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Reddit Fights SOPA With Blackout and Call to Action [VIDEO]You’ve likely noticed the effects or heard of today’s Internet blackout in protest of the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA). One of those sites participating in the protest, Reddit, has pledged to go dark for 12 hours, and it’s taken the opportunity to ditch the debates an... Curated Commerce: How Retail Brands Can Cash in on the Latest CrazeJohn 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 like Digg and reddit have been around for years... Is Your Child Ready to Design Google’s Next Doodle?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 belief or are good enough to beat out the expected 100,000-plus entries from aro... Live Tweeting From the NYC SOPA and PIPA ProtestThe 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 proverbial geek batsignal: ̶... Women’s Wear Daily Launches on iPadWomen’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 a fifth of whom own Apple’s ta... Professional Development: How to Stay on Top of the Latest Marketing TrendsShara 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 estate pr... SOPA Will Take Us Back to the Dark AgesI 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 truly scary) text of SOPA (and its Senate doppelganger, PIPA, ... Here’s How to Protest SOPA on PinterestThough 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 presence to protest the proposed measure... Meet Friends of Your Friends and Expand Your Social Network With 3DegreesThe 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 web-based application that lets you meet your friend... How to Access Wikipedia During the BlackoutIt’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 (and by the looks of the web today, many of you do), it can be difficult when yo... |