Advertising Age, the leading trade magazine for the marketing industry, has pulled its March 16 issue. There has been a lot of talk about the decline of print media recently but instead of just reporting another story that not only impacts readers but the lives of the people who work there, PSFK dec...

Is it really so easy for the Facebooks and Wal-Marts of the world to use a national platform like Oodle or LiveDeal to successfully launch classifieds? Jay Schauer, a friend who runs Ad2Ad.com, doesn’t think so. (Among other services, Ad2Ad automates classifieds for community and college newsp...

As expected, Facebook has launched the redesigned Facebook home page this afternoon. Here’s how it looks: A few thoughts and first impressions: The default “filter” is “News Feed,” which appears to be all shared items by friends. You can filter your stream by network, p...

Whatever happened to Chris Hughes, the Facebook cofounder who joined Barack Obama's fledgling campaign in 2007 and powered it to victory using social networking? He's joined a D.C. PR firm. How crushingly disappointing! Hughes has kept a low profile since the election. He gave a speech in Washington...

Gregg Stewart has an outstanding post speaking to Marketing Integration in a Decentralized World. When you get a chance, please read the post and consider - not just the advice - but the solutions that are offered. One of the solutions mentioned was Aprimo. Aprimo is an Indianapolis-based company th...

With the community-driven Translations effort leading to availability in dozens of languages, Facebook has already done a phenomenal job at ensuring that their popular social network continues its viral-like spread across the globe. Today Facebook’s map is expanding even more by making the sit...

“ Do you Poken?” It’s a respectable question, not one you hear every day, but it was a tagline floating around the room at the First Swiss StartUp Camp in Basel. I walked in and was greeted by smiles from the organizers, they handed me my badge and T-shirt and then my eyes fell upo...

Meet Officer Vaughan Ettienne, the bodybuilder who learned the hard way you shouldn't write like a thug online, or a jury might just suspect you of mistreating a suspect. Ettienne (not pictured above, that's Herc from The Wire) once posted the following under a video clip of a cop punching a handcuf...

“911 what’s your emergency?� the operator asked. “It’s my daughter Tiffany! I just came over and found her unconscious in her bed! Please send someone over here right away! She can’t die!� Tiffany’s mother cried hysterically. “Ma’am, I need you to calm down. What’s the address ...

Corey is going far away from the mucky muck. Upset With $350 Electrical Bill, Man Pays In Pennies [I'd Like To Register A Complaint] NoJo Rowhomes - Modern Design on 12th Sigh… I want one. Shame that 4 isn’t a 2. Reasonably-Sized OLED TVs Stalled By Our Crappy Economy [OLED TVs] Sharing ...