It’s Shark Week! Like most of the rest of the world, we at thinkLA are excited for SHARK WEEK! Check out the team effort by thinkLA members Discovery and DeutschLA on their toothy promo for Volkswagen… read more What Brands Really Think of Agencies by Brian Morrissey – Digiday Over the past six months, Digiday … Continue reading »
NBC: Nearly half of Olympics streams are from mobile, tablet by Robert Andrews - paidContent Almost half of the internet video NBC is serving this Olympics is going to mobiles and tablets. That’s a watershed for portable TV. But what happens when at-home internet TV becomes commonplace…? read more Tweeting Truck Lands on Mars, Internet Explodes With … Continue reading »
New ‘Facebook Stories’ Reveals Human Drama Within By Lauren Indvik – Mashable Facebook took the wraps off Facebook Stories Thursday, a section designed “to celebrate the different stories that are coming out of Facebook,” according to a spokesperson’s description. …read more Which US Olympians Have the Most Social Media Influence? By Sam Laird – Mashable … Continue reading »
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London 2012 Olympics: Athletes rebel at social media crackdown banning them from thanking sponsors By Simon Freeman – London Evening Standard, UK Olympic athletes today united in an online rebellion against a social media clampdown which bans them from posting pictures thanking their sponsors. Dozens of track and field athletes have hit out at Rule 40 … Continue reading »
Are you over the Queen of England jumping off the helicopter with James Bond? Neither are we. And now, onto today’s top news… Facebook Timeline Photos Redesign Lets You Blow Up Favorites 4X Larger, Shows Tagged Shots First By Josh Constine – TechCrunch Considering you’re usually most interested in tagged photos of friends, especially when … 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 of … Continue reading »
We scour the Interwebs to bring you random happenings and news… so you don’t have to… Today on the Daily Dish: Olympic Sponsors Race for Viral Advertising Gold by Tim Nudd – AdWeek Procter & Gamble is the Usain Bolt of 2012 Olympic sponsors, judging by the fun animated infographic below, which pits brands against … Continue reading »
In celebration of Friday the 13th, here’s a creepy stalker kitty: We scour the Interwebs to bring you random happenings and news… so you don’t have to… Today on the Daily Dish: Adopt a Black Cat for $13 This Friday the 13th by Lauren Lloyd – LAist While Friday the 13th is usually deemed one … Continue reading »
