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Ford Foundation grants the Los Angeles Times $1Million to staff newsroom
- May 18, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- business
- trends
- hirings and firings
- publishing
Universities do it. Not-for-Profits do it. And now, a major-market daily newspaper has accepted a grant to fund staff at the paper. The Los Angeles Times has been awarded a $1.04-million ...
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INFOGRAPHIC: Siri Satisfaction: "Siri, why don’t you understand me?"
- May 18, 2012
- trends
- research
- technology
Apple’s Siri (Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface) was launched in October of 2011 as an integral—and heavily advertised—part of iOS 5, the operating system for the iPhone 4S. Six ...
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Fiat uses Google Street View for Epic Prank on Volkswagen
- May 16, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- trends
- fun
- automobile
- technology
The Italian car company Fiat pulled a prank on German car company Volkswagen at their Swedish headquarters—and we’re not sure the European Union will survive. We blame it all on ...
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Facebook Isn't Cool Anymore, But Millennials Still Rely On The Site
- May 16, 2012
- By Melanie Shreffler
- trends
- generation y
- social
- cultures
Editor's note: This article is written by Melanie Shreffler--Editor-in-Chief of YPulse, a youth market research firm. Facebook’s IPO is just around the corner, putting a fresh focus on the ...
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THE HIP-STIR #7: Two fluds, the second toy story's demise, an alarm that makes your day, and a "forward" thinking film festival (walk into a bar)
- May 15, 2012
- By Rocky McGredy
- trends
- hipsters
- generation y
- technology
- innovation
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, it's time once again for that wonderful weekly digestible dose of curated cool that we like to call THE HIP-STIR. It ...
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GM Crashes a Camaro into Facebook Ahead of IPO
- May 15, 2012
- By Matt Van Hoven
- trends
- advertising
- brands
- automobile
- marketing
The Wall Street Journal published a lot of ridiculous things today in a story about GM that are making me scratch my head, because the words make my brain itch. To wit ...
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Giving Up Your Data Porn Addiction
- May 15, 2012
- By Derek Gordon
- trends
- marketing
- technology
There’s a lot of data out there. A lot. And if you’re a marketing professional, you very likely see huge PowerPoint decks and Excel spreadsheets filled with charts, graphs and ...
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INFOGRAPHIC: Dad 2.0 “Proud Papas”
- May 15, 2012
- trends
- research
- men
The image of moms getting together at the play park to compare notes and swap stories on kids is timeless. Blogs, message boards, and other versions of social media geared to moms ...
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Profiles in Partnership #1: An Interview with Roger Hancock--Manager, Community Affairs AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah
- May 14, 2012
- By Bruce Burtch
- business
- trends
Profiles in Partnership is a series on best practices and sound advice for developing and maintaining successful partnerships between nonprofit and for-profit organizations by author Bruce Burtch. In this article, Bruce interviews ...
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5 Ways to Crash and Burn with your Web Marketing
- May 14, 2012
- By Maciej Fita
- trends
- innovators
- technology
- disruptors
Marketing a website online can be a daunting task for some. At first glance it might seem like it is a straight and forward process but the reality is that it’s ...
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