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Julian Assange Records The Simpsons Guest Spot While Under House ArrestWikileaks founder Julian Assange is set to play himself in the 500th episode of The Simpsons, according to a report by Entertainment Weekly. Assange — who has been the subject of a grand jury investigation in the U.S. that has been going on for more than 500 days amid sex crime allegations... Join Twitter Today! Recruiting Video Is So Bad It’s GoodDuring Twitter‘s official 2012 Hack Week, one project was to make the “best/worst recruiting video of all time.” Consider that challenge successfully completed. The result, a video by Twitter employees Ian Padgham and Jeremy Briggs, has since gone viral. Uploaded to YouTube on Fri... Jonathan Franzen Is Wrong: Ebooks Are Good for EveryoneI love books, especially old ones. Recently I learned a simple dinner table trick from a 110-year-old magic book. It involves picking up a napkin with both hands and, without releasing either corner, tying the napkin into a knot. Good fun and likely unavailable anywhere but in this very old tome... ComScore Co-Founder: Brands’ Social Media Followers Often Aren’t the TargetMashable’s Davos coverage is presented by BMW i, a new concept dedicated to providing mobility solutions for the urban environment. Brands are often surprised to find that their fans on Facebook and the like aren’t necessarily their intended target audience, says comScore ... Skate Park Becomes a Canvas for Magical 3D Lighting Display [VIDEO]A half pipe in a skate park in Brazil turned from concrete to turntable to spikes, using 3D lighting. 3DM, an architectural lighting company, created the installation for the Contato Multimedia Festival. Check out the magical optical illusion in the video above. We’ve seen 3D pro... Facebook Wants to Put You on a Times Square BillboardFacebook is offering users a moment of glory on a Times Square billboard — all you have to do is tell them what you care about in the 2012 election. The new campaign, called “What Matters Most,” asks you to prioritize the three issues you care most about, heading into the 2012 e... Judge: Ron Paul Can’t Ask YouTube, Twitter to Expose ‘Impostors’A federal judge turned down Ron Paul’s campaign’s request for information on a social media impostor last week. The campaign has been trying, without success, to expose the person who uploaded a YouTube video in Paul’s name, that attacks former rival candidate Jon Huntsman. In... Columbia and Stanford Creating $30 Million Institute to Bridge Journalism and TechBig news on the innovation front: Columbia Journalism School and Stanford’s School of Engineering are teaming up to create an Institute for Media Innovation. The Institute hopes to bridge the gap between journalism and technology and encourage collaboration between the two disciplines. The ... 5 Privacy Tips for Location-Based ServicesAlysa Z. Hutnik is a partner in the advertising law and privacy and information security practices at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. Her co-author, Sharon K. Schiavetti, is an advertising and privacy associate at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. Read more on Kelley Drye’s advertising blog Ad Law ... How to Watch Obama’s Google+ HangoutU.S. President Barack Obama will be answering questions in a Google+ Hangout on Monday evening. The president, who has previously participated in digital town halls for Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, will be hanging out at the White House’s Google+ page from 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. ET. Oba... |