Cell phone traffic was jammed on Monday in Boston. Despite early rumors that Boston police decided to shut down cell phone towers following the blasts, fearing more duffel bag bombs could be remotely activated, wireless carriers said the issue was that the cell phone network was simply overloaded.
Motor Trend just named the Tesla-S “Car of the Year“…one of the most coveted prizes in the auto industry. What makes this interesting is that Tesla is the first all-electric car to win the award and the first unanimous choice for this yearly honor.
Four years ago it was Motrin-gate – the argument over whether Johnson & Johnson over-reacted when it pulled a Motrin ad campaign aimed at relieving the back pain suffered by Moms who carry their babies in a sling.
It’s hardly news that Twitter gaffes are a professional communicator’s nightmare. Once posted, it’s impossible to recall your tweet and pretend it never happened. We all know intuitively that brand and personal reputation damage is difficult to repair once your “mistake” has gone viral.
PR and Marketing professionals have begun to re-embrace the cliché that “A Picture is Worth One Thousand Words.” Last week’s purchase of Instagram by Facebook for $1.1 billion is what we call a clue about the power of visuals. Read more
The industry calls it “lean finely textured beef”. The social media world has dubbed it “Pink Slime”…or did they? That phrase was actually coined by a federal microbiologist in 2002. It was first reported in a 2009 in a New York Times article. Read more
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