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#The Rules Of Social Media: Contests And Sweepstakes Are Fine, If You Want...
"Many brands and individuals mistakenly obsess about shortcut tactics to gain fans and followers instead of investing in their publishing strategies," says Mike Proulx, senior vice president of digital...
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Is Activism Saving Big Food Instead Of Destroying It?
The actions of proponents of local and organic are having an effect on the food industry: It's actually trying to do better.
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Games For Civic Participation, Social Causes, And Fun
Organizations are increasingly turning toward online gaming as a way to draw attention and educate people about their issues. Here are some of the best.
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How Do You Make A City From Nothing?
Tasked with carving vibrant urban centers out of the jungles of Guatemala, the proponents of charter cities must figure out what actually is required to create one.
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Amazon Hiring For Its New Games Effort
According to The Next Web, Amazon--which recently announced it was getting seriously into the social gaming scene--is really beginning to move on recruiting staff to its new gaming studios in both...
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CAA For Nyan Cats: How Viral Spiral Helps The Meme-Famous Profit From Their...
Viral Spiral founder Damian Collier: as comfortable in front of the camera as his amateur web-video stars. | Photos by Alex Sturrock Bart Jansen loves cats and airplanes. When the 33-year-old Dutch...
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Why Too Much Data Disables Your Decision Making
Quick, think back to a major decision. You know, the kind that compelled you to read everything on a topic and lead you to spend hours devouring every last scrap of data. How'd that work out for you?...
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Social media is a mindset, not a toolset.
Social media is a mindset, not a toolset. Attribution: Margaret Molloy, Commenter, "The Rules of Social Media"
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Seedcamp's Reshma Sohoni: Bad Accelerators Will Face "Day Of Reckoning"
When we talk about accelerators, we often do so through an American lens: TechStars, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, DreamIt Ventures, LaunchPad LA. But it's important not to forget that a strong network...
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#TheRules of Social Media: Don't Make People Do X, Y, Then Z. Stick With X
"The most successful social media companies are the simplest ones you can think of," says Alex Iskold, CEO of the entertainment social network GetGlue. "Complexity doesn’t really work in social media....
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Being Funny Can Get You A Raise
Drew Tarvin runs Humor That Works, a website and consultancy dedicated to the idea that bringing a little levity to your workplace can only increase your bottom line. He left his job at Proctor and...
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Meet Doorsteps, The Company That Wants To Take The Misery Out Of Home Buying
The process of buying a home hasn’t changed a great deal since the 1930s. Sure, there are a few more mortgage loans available, agents have mobile phones and websites, and there's third-party...
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Your Friends Are Your Next TV Guide
Do you trust your friends? If you plan on watching television anytime soon, you better. That's because yesterday TVGuide.com released an updated version of its iOS app, placing social recommendations...
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How Sprinkles Cupcakes Grows Its Customer Base
Sprinkles Cupcakes founder Candace Nelson's sweet plan for success is to let her customers spread the frosted word.
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Behind The Year's Most Talked-About (Gun-Free) Game, "Unfinished Swan"
One of the most talked-about games of the year is one of the most unusual--a game that has players discovering the unfinished world of a madly creative king. Creator Ian Dallas talks about making a...
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It's Nikola Tesla's World (We're Just Opening Museums About Him In It)
Matthew Inman--the comic illustrator behind The Oatmeal--won a thumping victory against FunkyJunk's lawyer in June and raised more than $220,000 for cancer research and bear preservation. His latest...
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Floating Housing (And Golf Courses) For Post-Climate-Change Island Paradises
A new resort development in the Maldives (currently sitting five feet above sea level) will be ready if the country starts to go underwater--the whole thing is already floating.
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Infographic: 160 Years Of Hurricanes Form One Giant Hurricane!
Particle physics or alien conspiracy?
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Pivoting From A White Label YouTube To A Multi-Million-Dollar Exit
Serial-entrepreneur Reggie Bradford launched Vitrue in 2006 as a kind of “white label YouTube,” that let consumers create, upload, and rate video ads for their favorite products. Fresh off of two...
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The Ascent Of The Arab Startup
When I arrived in Dubai in late 2009, Maktoob was all the rage. The Internet portal, founded in Jordan 11 years earlier, had hit the big time with the kind of exit that technology ventures dream of. In...
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