By Pavithra Mohan Sometimes it’s easy to forget that Google only became a household name within the past ten years. For young adults who grew up in the nineties, it’s hard to dredge up fragments of P.G. (“Pre-Googs”) life, particularly when it was marred by the likes of Yahoo and AOL search. “Search engine” was(…)
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Facebook Reaches One Billion, Launches Ad Campaign
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7SjvLceXgUBy Pavithra Mohan Facebook is perhaps the last social venture that needs an international ad campaign—followed at a slight distance, some might argue, by Twitter—but today marks a major milestone for the company. In an official “Newsroom” blog post, Mark Zuckerberg announced the following: “This morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook(…)
Awesomeness TV’s iPhone 5 Box Prank
The release of the iPhone 5 has been monopolizing the news recently and the YouTube channel Awesomeness TV cashed in on the hype with their video “iPhone 5 Box Prank.” The prankster dresses up as an Apple employee on the eve of the iPhone 5’s release and proceeds to throw about seven boxes full of(…)
Shippo – Neurowear’s Social Media Tail
Japan has long been famous for bringing the world some of its most adorable, and weird, innovations. Watch this Neurowear Shippo video and decide if Japan has come up with the next new trend in social media and fashion, or if they’ve just made the world a far stranger place to live in. Maybe it’s(…)
New Myspace Video Preview Reveals Sleek Redesign
By Pavithra Mohan Myspace pulled back the curtain on its new redesign with today’s posting of a new Myspace video preview, which boasts a streamlined format visually reminiscent of both Facebook and Pinterest, but with the added edge of horizontal scrolling. The new look emphasizes modularity while still preserving an image-driven layout that’s easy on(…)