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Big Auto is the industrial core of Motor City, and post-bankruptcy Chrysler showed its hometown pride with a splashy Super Bowl ad called "Imported from Detroit." But the warm and fuzzy feelings iced over fast after an errant tweet last month from Chrysler's Twitter account : "I find it ironic that Detroit is known as the #motorcity and yet no one here knows how to f---ng drive." Except, you know, with the full f-word. Scores of incensed Twitter users retweeted the post, which was quickly deleted. Chrysler quickly sent out a mea culpa tweet : "Our apologies - our account was compromised earlier today. We are taking steps to resolve it."
6 painful social media screwups - Chrysler drops the F-bomb (1) - CNNMoney.com
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While I’ve been to Belgium the past week for the fine Fusion Marketing Experience , I decided to take a day trip to Paris yesterday since it was only 2 hours away by train. As you may know, I do a bit of traveling. The quality of the experience, memories and the stories you get to tell after visiting other countries are usually the most meaningful.Trends Watch
MemeTracker: tracking news phrases over the web
MemeTracker builds maps of the daily news cycle by analyzing around 900,000 news stories and blog posts per day from 1 million online sources, ranging from mass media to personal blogs. We track the quotes and phrases that appear most frequently over time across this entire spectrum. This makes it possible to see how different stories compete for news and blog coverage each day, and how certain stories persist while others fade quickly. The plot above shows the frequency of the top 50 quotes in the news and blogs over time, during the U.S. presidential election. For more read our paper:whatdoestheinternetthink?net
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Scoring Methodology Explained - Being Heardable - DealHorizon.com
by Heardable co-founder, Gunther Sonnenfeld Just this past Monday, we released a report on The Top 50 Leading Brands in Venture Capital . The report was a expansive look at how venture firms and other institutional investors fare in a marketplace dominated by voices that manage big digital footprints, and those who share content -- ideas, opinions, thought leadership -- as a form of business currency.TRAACKR
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Dying bees are a problem, and not just for apiarists. Bees pollinate many of the world's crops-a service estimated to be worth $15 billion a year in America alone. And there is no shortage of theories to explain the insects' decline. Now, evidence is growing that commonly used pesticides, even when ... read more

