The woman who was arrested for ‘poking’ someone on Facebook In yet another case of blurring between the lines of virtual and reality, a woman broke the law for poking via Facebook! Shannon Jackson of Tennessee broke the law when she poked a contact on her Facebook list, by violating a restraining order. The order ...
“If you build it, they will come.” It worked in the movies, but just putting up a website is no guarantee that it will draw traffic. You could buy ads, but if you’re unable or unwilling to “pay to play,” you’re likely facing the increasingly daunting challenge of attracting customers to your website on your ...
Until you have the user experience for an app right, you shouldn’t even be thinking of anything else. Designer and developer Aral Balkan showcases 10 beautiful iPhone app user interfaces that are more than just pretty A lot goes into designing a great user experience for an app, starting with the basic functionality. Let’s face ...
by Brenna Ehrlich There’s no denying that Facebook has had an impact on the way the younger set flirt, fall in love and break up. Now, Seventeen magazine has released a study that depicts just what kind of repercussions the social networking site has had on modern courtship. “Teens are incredibly social, and Facebook plays ...
Digital Trends, Social Networks, Top PicksWe’re here today at the St. Regis in San Francisco where Facebook is unveiling what CEO Mark Zuckerberg is calling a “modern messaging system”. Zuckerberg recalled talking to high schoolers recently and asking them how they communicate with one another. They don’t like email. “It’s too formal,” Zuckerberg noted. So about a year ago, Facebook ...
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As our digital and physical lives blur further, the internet has become the information hub where people spend a majority of their time learning, playing and communicating with others globally. Digital marketing professionals understand this, but most outside the industry don’t realize just how staggering the numbers are of people collaborating, researching, and interacting on ...
Social media has become an integral part of modern society. There are general social networks with user bases larger than the population of most countries. There are niche sites for virtually every special interest out there. There are sites to share photos, videos, status updates, sites for meeting new people and sites to connect with ...
The world may be going “Mad Men,” but Doug Pray’s documentary “Art & Copy,” which is being released just five days after the season premiere of that acclaimed television series, presents a very different picture of the advertising industry. Rather than the cigarette-smoking, tie-wearing swells of the early 1960s, Mr. Pray celebrates a later generation ...
Much has been written about the rapid growth and success of Chicago-based local daily deal company, Groupon. And it is for good reason. No other startup has gone more quickly from launch to $1 billion+ in valuation except YouTube (12 months), which Groupon achieved in 16 months with its latest $135 million infusion two weeks ...
POKE London has collaborated with Orange’s The Feed to turn tweets into harmonised songs sang by The Rockabellas. From Monday through Thursday of this week, select Tweets tagged with #singingtweetagrams will be recorded into one-off, downloadable Tweetagrams. The recorded Tweetagrams will be posted on The Feed, and selected user submissions will be informed via Twitter ...
Amanda Holden has told friends “my life is now complete” after finally returning home with her second daughter Hollie...
Imogen Thomas has teamed up with Caprice to design and model a new Valentine’s collection for Caprice’s lingerie range,...
Curvy actress Christina Hendricks puts on yet another glittering show. The star of TV hit Mad Men, 36, shines...
Singer Adele will perform at this month’s Grammy Awards, marking her first return to the stage since she was...
At least 80 people have died from a severe cold snap in central Europe saw temperatures drop as low...
Amanda Holden has told friends “my life is now complete” after finally returning home with her second daughter Hollie...
Imogen Thomas has teamed up with Caprice to design and model a new Valentine’s collection for Caprice’s lingerie range,...
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