Which Tony-nominated show takes the prize for social media? #theatre

The 2009 Tony Awards are tonight, and in honor of them I am taking a look at their social media campaigns. Productions are making their presence known on various sites like Twitter and Facebook. It’s the kind of marketing that allows patrons to connect to their favorite shows before or after they see them.
I’m only [...]

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Breaking: Facebook chooses 1 A.M. to announce its revert to old TAC

Facebook recently changed their terms and conditions to not-so-subtly say that they owned our data when users disabled their accounts. Meaning your photos, notes, wall posts would be property of Facebook.
People raised a fit! Boy howdy, did they raise a fit. Facebook saw a surge of accounts disabled. People wrote them, blogged nasty posts, and [...]

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Did you send some digital love this Valentine’s Day? (Vday post 1)

Ah, digital love! Pixels zooming through the wireless cloud to give a little smile to someone you love. Your digital love could be one of Facebook’s gifts, a Twitter @reply to tweet “I <3 U,” or just a simple ecard.
Granted, it’s not a bouquet of fresh cut flowers, and it’s not a dinner date with [...]

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Twirgins, I give you reasons to use Twitter (and what to expect.)

So, quickly, Twitter is becoming popular.
Celebrities use it. News organizations use it. Businesses use it. But you don’t.
You’re a twirgin (someone who hasn’t used Twitter before.)
Beyond status updates, Twitter is a more powerful tool than you think. In a simple way this service allows people converse the hottest topics in real time. But I’ll get [...]

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Hot Trends: U.S. Airways Airliner Crashes into Hudson River, New York

//Update 11:05 A.M. JAN 16

Here is a great video of the plane.

Plus a good example of a vlog on flight 1549. I hope you’re out there sharing your opinions via vids, and the comments on the following vid are a great read.

//UPDATE 10:55 A.M. JAN 16

As I’ve [...]

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Do You Like Whoppers More Than Your Friends? For a Free One, I Do.

{via Switched}
Burger King is offering a free Angry Whopper (a spicy counterpart to their original flame-broiled treat.) But you’ve got to prove your loyalty to the king.
You need to add the Whopper Sacrifice Facebook app, and then the next part is fun! Burger King is asking you to boot 10 of your friends. Yup, these [...]

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The Day Facebook Stood Still (or the lame blackout idea)

Dec 15 1 million users will choose to not use Facebook.

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Niche

Why niche social networks will become more lucrative.
There is a group of people that despise mainstream ventures. People that despise the Miley Cyrus/Jonas Bros. of the moment. People that despise the Hollywood blockbuster (or to theatre folk, those that despise film’s popularity over performance art.) This group instead prides itself in being part of a [...]

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LOL Lindsay Lohan Kicked Off Facebook

{via DListed}

So, I saw this post on DListed and couldn’t help but share.
Apparently the Facebook crew does not believe that Lindsay Lohan is in fact Lindsay Lohan. They think her account is a fake. So, they disabled her account.
It’s no biggie because Facebook doesn’t delete our information. She’ll probably get her account back. But oh, [...]

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2020: What’s a TV? I Watch Shows on Facebook

Earlier this month, MySpace unveiled an application from Hulu that would let users post their favorite shows onto their profiles. Now Facebook, via its powerful app platform, will let users do the same. You will start seeing apps for specific shows like Grey’s Anatomy and Family Guy, all streamed via Hulu.
You will be able to [...]

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