Archive
The Apocalypse Will Be Twittered
The best fiction overtakes the consumer’s reality by weaving itself into that reality and becoming a part of it. What makes this…
Part of the
network
network
YouTube Celebrates Black History Month
February is Black History Month in the United States and YouTube is celebrating through a partnership with Grey Goose Vodka to present a month of progamming in its honor. They've kicked off the month with four films that "offer unique accounts of moments or themes from African and African-American history," Sara P. explains on the YouTube Blog.
Twitter Community Crowns Official Twitter Babe
Adult star Stoya isn’t the first official “Twitter Babe,” just the first one we were aware of. You can thank, if that’s the kind of thing you’re thankful for, the Twitter community and readers of XCritic.com for the election. That’s e-Lection, mind you. The first official Twitter Babe was a young lady named Tori Black, but we weren’t issued a press release about her. (By…
Polling with Facebook’s Latest Engagement Ads
In another fine example of socializing advertising, Facebook announced a continuation of its Engagement Ads with the addition of new polling ads. Don't get it confused with its Davos polling.
Facebook Denies Selling Off User Info
British news site The Sunday Telegraph stirred up privacy advocates by reporting Facebook’s plan to sell user data to companies looking to do faster market research. Facebook tells Webproworld The Telegraph got it all wrong.
Yahoo Halts Ads In RSS Program
Here's hoping that members of the Yahoo Publisher Network didn't have any important plans hinging on the combination of advertising and RSS feeds. It appears Yahoo's decided the two things don't work well together and has discontinued its efforts in this area as a result.
