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Pinterest offers more opportunity to retailers than not

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/pinterest-offers-more-opportunity-to-retailers-than-not/73359 Since debuting several months ago, Pinterest has been one of the most discussed social media sites so quickly out of the gates.
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Sofia Vergara Takes on SNL

Saturday Night Live returned with a new episode after three weeks of repeats. Modern Family’ s Sofia Vergara hosted, exercising her comedy chops (and her extremely loud voice), and One Direction performed. SNL has been lacking in the comedy department lately, which is obviously a problem because that’s its only department.
A Belgium-based company has launched a new online payment method, specifically designed to deal with small transactions, such as paying for a single click to access a piece of content. The company, Paycento , claims that they are currently launching an experiment with a major European media player, and they are hoping to transform the way small transactions are carried out online. The system will work by setting up an account initially with Paycento, then any time you want to access a single piece of content, such as reading an article or downloading a song, you do so just by clicking, without the need to fill in any credit card details. http://www.simplyzesty.com/social-media/new-company-launches-pay-by-click-social-commerce-model/

New company launches ‘pay by click’ social commerce model – Simply Zesty - Simply Zesty

Move over Words With Friends . The latest addiction among users of the iPhone, iPad or Android device is Draw Something . The interactive game challenges players to draw pictures while the other player tries to guess the illustration among a group of jumbled letters at the bottom of the screen. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1204/draw.something.illustrations/content.1.html

TEBOWING - 'Draw Something' Pictures by SI Readers - Photos

Like most businesses, you will probably have your marketing plan for 2012 already in place. But have you built your plan so that you’re ready to respond to the latest market trends? http://www.jeffbullas.com/2012/01/18/top-10-marketing-trends-of-2012/

Top 10 Marketing Trends of 2012

Facebook's Global Ambitions Lure Advertisers

http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2166199/facebooks-global-ambitions-lure-advertisers Several thousands of miles from Menlo Park, CA, the home of Facebook, marketing staffers for the tech company regularly sit in Ogilvy & Mather's Singapore and Hong Kong offices. According to Thomas Crampton, Asia Pacific Director for Ogilvy & Mather's Social@Ogilvy division, a desk in each location is tucked into the ad agency, simply marked by a "facebook" logo on the door and a thumbs-up "like" sticker nearby.

Android Tops 50% Market Share in the U.S. [STUDY]

http://mashable.com/2012/04/04/android-breaks-50-market-share/ Android 's share of the U.S. smartphone market topped 50% for the first time in February, according to comScore's MobiLens.
http://mashable.com/2012/04/03/twitter-changes-for-brands/

3 Twitter Rumors and What They Could Mean for Brands

David Clarke is CEO and co-founder of BGT Partners , a 2010, 2011 and 2012 Ad Age Top 15 Best Places to Work in the U.S. honoree.
Update : Sciarra, in a Pinterest blog post, confirmed his departure . Is there trouble in Pinterest paradise? Paul Sciarra (pictured, left), co-founder of digital pin-board sensation Pinterest , is said to be on his way out the door.

Pinterest co-founder Paul Sciarra said to be leaving company

Stuff Happened This Weekend

Tired of watching months of endless awards coverage with virtually no rooting interest since most movies won't open to the genreal public until after Thanksgiving? Well, so are we, and we decided to do something about it.

COM 400 - Social Media U Need 2 Know #NewhouseSM4 Spring 2012 "To Do" List - Due Sun., April. 8

COM 400 - Social Media U Need 2 Know #NewhouseSM4 Spring 2012 "To Do" List - Due Sun., April. 8
Five years ago, the world's largest retail chain didn't have to worry much about the world's largest online mall.

E-COMMERCE / Walmart expands its Web presence to keep up with Amazon.com

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