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Unilever lets consumers guide brand decisions
February 25, 2010 – 3:47 pm | 2 Comments
Unilever lets consumers guide brand decisions

Unilever – maker of everything from Lipton tea to Dove soap – is diving deeper into the world of social media marketing, creating bespoke social networks where consumers can engage with the brand, or even …

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Eastern Europeans prove social media stars
February 25, 2010 – 10:08 am | 12 Comments
Eastern Europeans prove social media stars

A new study by the Interactive Advertising Bureau in shows that Europeans from Portugal to Poland have been steadily embracing social media. Of all internet users surveyed in 16 countries, 52%  had updated or viewed …

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Italy court convicts Google execs for prankster’s video
February 24, 2010 – 3:24 pm | 2 Comments
Italy court convicts Google execs for prankster’s video

It’s a double-whammy day for Google in Europe. Less than 24 hours after the European Commission asked Google to respond to complaints lodged by three other search engines, an Italian court

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How to impress Twitterers? Free pancakes
February 24, 2010 – 3:01 pm | 4 Comments
How to impress Twitterers? Free pancakes

What do Twitter and IHOP (a.k.a. International House of Pancakes) have in common? They both feed you till you can feed no more. Yesterday was IHOP National Pancake Day and, true to form, IHOP stuffed …

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Pepsi sets out to change marketing – and then the world
February 24, 2010 – 2:43 pm | 4 Comments
Pepsi sets out to change marketing – and then the world

“We remain in the middle of a brand marketing crisis.” This is how Frank Cooper, senior vice president and chief consumer engagement officer at PepsiCo, summed up the state of play at this year’s Interactive …

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Europe to probe Google’s search algorithm
February 24, 2010 – 9:38 am | One Comment
Europe to probe Google’s search algorithm

It was bound to happen sooner or later: Google’s search engine, which has a market share of between 80% and 90% in Europe faces its first major antitrust challenge.

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Behold the “vook”
February 24, 2010 – 9:11 am | 6 Comments
Behold the “vook”

Will our great grandchildren know the discreet pleasure of licking your finger to flip a page? Will they know what a real bookmark feels like?

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Red Bull, Verizon busted for “ambush” Olympic tweets
February 23, 2010 – 3:05 pm | 7 Comments
Red Bull, Verizon busted for “ambush” Olympic tweets

Is Red Bull up to its renegade ways again? Has Verizon climbed on its back for the ride? The power of Twitter is in play again as these two companies – who are not Olympic …

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Twitter hits the 50 million mark
February 23, 2010 – 10:21 am | 18 Comments
Twitter hits the 50 million mark

If there were any doubts left about Twitter’s being a social media force to reckon with, then maybe its 50 million tweets per day should dispel them. That’s an average of 600 tweets per second.

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No sex please, we’re Apple
February 23, 2010 – 9:35 am | 2 Comments
No sex please, we’re Apple

Say goodbye to T&A at the Apple App Store. Apple has decided not to make the same mistake Adam did and will forgo the earning potential of scantily clad ladies.
This decision should give Google’s Android …

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