GM tackles Facebook over Ads
Some ackward news hits the wire days before Facebook’s historic $105 billion IPO; General Motors said it plans to stop advertising on the social media site, concluding that its paid ads don’t have a big impact on consumers. More...
Facebook’s Telescope on Human Behavior
MIT’s Technology Review has an interesting interview explaining Facebook’s efforts to mine its piles of data and why it says the effort can help explain why people act as they do. More...
Israel Loves Iran
An online call for peace initiated by an Israeli couple has managed to achieve the support of 1,000 Israelis and Iranians. And it all began with two posters. More...
The Crash and Burn Personal Branding on Social Networks
While a growing staple of celebs, reality TV stars, athletes and everything between is getting smarter by the day in using their social media fanbase to promote their ‘business’ there are some, mostly More...
Chocolate and Facebook a Strategy To Think About
The Guardian has an interesting article from Word of Mouth Blogger Natalie Hardwick where she explores how social media campaigns can be used to revive discontinued (Chocolate) brands. Natalie has an interesting More...
Gowalla Shuts Down
Three months after the acquisition of Gowalla by Facebook, the company has officially closed it doors. The screenshot below can be found on the location startup turned travel guide‘s homepage. More...
Senior Dating Swimsuit Profile Promo
Despite the warnings for conman, fake profiles, creepy stalkers or other undesired attention dating sites are still a great place to meet people, boost your confidence and even to find an eligible bachelor. But More...
Avril Lavigne – Goodbye
She has been teasing her fans over the past few days about a little surprise that she had made for them. Today, Avril Lavigne finally revealed her gift to some 4 million followers on Twitter and showed a very different More...
CLIQRQuest
Last year July MIT Sloan School of Management and Cambridge Judge Business School launched in what they called the first ever worldwide time critical social mobilisation experiment. Think of this as a high-tech More...
DANGER: Freedom of Expression
Malaysia has deported Hamza Kashgari, the Saudi journalist and blogger accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in comments made on Twitter, Al Jazeera reported. Kashgari, a newspaper columnist based in Jeddah, More...