September 2008

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• Media

  Improvisation goes commercial

  09.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Improv Everywhere seems to be everybody’s favorite on the Internet, and that’s not so strange considering the comic value of videos like this, this and this.
  I just stumbled upon this British version which is a viral campaign for lastminute.com over […]

• People

  If you haven´t seen our documentary

  09.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Early this summer the Swedish Parliament voted yes to a new law that lets Swedish authorities listen in to all phone calls and Internet traffic passing the Swedish boarders. The new law caused an unpresidented uprising in the Swedish blogosphere which dominated the debate in Sweden for weeks on end. It’s a issue that affects […]

• Mobile marketing

  The new Google phone sold out before it hits the stores

  09.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The new Google phone has already sold out which is quite impressive since it’s not even available in stores yet according to TmoNews.
  In a recent episode of the podcast MoTR the T-Mobile G1 is discussed and the general feeling in the panel is that this is almost a beta phone and that the next version […]

• Media

  Citizen journalism in politics, Part 1

  09.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  There is a big shift going on in the field of political coverage. The US election is the most obvious and also most interesting example.
  In the past voters were relying solely on traditional media sources in combination with friends and family for information about candidates and the latest political news (and gossip). Now we are […]

• Australia, Consumer Uprising

  Australian campaign with naked “Swedish” girls cause consumer protests

  09.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  A recent campaign for Jim Beam, targeting low/middle class 18-30-year-old-males or more easily said, the typical aussie “bloke”, got heaps of complaints when it aired and got shut down since it objectified women, linked sex to alcohol, was “stupid” and “based on clichés”.
  To get the feeling; one TVC, ‘The Neighbours’, portrayed two “Swedish” girls sunbathing […]

• Convergence, Video

  NYT syndicates bloggers

  09.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Here is an interesting interview from Beet.tv with Vindu Goel from The New York Times. Goel talks about how NYT will syndicate content from prominent blogs like ReadWriteWeb , GigaOM, and VentureBeat. It’s interesting to see more and more traditional media companies incorporate new media in their products. These niched blogs will strengthen NYTs […]

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