Oct 4, 2010

LinkedIn today launches Career Explorer in collaboration with PwC US, one of the largest employers of college graduates in the United States. The new LinkedIn Career Explorer tool provides current college students with unique, data-driven insights to help them build their careers.
Career Explorer enables college students to chart potential career paths, build a professional network and gather valuable insights into the careers they are interested in pursuing. Career paths are easily …
Oct 4, 2010

Postseason.TV, the live interactive online viewing experience powered by MLB.com and MLB Postseason national television rightsholders, Turner Sports and FOX Sports, returns on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, when the Division Series begins on TBS. Postseason.TV will be accessible from MLB.com, FoxSports.com on MSN and MLB.com/TBSHotCorner.
After a successful debut last fall, Postseason.TV powered by TBS HotCorner and FOX Feeds again delivers a customized and interactive online viewing experience with up to 10 …
Oct 1, 2010

Procter and Gamble launched a new Facebook page to bring you the easy way to get your baby Pampers straight from Facebook, the first e-commerce solution from a P&G brand, with this solution Pampers transform Facebook into a real mom and dad community.
There is no doubt that moms and dads spend a great deal of time on Facebook and today, Pampers announces it will make purchasing some of their favorite Pampers …
Oct 1, 2010

Rick Sanchez is out, CNN fired Rick Sanchez over a “Jews control the Media” comment made on Pete Dominick’s Sirius radio show on Thursday while he was promoting he new book “Conventional Idiocy”, Sanchez took the time to jab a big punch to his nemesis Jon Stewart calling him “bigot”.
Jon Stewart has made a few jokes about Sanchez, so a confrontation from Sanchez was more than expected, CNN took the …
Oct 1, 2010

Facebook is launching its shiny new Photo section, bigger images, better quality and a clear strategy, to take the Photo business to a whole new level even if it has to fight some rivals.
The new Photos section is being implemented and will provide print-quality images with a 8x increase from previous size (from 720px to 2048px), something that will be welcomed for everybody and photographers elsewhere, expect soon a Facebook …
Sep 18, 2010

PepsiCo announced that TableTop Media, LLC is one of the 10 start-up companies chosen for the inaugural PepsiCo10, an innovative incubator program that matches technology, media and communications entrepreneurs with PepsiCo brands to activate pilot programs in digital media and social marketing.
“PepsiCo10 is about outside innovation, celebrating and helping to cultivate emerging start-ups, while at the same time, refreshing our brands and our communications strategy with new perspectives and inspiration”
“The PepsiCo10 …
Sep 18, 2010

Samsung is partnering with viral music video pioneers OK Go in creating the band’s latest music video, which will mark uncharted territory for both music videos and camera brand marketing. The music video was filmed using the new Samsung NX100, Samsung’s latest innovation in premium camera technology. Fans of the band will not have to wait long, since Samsung is releasing the teaser video trailer today for all avid OK Go …
Sep 18, 2010

Faculty Focus, an online resource dedicated to effective teaching practices for the college classroom, today announced results of its second annual survey on Twitter usage and trends in higher education. The survey of nearly 1,400 college faculty members found that more than a third (35.2 percent) of the 1,372 respondents use Twitter in some capacity. That’s an increase from 30.7 percent in 2009.
“Interestingly, one of the new trends to emerge this …
Sep 18, 2010
Web “mash-ups” that weren’t possible even six months ago are now available in minutes thanks to new Kynetx (www.kynetx.com) integration with Facebook and Google Calendar APIs. Kynetx is a web development platform for creating context-aware apps that span multiple URLs. Using the context-aware Kynetx Rules Language, KRL, along with “context” (like Facebook data and Google Calendar data), developers can create a new breed of apps that respond to users’ needs and desires in a highly-customized, unique way.
The new additions to …
Aug 10, 2010

The computer and video game industry added nearly $5 billion to the U.S. economy in 2009, according to a new study released today by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). The study, Video Games in the 21st Century: The 2010 Report, also found that the entertainment software industry’s real annual growth rate from 2005 to 2009 exceeded 10 percent, more than seven times the growth rate of the U.S. economy as …