An INSANE SocMed infographic (click image to ‘embiggen’):
From Business Insider:
General Motors’ decision to pull its $10 million FB ad budget set of a firestorm reaction ahead of the social network’s IPO… But in the cold light of Wednesday morning, some are pointing out that this may say more about GM than Facebook. One person, for instance, told Business Insider that GM’s Facebook strategy was “mental.”
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From the NY Times:
When Randall Stephenson, AT&T’s chief executive, spoke about the state of the wireless industry at a conference this week, he shared some surprisingly frank comments about the iPhone.
If AT&T hadn’t offered unlimited data, it would have been able to get people who used more data to pay up for it, as opposed to having the light data users subsidize the heavy ones, he said.
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As you may remember, Foursquare and Gowalla both launched in 2009. Providing a similar (ok, very similar) service, Gowalla has announced they’re out. From Gowalla.com:
“Thank you for going out with Gowalla. It was a pleasure to journey with you around the world. Download your check-ins, photos and lists here soon.”
C’mon – really???
Oprah apologizes for TV tweets
Oprah Winfrey has issued an apology for breaking TV ratings rules and urging fans to watch her show “Oprah’s Next Chapter” show during the Grammy Awards telecast on Sunday.
The TV titan took to Twitter and invited followers to change the channel to her OWN network. She wrote, “Every1 who can please turn to OWN especially if u have a Nielsen box.” During a commercial break later, she added, “Commercial Grammy people..u can turn to OWN.” Ratings compilers at Nielsen weren’t from amused seeing the plea as a violation of their policy. Winfrey’s tweets were later removed.
In a statement to The New York Times, Winfrey said, ”I removed the tweet at the request of Nielsen. I intended no harm and apologize for the reference.
And (once again) gets it right:
You’ve got to read this one…
And the damage control:
http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/29/ocean-marketing-press-release/
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