Ever wish you could live out Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas without actually risking life imprisonment or a complete mental breakdown from carrying and consuming such an insane cache of drugs? Well now you can thanks to the Fear and Loathing Board Game.
It was inevitable the game-like features of Foursquare’s ‘mayorships,’ ‘badges’ and ‘check-ins’ would ultimately pave a path to paid advertising. Yes, that unassuming little geolocation-based
app that launched three short years ago at South by Southwest and has
amassed over 20 million registered users has decided to monetize.
Finally slipping into their big boy pants, Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai’s company have launched "Promoted Updates," with clients Madison Avenue ad agencies have been known to court over the years.
Ever wonder why the World War II British slogan "Keep Calm and Carry On"
has surfaced some 70 years later to become today’s most ubiquitous meme? Not
only has the Internet been cyberventillating variations on the theme online for
over a year now, one can find t-shirts and other memorabilia easily
accessible for purchase in the real world.
Have you come up with a new way to stack your shoes, line up your tools, or bunk your junk? Karl Champley,
the home improvement guru, is looking for new space saving products
that help folks organize their stuff and give them more room in their
own homes. So through Edison Nation, he’s asking you to submit your ideas.
If Borat’s cringe-worthy Man-kini is a perfect example of less being more, than its polar opposite, the “Face-Kini”, must mean more is less. First seen on the beaches of Qingdao in northeastern China, the full-body facehugging suits seem to be catching on among women who seek to preserve their pale skin from the tanning sun.
World Humanitarian Day
set annually for August 19th was originally designated to recognize
humanitarian personnel and those who had lost their lives working for
humanitarian causes. It’s origin was a direct result of a massive
bombing attack of Iraq by America and its allies, escalating on March
21, 2003. Known in military parlance as "Shock ‘n Awe," and taken from
Sun Tzu’s "The Art of War"
(544-496 BC), it’s a military doctrine based on the use of overwhelming
power to paralyze an adversary’s perception of the battlefield and
destroy its will to fight back.
"Wannabe" is a comedy film starring Craig Robert Young, Octavia Spencer,
Matt Dallas, Tate Taylor, Adam Huss, written by Craig Robert Young and
Richard Keith and directed by Richard Keith. It’s being promoted as one
of the only films to be released on Facebook.
However, while that may be true, if one was to research the movie on the Internet, it is evident this flick was first produced back in 2005?
Yes, tweets are known for their brevity. 140 characters or less is the
constraint Twitter imposes on the Twitterati’s bon mots. However if you
look closely at their terms of service, they’ve never restricted the
actual size of a tweet, nor how far it could be thrust into space. And
this summer, Iberia Airlines has used those loopholes to not only issue
the world’s biggest tweet but also to show to the world, the skies the
limit as to how far a tweet can go.
XeeMe (pronounced
"see me") in its simplest form is an aggregator of one’s social
networks. The service is an offshoot of Society3, a social media
technology and service provider founded by serial entrepreneur Axel
Schultze. As a social media solution, XeeMe helps brands and highly
connected individuals to organize their social presence while they grow
their networks and influence.
Casinos need to up their game when it comes to rolling the dice on
social media’s 4 R’s – Reputation, Relationships, Recommendations &
Reach. While a tad behind the curve, casinos are catching up with the
hospitality industry at large with their management of social media
initiatives. Today, there are platforms, tools and marketing techniques
that can help create a customer experience that can distinguish a casino
brand from the pack, while far exceeding traditional marketing results.
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