Facebook is stirring things up this week. We thought we should round up some good bits for you. Facebook Rolling Out Pages-Only Feed By Tim Petersen – Adweek Amid the marketer outcry over their page posts reaching fewer News Feeds, Facebook said today that is has begun rolling out a “Pages Only” News Feed that … Continue reading
IKEA AR App Shows Users How Furniture Would Look In Their Homes By Emma Hutchings – PSFK IKEA Now, developed by District Nerds, uses augmented reality to let you see how items from the catalog would look in your home. Read more… Keeping Viewers Distracted, With TV Commercials Slipping Through By Wayne Friedman – MediaPost … Continue reading
Is This The World’s Most Interactive Print Ad? By Todd Wasserman – Mashable As the release from Lexus notes, most traditionally “interactive” print ads direct users away from the page (think QR codes.) However, “CinePrint Technology flips that on its head, creating a tactile and visceral connection that brings one closer to the printed page … Continue reading
Reactions to the Facebook Commercial Opinions abound about the new existential-ish commercial for Facebook like Lance Ulanoff of Mashable who thinks “The Facebook Commercial Is All Kinds of Wrong“, and Adweek’s Tim Nudd who thinks the ad is gorgeous yet he’s not impressed. But you can hear the real story from Creativity Online’s Ann-Christine Diaz … Continue reading
thinkLA Corporate Member: Deutsch LA The Adweek 50 By Tony Case – Adweek The Adweek 50 is not merely a tally of the highest ranking, highest profile, highest paid execs (hasn’t Mark Zuckerberg topped enough lists already?). Rather, here we give props to the muscle men and women, those who won’t necessarily make the cover … Continue reading
Soda Ban Enacted In New York By Jessica Testa – BuzzFeed The great New York City soda ban has finally happened. The sale of sodas and sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces is now prohibited across all five boroughs. Over the past few weeks, the Bloomberg Administration and the soda lobby have mounted a furious … Continue reading
Hello, the Olympics! Are we ready for 2-week(ish) of frantic internet browsing for scores and medal counts and sleep deprivation from odd-hour live broadcast? (Thank you NBC for doing it live this time around!) U-S-A! U-S-A! I guess at least one of us is excited. 🙂 As for the rest of you, enjoy the nuggets … Continue reading
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