The Tweeting Cigarette That Wants You to Stop Smoking
R/GA’s prototype studio team built an e-cigarette that sends a tweet out every time you take a drag, reminding your friends about your smoking patterns, and giving you an...
The Art of Political Memes
Veronica de Souza was perched in front of her TV with her iPad on her lap as she watched the presidential debates. So when Romney uttered the now infamous phrase,...
OMG There’s a Video in my Email
More brands will be moving towards using video in emails in 2013 as marketers discover the possibilities, aside from allowing senders to stand out from the crowd, embedded video...
Sean Parker Launches Airtime, Based on My 2010 “AIRTime” Prototype?
Sean Parker, founder of Napster, Plaxo, and founding president of Facebook, launched Airtime yesterday. It’s a video chat service linked to Facebook, taking advantage of Flash with its highly...
How a Stolen iPhone, Nelson, and a Photostream to Its Previous Owner Went Viral
A pretty interesting story to monitor the impact of social media on press coverage. Yesterday someone in my Facebook news feed shared a Facebook photo album, which at that...
Pinterest vs. Facebook: The Battle for Your Dollars
Pinterest versus Facebook; whose users spend more money? Fashion website Bottica.com released a case study that analyzed how consumers from each of the social networking sites spent money. The...
Here’s Why You’ve Been Unfriended…
My mother always said that politics was not good dinner table conversations. Well, it turns out, it isn’t proper online fodder either. A new report out by the Pew...
Costs (and Benefits) of Hyperconnectivity
According to a recent study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, today’s hyperconnected youth will shun deep engagement with people; they will lack critical thinking skills and...
