything” with Martin Kennedy:“Don’t wait for the next Untitled #23 (the last Church…

  • Queens of The Stone Age Play New Song ‘Keep Your Eyes Peeled’ Live

    SLIS
    13 May 2013 | 7:00 pm
    Smells Like Infinite Sadness Smells Like Infinite Sadness - A 40-something's musings on the current state of music, film and pop culture. Get off my lawn.Queens of The Stone Age Play New Song ‘Keep Your Eyes Peeled’, hearkening back to their earliest works.Over the past few weeks, Queens Of The Stone Age have been leaking new tracks from their upcoming album ‘Like Clockwork.’ Last week the band played several songs at Studio Brussell’s Club 69 in Belgium, including ‘I Sat By The Ocean’ and ‘If I Had A Tail.’Over the weekend…
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  • Loose Tweets Sink Fleets

    Fred Jacobs
    24 May 2013 | 3:10 am
    We knew we had a winner in Lori Lewis when she told us how she’d spent a weekend evening reading the Department of Defense’s social media guidelines a couple years back.  Since that time, Lori has become a go-to person for social media in radio.  And the U.S. military continues to set a great example of how to become a social brand.  During the holiday weekend, please take time to honor those who serve our country, and also spend a few minutes looking over Lori’s great analysis of how the military’s social media policies can make radio brands better. We’ll return…

  • Social Sharing Lens

    Fred Jacobs
    23 May 2013 | 3:10 am
    Hard to believe that it was about a month ago that we were all glued to our TVs, watching the developments in the Boston Marathon bombing. Aside from the tragedy itself, one of the most interesting aspects of the ensuing investigation revolved around how video and pictures broke the case open.  In fact, law enforcement agencies made their way through 10 terabytes of data from consumer cell phones, retail store cameras, and other video sources in order to better understand what happened and who did it. And from a sharing standpoint, social media becomes more powerful when there are pictures…

  • I Wonder

    Fred Jacobs
    22 May 2013 | 3:10 am
    For me, the journey of music discovery took a wonderful and unpredictable turn last weekend at a packed Masonic Temple Theater in Detroit featuring a local star that you may have never heard of.  Sixto Rodriguez, who described himself on stage as an “ordinary legend,” finally captured his deserved super star status – at the age of what he calls a “solid 70.” You don’t know about Rodriguez? If you didn’t see Searching For Sugarman, you missed something special – an Oscar-winning documentary film about a Detroit born musician who tried and failed to make his mark back in the…

  • Coppin’ Some Z’s

    Fred Jacobs
    21 May 2013 | 3:10 am
    The news that Yahoo is paying a reported $1.1 billion for Tumblr says a great deal about the differences in how broadcast and digital media executives view teens – otherwise known as Generation Z. For Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer, there’s a realization that in web circles, her brand is graying – rapidly.  While Yahoo was a hot, exciting search brand that we all remember from our early days on the “worldwide web,” today it is struggling for relevance, especially among younger Internet users. As The New York Times notes, Yahoo has systematically missed the boat on social and mobile, and…

  • Jolly Good Company

    Fred Jacobs
    20 May 2013 | 3:10 am
    Last month, we showcased the Greater Media Philadelphia cluster which was named as one of the best workplaces in town by the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philly.com for the second consecutive year. Not to be outdone, I heard from a reader across the pond who told me about UKRD Group Ltd., named by The Sunday Times as one of the 100 Best Companies to work for.  Except they’ve been listed as #1 for three consecutive years.  This honor comes from employee reviews, making it all that more impressive. So I wondered how so-called best-practices might differ in the UK, and reached out to UKRD’s…
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    The Digital Connection

  • Top 10 Ways Websites Makes Me Suffer

    Rob Angeles
    22 May 2013 | 8:39 am
    I believe some people create and publish websites for the sole purpose of tormenting their visitors. Browsing various websites and navigating the Web can often be like trying to read on an airplane while a kid kicks the back of your seat and the baby next to you alternates between screaming, crying and drooling on [...]

  • The 6 Components Of Effective Website Design And Marketing

    Rob Angeles
    20 May 2013 | 8:26 am
    The foundation of effective web marketing is the ‘who.’ Determining your target audience, their needs, wants, level of knowledge, goals, etc is critical to creating a website that will be effective at either lead generation or e-commerce. 1. Core Message: (What Exactly do You Offer?) Flowing directly from who you want to target, is the [...]

  • Is Your Website Content Delivering You Results

    Rob Angeles
    15 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    Imagine you’re the owner of a successful car dealership but when your customers look at the cars listed on your website they notice that the cars are a month or so old or, even worse, they call you only to find out that that dream car they were looking at sold a week ago? This [...]

  • How To Avoid Headaches In Hiring A Web Developer

    Rob Angeles
    8 May 2013 | 8:23 am
    Today, most businesses want a website. Some already have one. Others want one. They don’t want to hire IT staff and probably can’t afford any. And in most cases, an in-house IT staff, especially for your typical small business, just isn’t necessary. But, that doesn’t mean that you have to go without or will be [...]

  • How To Communicate Your Needs To Your Web Designer

    Rob Angeles
    1 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    You know what content you want on the website but have no clue how to present it to the user. You know what content you want on the website, and you have the layout in your mind, but you don’t know how to implement it. In both cases you will need to explain your thoughts [...]
 
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    The Future Of Luxury

  • Luxury: The Most Sustainable of Concepts

    rupertpalmer
    17 May 2013 | 6:50 am
    As new luxury markets expand around the world against a backdrop of mounting social and environmental concerns, the idea of sustainability in luxury has become increasingly significant. However, is luxury being unfairly victimised as the enemy of sustainability when it in fact sets an example worth following? Is sustainability in luxury really a new idea? Luxury has often been associated with the notion of a wasteful and greedy society. However on closer inspection, luxury’s emphasis on durability and quality make it the antithesis of that society. The importance of provenance, a love of…

  • TFOL Talks To: Ed Holmes, General Manager, L’Oréal Australia

    TFOL
    15 May 2013 | 8:00 pm
    L’Oréal Luxe’s portfolio of brands can lay claim to some of the beauty industry’s most prestigious and desirable names; Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani and Lancôme to name but a few. Naturally The Future of Luxury jumped at the chance to talk to Ed Holmes, General Manager of L’Oréal Australia to find out about the group’s approach to innovation as well how the increasing influence and integration of tech is changing the nature of the industry at every stage. Which social platforms do you focus your attention on at L’Oréal? With so many brands in…

  • TFOL At: Empty13 Event – Your Customers Do Not Want To Be Your Friend

    seansingleton
    15 May 2013 | 8:47 am
    Today TFOL attended the latest empty13 event. Organised by Bite the topic for debate was ‘Your Customers Do Not Want To Be Your Friend’. Opening speaker Fru Hazlitt, MD Commercial (Online and Interactive) for ITV debated against the motion. Fru made the point that customers don’t want to be the friend of brands if they act like a stalker, strange or weird. However, a lot depends on the brand and how they behave. She did believe though that went brands get it right, it can be incredibly powerful. Opening speaker Fru Hazlitt, MD Commercial (Online and Interactive) for ITV debated against…

  • TFOL At: The Future of Advertising Conference

    seansingleton
    9 May 2013 | 6:09 am
    This week TFOL attended  The Future of Advertising event held at BAFTA. Organised by the APA, the IPA and The Marketing Society with the ambitious aim of predicting the future of advertising it was packed full of speakers giving their take on interesting and innovative ideas about the direction of First up was John V Wiltshire who posed the question, ‘Are Brands The Fracking The Social Web?’. For those of you who don’t know ‘fracking’ is an aggressive, invasive technique for extracting valuable raw materials but without much care or attention to what is left behind.

  • 4 Marketing Strategies Luxury Brands are Using to Influence China’s Wealthy

    Peter Harmer
    8 May 2013 | 3:26 am
    Europe has become the destination of choice for China’s wealthy. Four out of the top five countries they plan to visit in 2013 and nine of ten ‘dream’ destinations are within the continent. An increase in disposable income among the Chinese middle classes, combined with a growing desire to travel, has seen the value of overseas spending rocket and with it increasing efforts from companies to increase their share of this new market. A recent survey by Financial Times China Confidential illustrates the extent of this rise with the wealthiest 26% of travellers spending around…
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    VividMix

  • Spammers Beware this Summer

    admin
    24 May 2013 | 9:24 am
    Google is going to launch the next generation of what they call the Penguin algorithm within the next few weeks. This Penguin 2.0 update will go deeper than the first Penguin version and it will affect a lot more sites. The Penguin update targets websites that use spam tools to create backlinks. If you’re using tools that automatically create backlinks to your site, stop using them now. If any tool that you use contains the words “nuke”, “dominator” or “brute force” then it’s likely that your website will be affected by the next Penguin update. Google does not like…

  • Locating Customers

    admin
    23 May 2013 | 10:45 am
    Locate potential customers — near and far Understanding your audience is one of the most important aspects of running a successful business. With the Google Analytics Demographics report, you can see where your visitors are located and which languages they speak. This can help you identify new opportunities, for example: • If you have visitors from other cities or countries, make sure you’re promoting your business in those locations. • If you have visitors who speak other languages, consider offering your website in those languages. Dwight  

  • What is a long click?

    admin
    17 May 2013 | 9:01 am
    Many people are not aware that links to other websites can have a positive influence on the rankings of their web pages on Google. The reason for that is that Google uses ‘long clicks’ to determine the quality of a search result. Understanding this ranking factor will help you to improve the position of your pages on Google’s search result pages. What are long clicks? If a user clicks on a result and remains on the found website for a longer time, it’s a long click. A short click occurs if a user clicks on a result and quickly returns to the search results page to…

  • Video as part of a marketing platform?…does it affect ROI?

    admin
    8 Apr 2013 | 4:31 pm
    “The Adventures of Fork Girl” Burnett Specialists Social Media Campaign A strong video platform plays a crucial role in marketing strategy. You may think it’s a shot in the dark to use video as part of your marketing campaign.  Some might say it’s not like a billboard, where the salesman will tell you how many eyeballs will see your ad. I don’t agree with this philosophy.  It’s actually very easy to test the effectiveness of a particular promotion within an interactive video, by having analytics embedded in a microsite landing page as well as the video…

  • Bluetooth ballcap with connection through your bones

    admin
    1 Mar 2013 | 8:02 am
    I’ve see all kinds of bluetooth devices.  This one is called “Cynaps” and does not require anything in your ear.  It also does not say “Bluetooth” to anyone looking at you.  It transmits the audio through your skull. Such a stealthy novel idea. If you are working in a loud environment that requires earplugs and want some tunes but can’t hear them?  Now you can!  Even with protective earplugs in, Cynaps is crystal clear In fact, the sound is even better, richer and more pure with earplugs in!  Never miss a call, and always have some good tunes on hand…
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    Popular Industry with Shirley Yang

  • Mark Hoffman, Peter Stern, Kay Koplovitz and Howard Belk talk Media Trends at YJP Media Summit

    admin
    22 May 2013 | 9:43 am
    The Young Jewish Professionals hosted a Media Trends in Communications Summit at the Hudson Terrace on Monday, May 21st. The 75+ attendees were mainly from digital, advertising, media, both enterprise and startup types. The panel include Mark Hoffman, President of CNBC, Kay Koplovitz, Founder of USA Network, Howard Belk, Co-CEO & Chief Creative Officer of Siegel+Gale, and Peter Stern, EVP, Chief Strategy, People & Corporate Development Officer of Time Warner Cable. Honoree of the night was Andy Monfried, CEO of Lotame, who shared an amazing personal story about how he and his wife…

  • Evry Lets You Make Plans with Friends and Not Get Stuck with the Bill

    admin
    14 May 2013 | 8:58 am
    Evry’one has experienced being the one in their social group that planned all the group activities. This ‘Planner’ takes on responsibilities of doing research, putting down deposits, hassling friends for RSVPs and very importantly, collecting money. But what happens when people “forgot to bring cash” or don’t tell you if they can make it until the very last minute? Evry aims to solve your planner woes by combining an event planning platform with a peer to peer payment system. Their “threshold” system for collecting payments lets you set a total…

  • Meet the Media with Brittany Earls, Bill Corbett and Christine Lagorio of Inc.

    admin
    29 Apr 2013 | 7:32 am
    Photo: Christine Lagorio, Executive Editor, Inc.; Brittany Earls, The Genesis Group; Bill Corbett, Corbett PR I was very honored to join the panel for Meet the Media on Thursday, April 25th, presented by the Genesis Group. This is a monthly event hosted by Brittany Earls, Partner at the Genesis Group where attendees are business owners and developers, who pitch their businesses to the entrepreneur crowd and learn how to build successful media relationships through a series of Q&A with the media panel. To attend Meet the Media, you must have an established business with developed products…

  • Felicia Day hosted the 2013 Shorty Awards

    admin
    10 Apr 2013 | 12:28 pm
    The fifth annual Shorty Awards was held Monday night at the Times Center in New York. Hosted by actress Felicia Day, the event honors top short-form content creators on popular social media platforms. Checkout my article on NBC New York!     Here’s George Takei’s Shorty Awards Acceptance Speech for Distinguished Achievement in Internet Culture:

  • China-Axlr8r and the Chinese Startup Scene

    admin
    2 Apr 2013 | 9:15 am
    Startup accelerators such as TechStars, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, etc. have been kickstarting entrepreneurs’ dreams by creating early-stage accelerator programs, providing workspace and mentorship from industry idols, and at times leading rounds of funding. China-Axlr8r (formerly China Accelerator) does just that, for those across the Pacific. China-Axlr8r is the first mentorship-driven seed-funding program in China. It is founded by Cyril Ebersweiler, a Managing Partner of SOS Ventures. I had the opportunity to chat with Todd Embley, Program Manager of the accelerator, which is…
 
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    Media Musings

  • Social Marketing: Don’t Forget to Listen

    charliebreit
    2 May 2013 | 1:50 pm
    Many brands are looking to ramp up their digital and social media spend in the coming years and this shouldn’t surprise anyone.  It will be interesting to see how brands engage and interact with consumers in the digital and social space and how they spend their growing budgets.  Digital, social and mobile technology advances have come so fast that many large companies haven’t been able to fully adapt and change their marketing philosophy to keep up.  Instead, many brands have leveraged tried and true marketing principles within the digital arena and in my opinion have missed out on a…

  • Content Marketing: Setting the Right Strategy

    charliebreit
    16 Apr 2013 | 7:39 am
    Content marketing can be an effective way to communicate and build relationships with existing and future customers in an effort to drive growth.  Your content marketing program can help fuel your social presence, enhance your search efforts and provide great value to consumers by providing relevant and helpful information.  All positive outcomes worth pursuing to increase sales, drive retention and build brand equity, but to get the most out of your content marketing efforts it’s important to develop the right strategy for your audience, customers and business. More to Content Marketing…

  • Content Marketing: Developing the Right Story Arcs

    charliebreit
    28 Mar 2013 | 8:34 am
    You’re completely committed to telling stories to build a relationship with consumers and fully jump into content marketing.  You’ve developed your story mission and spent time developing interesting characters.  Now it’s time to work on building the right story arcs to attract and retain your audience.  The key to story arcs is developing a structure that allows your characters to grow and evolve in a way that’s relatable for your audience, but also packs some surprises along the way. Good story arcs take your characters through a journey that tests them and allows them to succeed…

  • Content Marketing: Developing the Right Story Mission

    charliebreit
    26 Mar 2013 | 8:25 am
    You’ve been bitten by the content marketing bug and now want to fill the internet with stories, infographics and videos to help your company or business grow its web presence and community, but where do you start?  Start with your story…plain and simple. The single most important thing you can do is figure out what your story is and why you want to tell it.  Then you can build your content marketing plan around telling this story to your audience. Your story should convey what is meaningful to your organization and what your company deems important.  Your story should start with a…

  • New Media: Great Characters Help Make Great Content

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