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  Tweets get physical with SapientNitro's tricky invention Social Stock Ticker

  Design  yesterday

  The London team of the international multi-channel marketing agency SapientNitro has come up with a fun and tricky way to marry analogue and digital technologies—in a somewhat retrospective, non-commercial device called Social Stock Ticker.

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  Russian Standard Vodka Will Give (Sober) Entrepreneurs Many “Incredible Pursuits”

  Marketing  Jun 14, 2013

  Russian Standard Vodka is launching a summer competition for aspiring entrepreneurs in the U.S. with a chance to win a small but nice cash prize of $10,000—something a vodka brand is rarely expected to do.

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  Google+ Helps Host Virtual Same-Sex Marriages

  Social Media  May 30, 2013

  Non-profit Tous Unis Pour l’Egalité teamed up with Google and Ogilvy Paris to provide same-sex couples with an opportunity to wed over the Internet, via Google+ Hangout.

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  Barclaycard Promotes Its High Level of Personalization with Bespoke Ballads about Twitterers

  Social Media  May 29, 2013

  The Barclaycard global credit card has approached its customers with a new UK promotion revolving around ultimate personalization.

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  Pinterest "Rich Pins" Will Add Practical Value to Shared Images

  Social Media  May 23, 2013

  Rich Pins contain related info from the original site, highlighting availability and real-time pricing for goods, cast members and ratings for movies, ingredient lists for recipes, and more.

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  SKY Customers Can Record TV Programs Using Tweets in Brazil

  Social Media  May 21, 2013

  Leveraging the popularity of social TV trend, subscription-TV operator SKY has launched a new service in Brazil, enabling its SKY HD subscribers to shape their viewer experience using Twitter. #SKYREC allows users to start the recording of shows and programs on the decoder with a simple re-tweet.

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  The Toyota Collaborator App Adds a Social Twist to Buying Cars

  Social Media  May 20, 2013

  Toyota USA previews a new social shopping app, Toyota Collaborator, that will allow potential buyers of the cars to learn more about the vehicles, customize them without visiting a dealership and even go on a virtual test-drive with friends online.

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  Facebook to Include Video Ads in Newsfeeds in July

  Social Media  May 8, 2013

  The video ads are reported to appear in the users’ newsfeeds in July, marking the social media’s giant entrance to the growing online video advertising market.