Yesterday, the first same-sex French wedding was arranged in the city of Montpellier following the passage of a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children. Prior to the legalization of gay marriage in the country, non-profit organization Tous Unis Pour l’Egalité teamed up with Google and Ogilvy Paris to provide French same-sex couples with an opportunity to wed over the Internet, via Google+ Hangout.
Category Archive: Social Media
The Barclaycard global payment company focuses on their high level of personalization in a new digital campaign, developed by Dare. Following in the footsteps of Old Spice and the “Responses” hunk-themed activation, Barclaycard has launched the “Bespoke Offers” all-digital multi-platform campaign centered upon the personalized 1-minute YouTube clips about twitterers.
Pinterest has introduced a new type of pins, the so-called Rich Pins, across three categories—consumer products, movies and cooking. These pins contain related information from the original sites, highlighting availability and real-time pricing for goods, cast members and ratings for movies, recipes, and more.
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. The application, which was developed by Saatchi & Saatchi LA in collaboration with Google and Joystick Interactive, was introduced as a prototype at the Google I/O event.