What on earth is CNN playing at? It has a history of sacking or proscribing employees who had the temerity to blog, and yet it has just launched a beta website based on user-produced news. Neville Hobson recently posted on the plight of ex-CNN employee Chez Pazienza who was sacked for covertly running his own […]
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- MEMORIAL DAY: Condiments On FacebookMemorial Day is a time to remember those who served our country, but Memorial Day weekend is also the unofficial kickoff of grilling season, and digital intelligence firm TrackMaven decided to focus on the grilling equivalent of accessories, analyzing the Facebook pages of 12 condiments from May 1 through 21. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The be […]David Cohen
- Banking on social CRMSocial media and the financial industry… you may think they are like chalk and cheese. However as more and more companies start to bring this new digital technology into their marketing strategies, people are beginning to realise that if social media can be correctly integrated into the financial industry, it can provide significant value into a business’ ob […]Lucy
- Collapsed Washington Bridge Already Removed From Google MapsGoogle wastes little time updating its maps: The four-lane bridge in Washington state that partially collapsed on Thursday has been removed from Google Maps 12 hours after falling into the Skagit River. An empty placeholder now fills the bridge's location: Image courtesy Google The bridge gave way with little warning, sending two cars and their occupant […]Alex Fitzpatrick
- VTech Recovers $63,000 In Revenue With Targeted Email CampaignShopping cart abandonment is a top pain point retailers across verticals face daily. In fact, approximately 80% of all online transactions are discarded before transaction, according to research from Rejoiner, an email retargeting solution provider. To stand out among competitors and bring shoppers back to the e-Commerce site, retailers are implementing comp […]info@retailtouchpoints.com (Alicia Fiorletta)
- How to Sync Your Facebook Contacts to iPhoneWith iOS 6, Apple introduced much greater Facebook integration. Part of this is the ability to sync your Facebook friends into your iPhone contacts It's not an automatic process, however. You have to actually activate the integration in your iPhone's settings. We have created a quick and easy gallery showing how to do this, and how to merge duplica […]Amy-Mae Elliott
- Freshly Pressed: Friday FavesThis week, we turn up three very different Freshly Pressed posts united by their incisive exploration of unexplored, long forgotten, or unexpected experiences, experiences that have been made somehow peripheral by time, geography, or culture. They’re posts you’ve responded to, and that we hope you’ll find resonant. Notes on Email I started to think how long […]Michael Pick
- Facebook Chief Technology, Accounting, Financial, Operating Officers Offload StockA few high-profile executives sold some of their Facebook stock Thursday. Securities and Exchange Commission filings show that Facebook Chief Technology Officer Michael Schroepfer, Chief Accounting Officer Jas Athwal, Chief Financial Officer David Ebersman, and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg all cashed in some Facebook stock. continued… New Career O […]Justin Lafferty
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