Peas On Earth, Goodwill Toward Twitter
A couple of days ago something strange began happening on Twitter. Avatars of the people I follow began sporting peas. Peas in the background, in the foreground, pea pods, pea hats. And I’m all, "what’s with the freakin’ peas?" read more More: continued here peas on earth goodwill toward twitter
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iTunes Expands In The UK
MTV Networks International, and Apple have announced an agreement to distribute full-length TV shows from MTV, Nickelodeon, and Paramount Comedy channels for purchase and download from the iTunes Store in the UK. The UK deal is the first for the two companies outside the U.S. The venture is expected to be the beginning of a [...]
Yahoo! Local Gets a Facelift
Yahoo! Local today announced a redesign and series of upgrades to its site. Many of these changes represent a new effort to bring out user generated content, and to motivate users to participate in user reviews, according to Brian Gil, lead project manager of Yahoo! Local. To augment this effort, the company has also modified [...]
Tech Tries Targeting Teens Technologically
Marketing discussions and efforts at gaining the attention of the elusive teen market take different forms, in looking at how one Internet titan and one relative newcomer give it a try.At Yahoo, the Ypulse Mashup 2007 two-day conference aimed its events at “today’s totally wired generation.” Hitting the teen demographic is like nailing a golf [...]
Affiliate Summit: Monetizing Communities
At the Affiliate Summit in Miami today Lee Dodd, President, Zydeca Partners and Jeremy Schoemaker (ShoeMoney), President, ShoeMoney Media Group spoke on how to monetize community and social networks during a panel discussion. A member of the audience asked how to start a forum on their Web site. ShoeMoney recommended starting topics yourself and tracking [...]
Virtual Sex Bed Caper Leads To Avatar Lawsuit
Just try to read this without feeling like you’re sitting in the back of the classroom, snickering with your buddies at the slightest hint of double entendre – you know, she said jacket, heh heh. It’s bad enough this story involves virtual sex and real fake money, but add in that "Stroker" is suing [...]
eBayer Auctions Personal Data To Marketers
People sell all kinds of stuff on eBay. The past brings us listings for immortal souls (deleted), Britney Spears hair (mostly deleted), and even cruel Christmas presents (deleted pronto). And now someone is selling his personal data to the highest bidding marketer. Seller "highlytargeted" posts a picture of Star Trek’s Data character as his avatar [...]
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