Facebook ‘Defriending’ Led to Double Murder, Say Police
A Tennessee couple removed a woman they knew from their list of friends on Facebook, and authorities say the woman’s father and her boyfriend, upset over her treatment, retaliated last week by murdering the couple in their home. Marvin Potter, 60, and Jamie Curd, 38,… Read More »
EmailCross-Platform Advertising Campaigns Boost Brand Recall 9 Times
Daisy Whitney’s New Media Minute: Advertising is becoming increasingly interconnected, and more marketers are pushing out innovative cross-platform campaigns. How does each medium perform? They’re not all created equally. Mobile phones generate a much higher click-through (or “interaction”) rate — 4 and a half times… Read More »
Steve Jobs’ FBI File: Bomb Threat, Drug Use Noted in Background Check
With Reporting By ABC News’ Pierre Thomas and Jason Ryan: Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who transformed personal computing, communications and other fields with such products as the iPhone and iPad, also had a 191-page FBI file that detailed a federal background check, a bomb… Read More »
Does Apple Own ‘iPad’? Maybe Not in China
Apple’s iPad has been a runaway success by almost any measure … except for the name “iPad.” A Chinese company, Proview Technology, says it registered the iPad name there in 2001, and has sued Apple to stop it from using “iPad” in the giant Chinese… Read More »
Vacation Nightmare: Family Billed $11,000 For Streaming Movies
When the Gibsons of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, in Canada, returned home from a family vacation in Arizona, they found a $10,600 bill from their Internet provider – all because they had let their children stream movies on Netflix without realizing there would be roaming charges. “The kids were getting… Read More »
Steve Jobs Spoofed in Commercial for Taiwan’s Action Electronics
Steve Jobs became an iconic figure, alone on a stage in jeans and a black mock turtleneck, introducing the iPad or iPhone, or something else that was destined to change modern technology. Now, a Taiwanese company has created a takeoff. It’s a commercial in which… Read More »
Centenarian Keeps her Mind Sharp with Nintendo DS
Nintendo has a new and enthusiastic, if unexpected, spokesperson in 100-year-old Kathleen “Kit” Connell of Thornliebank, Scotland. Proving that video games are not just for teenage boys, Connell told The Sun in the U.K. that her handheld Nintendo DS helps her keep her mind sharp…. Read More »
Bluefin: How to Measure Social Buzz for a TV Show
Daisy Whitney’s New Media Minute: Where will the next great breakthrough in marketing and measurement come from? A lot of ad agencies are betting on a social media metrics company called Bluefin labs. Everywhere I turn, I hear this company’s name mentioned; we should mention… Read More »
Facebook IPO: Mark Zuckerberg’s Letter
LETTER FROM MARK ZUCKERBERG Following is the full text of the letter Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, included when the company filed Wednesday for an initial public offering of stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Facebook was not originally created to be a company. It… Read More »
RuneScape: Teen Beaten to Give up Virtual Possessions in Online Game
It was only a game — played in the vast virtual world online called RuneScape. But according to a Dutch court, a 13-year-old boy suffered a very real beating because he picked up an amulet and mask while playing, and some other teenage players wanted… Read More »
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