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This cartoon from our friend Tom Fishburne , "marketoonist" extrordinaire, was perfectly timed this week. With the Kony 2012 video becoming the most viral video of all time -- 100 million views in 6 days -- I'm wondering if it has renewed demands by the C-suite that their team get them a viral video ASAP.
Pepsi Co. brand Mountain Dew has been using its social media fan base to create, brand and market three experimental new flavors that are hitting shelves across the United States today. The flavors are out now and the one that performs the best — both online and in the real world — will become a permanent part of the Mountain Dew product line.
Mountain Dew Releases 3 Fan-Created Flavors
CANDACE FLEMING’S résumé boasts a double major in industrial engineering and English from Stanford, an M.B.A. from , a management position at and experience as president of a small software company. But when she was raising money for Crimson Hexagon , a start-up company she co-founded in 2007, she recalls one venture capitalist telling her that it didn’t matter that she didn’t have business cards, because all they would say was “Mom.” Another potential backer invited her for a weekend yachting excursion by showing her a picture of himself on the boat — without clothes. When a third financier discovered that her husband was also a biking enthusiast, she says, he spent more time asking if riding affected her husband’s reproductive capabilities than he did focusing on her business plan. Ultimately, none of the 30 venture firms she pitched financed her company.
Why So Few Women in Silicon Valley? - NYTimes.com
Is online real life? « Ask Spike
If you haven’t read this short and oh-so-sweet post from Dan Patterson (the guy in charge of the digital platform development for ABC News Radio) then go. Read . I have two favorite sections of his post, the first being this: Social media and the web, of course, are NOT inherently bad.
History Channel Launches Foursquare Campaign and a New Badge
America might be one of the youngest geopolitical nations around, but we’ve still got some interesting history to discover. Thanks to a partnership between Foursquare and the History Channel, some Foursquare users will learn a lot more about the history of their checkin locations over the next couple of months. According to the History Channel’s brand new Foursquare page , the initiative was concocted to promote America, The Story of Us , “an epic 12-hour television event that tells the extraordinary story of how America was invented.President Obama says that America needs an all-of-the-above energy strategy that invests in new technologies and ends the $4 billion in annual subsidies to oil companies that are earning historic profits.
Your Weekly Address | The White House
40 of the Most Stunning iPhone Developer Websites | iPhone.AppStorm
It seems to be a pre-requisite that, in order to be a successful iPhone developer, you must have a wonderfully designed website.
I must say, my iPad has become my primary way to access the Web when I'm at home, and it looks like Apple's latest device is getting a lot of exercise from other iPad users too.
iPad claiming .03% of all 'net traffic already
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iPad printing: solved -- Engadget
The Brads – a comic about web design » The Brads – Test How Your Site Looks on the iPad
George Coghill Hah! Great cartoon once again man. Still can’t wait to get my iPad thoughProject: Rant! - Download free podcast episodes by www.projectrant.com on iTunes.
Ok so I thought this was going to be really funny, but I didn't laugh once. All it was to me was listening to people that are pissed off yell at someone that isn't even around. Ok so most of this stuff is very true, but don't get this if you need something to laugh at, get it if you need something to be pissed off about. If you have ever vented online, your rage might be used for entertainment by Project Rant. Project Rant's videos are creative and true to the rant.Apple has approved the Opera Mini browser for the iPhone, causing a collective gasp of shock around the Internet. Opera announced the approval this evening, saying that the free app will be available within the next 24 hours.