Campy but Good Google announced the launch of OpenSocial—their set of standardized application programming interfaces (APIs)—at "Campfire One" last Thursday. S'More of a Good Thing
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Ah, to Be Aggregated. Being assimilated into someone else's Collective is not generally desirable. But many happily relinquish control when Google decides to acquire their enterprise.
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Beautiful Jewelry. Right Out of a Magazine. Literally.
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Japan—Uniqlo's new UT (Universal Time) concept store opens April 28th in the Harajuku shopping district of Tokyo, Japan. The store features limited edition t-shirts packaged in plastic canisters, capped in UT signature red.
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On Friday, Google announced its intent to acquire DoubleClick for $3.1 billion. Why Google Wants DoubleClick
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They say usability is like oxygen - you never notice it until it's missing. What it Is. What it Does.
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Twitter.com asks us, simply, "What are you doing?" What's a Twitter? Twitter is an online social community tool that allows people to update friends—and strangers—worldwide about specific moments in their lives.
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Online radio is rife with Web 2.0 listeners. According to Techcrunch, content demand for two French-based online music entities, BlogMusik and RadioBlogClub, was so intense that both elected to go off-line this week in search of more robust and secure server space.
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On March 7th, the Million Penguin authors laid down their collective keyboards, completing Penguin Book's A Million Penguins wiki novel experiment. The Numbers
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Featured on mynameiskate today, is Pete Goldlust, a man who carves actual size (3-5/8" x 5/16") wax crayons.
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Need a second opinion on whether to buy that new dress? Social Retailing™ may soon allow you to "virtually" try on clothing in-store and transmit a live video feed of your image to any email, cell phone or digital device for immediate feedback from friends or family.
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You've seen thousands of billboards, but have you ever been moved by one? Responded to a call to action? Chances are you can count the ones you remember on one hand, the one's you've liked on a couple of fingers. So, is outdoor advertising effective? When used appropriately, yes.
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Alterian's recent survey of more than 500 direct marketers found 85% planned to increase online marketing expenditures in 2007.
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When the World Wide Web (www) was initially created, documents had rudimentary formatting options such as bold, italic and underline, and font, size and color were set with font tags. Everything was embedded within the HTML (hypertext markup language).
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Artist Michael Jantzen's Wind Shaped Pavilion is a kinetic Syd Mead-like fabric structure designed to change form with the movement of the wind. Says Jantzen of the wind-driven concept:
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Old Spice has done a nice job reinventing itself over the last few years, tapping a younger demographic and distancing itself from a staid and tired image.
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I recently received a nice imprinted USB jump drive from a business contact. The $20-30 drive was wrapped in a piece of bubble wrap secured with a rubber band and left on a table for me without discussion. After the meeting, it was nearly thrown out with the trash.
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J.W. Marriott Jr. doesn't own a computer. One year ago, he didn't know what a blog was. Yesterday, citing his will to keep the Marriott brand relevant in an increasingly competitive hotel industry, he launched a blog—his entries transcribed from recorded dictation.
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Social Media Optimization In 2007, look for Social Media Optimization (SMO) or more aptly Social Media Marketing (SMM) to overtake Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as the primary concern of businesses looking to generate web traffic and positive dialog about their brand.
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A colleague recently asked for my take on the latest Saks Fifth Avenue identity roll-out from Pentagram's Michael Bierut.
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Not only is Google the number one search engine, it's also the best place to work according to Fortune Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For 2007 list.
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Touted by his personal emcee as "The World's Only Bipedal Humanoid Robot," Honda's Asimo showed off for the world, sprinting across the stage at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). See the video
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