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Domino’s wants your help to shame stores still using its old name
Domino’s franchisees have a new social media-induced headache thanks to an initiative from the corporate headquarters. This week, the pizza chain changed its name from Domino’s Pizza to Domino’s because — as it insists — the brand is about so … Continue reading
Two fierce tropical cyclones heading for coast of Australia
Queensland is preparing to be smashed by tropical Cyclone Marcia as it makes landfall early on Friday morning, while the Northern Territory is bracing for tropical Cyclone Lam The category three Cyclone Marcia has been upgraded to a severe category … Continue reading
Bill Cosby ‘very appreciative’ Eddie Murphy declined to spoof him on ‘SNL’
LOS ANGELES — “I am very appreciative of Eddie and I applaud his actions.” A nice note from Bill Cosby probably isn’t what Eddie Murphy was after when he apparently declined to impersonate the disgraced comedian on the 40th anniversary … Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg shows off Mandarin again in Lunar New Year greeting
Mark Zuckerberg is busting out his Mandarin skills again. The Facebook CEO posted a video message delivered entirely in Mandarin to celebrate the Lunar New Year, which kicks off Thursday in the United States. As of writing, the video had … Continue reading
Tina Belcher dancing with Sleater-Kinney will rock your Riot grrrl soul
Beneath Tina Belcher’s awkward teen exterior beats the heart of a punk. For the music video for their song “A New Wave,” Sleater-Kinney collaborated with the animators from the TV show Bob’s Burgers. The band magically appears in Tina Belcher’s … Continue reading
Yes, Ello still exists and it’s getting ready to reintroduce itself
For a few glorious weeks last fall, Ello, once dubbed the anti-Facebook, had the kind of media coverage that many tech startups would kill for. Then it seemed to fizzle out just as quickly The Vermont-based startup took a big … Continue reading
A plastic baby you can drink out of is a thing on Kickstarter
Plastic babies are so hot right now. American Sniper‘s plastic baby stole the show, and now synthetic infants are hitting the streets. Well, they will if this Kickstarter for a plastic baby you can drink out of meets its goal. … Continue reading
Crowdfunding may be the next digital marketing frontier
Marketers should be thinking about crowdfunding similarly to how they thought about social media 12-14 years ago “It’s going to be the next big pillar in digital marketing,” Jerry Needel, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Indiegogo, says. … Continue reading
‘The Voice’ will debut a real-time GIF Keyboard for Season 8
LOS ANGELES — If you watch any televised live event or competition show, you’ll often see tweets such as, “Someone needs to GIF that moment” or “I need a GIF of X doing X stat.” NBC’s The Voice is remedying … Continue reading
Peter Greste says meditation helped him avoid ‘mind f*ck’ in Egyptian prison
LONDON — Studying, exercise and meditation were what got Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste through the 400 days he spent incarcerated in Egypt. See also: The Egyptian government’s war on free speech 49-year-old Greste was in London Thursday, for the first … Continue reading
