1. Kony 2012 (Invisible Children) Most Americans had never heard of Joseph Kony, the head of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda, before. This March video from advocacy group Invisible Children changed that. Click here to view this gallery. Is Kony 2012 an ad? If so, it was the most-viral ad of the year. If
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No Comments » Kicking off their runs as Apple’s newest generation products, the iPad mini and 4th generation iPad combined for 3 million sales during their opening weekend of availability. That information comes directly from Apple on Monday morning. This weekend’s sales doubled the number of third-generation iPads sold in March when that particular device was launched. “Customers
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Ever since I joined Adobe, virtually every conversation with a new customer begins in the same place: Photoshop. People love it, and it usually takes me a few minutes to move them from their perception of Adobe to the Digital Marketing opportunity that my team is driving. The fact is that not only is Adobe
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As MMW reported Wednesday, Microsoft was believed to have confirmed that its ubiquitous Office suite is coming to iOS next March. What a difference a day makes. On Thursday, news contradicted Microsoft’s Czech division, which supposed announced earlier this week that Microsoft Office for iOS, Android, and multiple other platforms would launch in March of
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It was one of the worst kept secrets in all of mobile technology. But on Wednesday, Microsoft confirmed that it’s ubiquitous Office suite is coming to iOS next March as widely rumored throughout 2012. According to information obtained Wednesday by The Verge, Microsoft product manager Petr Bobek has confirmed this looming reality. Speaking at a
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Inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center — the same prison in the Philippines where inmates’ dance cover of “Thriller” went viral in 2007 — have put their spin on Psy’s “Gangnam Style.” Soaked from rain, the orange-clad inmates performed an elaborate choreographed dance routine set to the infectious Korean pop song over
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Apple simply doesn’t want anyone else to have an app store. On Wednesday, Amazon made a request for the presiding judge in the matter to toss Apple’s lawsuit – a suit based on allegations of “false advertising.” Claims of false advertising directly relate to the online retailer’s use of the term “app store” when advertising
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Name: Joor Quick Pitch: An online marketplace that connects fashion buyers with brands. Genius Idea: Joor makes wholesale buying more like shopping at your favorite online store. As a senior buyer for Ann Taylor, Mona Bijoor’s job involved many back-to-back showroom appointments, spreadsheets and even a fair bit of paper and glue. “My husband would
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On Friday, ZeptoLab – the developer behind the pretty popular “Cut the Rope” mobile game – announced a promotional partnership with Burger King. And from the looks of it, this is a “whopper” of a deal – pun fully intended. The new promotion in question will feature exclusive premium toys based on the game’s character
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Electronic content producers are generating big bucks from their publishing efforts in the digital age. This week it was revealed that Future – a U.K. based magazine publisher – is going fulls-team ahead into expanding its current digital distribution model. And its a great model to build on, which already pulled in some $8 million
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