Kraft To Turn Mac & Cheese Tweets Into TV Ads Within 24 Hours

Mar 28, 2011 No Comments

Your tweet about Kraft’s Macaroni & Cheese could be on TV tonight if the brand picks it up for a new initiative converting tweets into TV ads.The marketing minds behind the brand, along with agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky, are trolling Twitter right now looking for just the right tweet… Tweet This Post

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Twimal the Twitter reader reads your tweets, looks adorable while doing so (video)

Mar 28, 2011 No Comments

If you fancy using Twitter as much as we do, you’ll probably scream like a pre-teen when you lay your eyeballs on what toy maker Takara Tomy has conjured up in Japan. Dubbed Twimal, this loveable Pokemon-esque desk companion plugs into your Windows machine via USB and has one reason for its existence — to [...]

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The NYT Pay Plan’s Most Dangerous Foe: Perception

Mar 27, 2011 No Comments

By now, we were supposed to have clarity about how The New York Times will use a meter to create a digital subscription revenue stream. After all, the plan went into effect in Canada March 17 and is supposed to start rolling out in the United States and globally Monday afternoon… Tweet This Post

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51 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

Mar 26, 2011 No Comments

Spring is definitely in the air despite the frigid weather here on the East coast. If you’ve been out enjoying the sun, we seriously can’t blame you. Mashable is here, however, to help you get up to speed on any social media resources or tools you might have missed… Tweet This Post

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Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]

Mar 26, 2011 No Comments

Web culture can be fleeting, but when the Internet grabs hold of something it really, really loves to make fun of, a mere mortal meme can transcend the petty bounds of its digital adolescence and live forever in the soul of our civilization — the uber-meme, as Nietzsche (would have so obviously) described it… Tweet [...]

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New York Times Announces Paywall Launch Time, Drops Case Against @FreeNYTimes

Mar 25, 2011 No Comments

The New York Times announced that its widely unpopular paywall will go into effect in the U.S. and worldwide beginning 2 p.m. Monday, March 28.The paywall will be implemented in stages throughout the hour, a Times spokesperson said in an emailed statement… Tweet This Post

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HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Advanced Social Media Search

Mar 25, 2011 No Comments

Ann Smarty is a search marketer and full-time web entrepreneur. Ann blogs on search and social media tools. Her newest project, My Blog Guest, is a free platform for guest bloggers and blog owners. Follow Ann on Twitter at @seosmarty… Tweet This Post

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#REDALLOVER: Nike Leans On Twitter To Design New USA Men’s Soccer Kit

Mar 25, 2011 No Comments

Team USA play Argentina tomorrow at the New Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey, and while we’re all excited to see Messi & Co. pretty much run circles around the team, at least our boys will look good in the process… Tweet This Post

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The Morning Lowdown 03-25-11

Mar 25, 2011 No Comments

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning: » Condé Nast has brought back consultancy McKinsey & Co. Though this time it’s not to lay off waves of staffers, but to assess growth opportunities… Tweet This Post

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Sulia Joins Forces with Twitter to Give Publishers More Relevant Twitter Streams

Mar 24, 2011 No Comments

Sulia a startup dedicated to helping people find relevant content and users on Twitter, has just announced that it is working with Twitter in order to deliver “premium streams” of Twitter content. Distribution partners so far include Flipboard, The Washington Post, TweetDeck, and the Wall Street Journal… Tweet This Post

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Color Me Intrigued: Color App Launches With $41 Million In Its Pocket

Mar 24, 2011 No Comments

Hard to say yet whether this is just another spark from the over-rubbed balloon that is today’s social media startup world, or an actual spark of genius: A new service called Color—which creates social groups and timelines around photos you take on your phone and your current location—has just launched as an iOS and Android [...]

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Dorsey Is Back In Action At Twitter, And That May Be Formalized Soon

Mar 23, 2011 No Comments

While everyone is going gaga over Lady Gaga at Twitter, it’s the gradual return of another creative genius to 795 Folsom Street that’s got die hard Twitter fans all hot and bothered.  Twitter and Square co-founder Jack Dorsey, as first reported by Business Insider’s Nicholas Carlson, is currently in talks with Twitter management to expand his [...]

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