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John Doyle is VP of digital strategy for Cramer-Krasselt / Chicago. Keep up with him at johndoyle.posterous.com. As we kick off 2012, one of the most prominent online trends is an increasingly diverse array of content curation platforms. While sites … Continue reading →

Your little sister, brother, favorite kid in the neighborhood or child could be the next Google star – that is, if he or she is a K-12 student living in the United States who has doodling skills that are beyond … Continue reading →

The SOPA protest is moving from the Internet to the streets. The NY Tech Meetup community, an organization of more than 20,000 “geeks, investors, entrepreneurs, hackers, etc.,” sent out an unprecedented emergency email last week, in which they lit the … Continue reading →

Women’s Wear Daily, the fashion, retail and beauty trade newspaper, has launched a comprehensive app for the iPad. This is the third iPad app the publication has launched. However, it’s the first that will let existing subscribers — more than … Continue reading →

Shara Darden is the founder of Firefly Marketing & PR, Inc., a Baltimore- and D.C.-based agency providing cost-effective, strategic marketing and public relations solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. Continuing education is a huge part of most professions. Teachers, real … Continue reading →

I had an epiphany today. The Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, was not written by people who fundamentally misunderstand how the web works. They understand all too well, and want to change it forever. Behind the almost unreadable (yet … Continue reading →

Though social sharing site Pinterest hasn’t gone dark to protest SOPA, a user has suggested a way that members can effectively create a Pinterest blackout. Len Kendall, director of digital at public relations firm Golin Harris, has used his Pinterest … Continue reading →

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: 3Degrees Quick Pitch: 3Degrees is … Continue reading →

It’s a pretty big statement for a web service as big as Wikipedia to go dark in protest of SOPA, but it’s not so nice when you actually need to find something on Wikipedia. Whether you oppose SOPA or not … Continue reading →

Before Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia’s tragic disaster Friday, some citizens of the island Giglio looked towards the sea to get a glimpse of the boat, following a Facebook prompt from a ship worker’s sister. While head waiter Antonello Tievolli … Continue reading →