Friday, April 1, 2016

Watch a Boat Crash Straight into the Dock


Watch a Boat Crash Straight into the Dock

It's like when you're parking your car in a parking lot and your tire bumps the curb because you went a little too far, only it's a giant boat that's gone too far and the curb is a dock with a bunch of people walking around. So yeah, not exactly the same. A lot, a lot worse.

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North Korea officially blocks Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

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North Korea has officially announced it is blocking Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and South Korean websites in a move underscoring its concern with the spread of online information.


The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications announcement was posted this week at the country's main mobile service provider, Koryolink, and other places serving Internet users.


Very few North Koreans have Internet access. Typically they can see only a sealed-off, government-sanctioned intranet. But foreigners had previously been able to surf the Web with almost no overt restrictions, though most likely with behind-the-scenes monitoring of their Internet activities. Read more...


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Why Steve Jobs Turned Down The Idea Of A Big 30th-Anniversary Party

On Apple's 40th anniversary, one early exec remembers his grand plan to assemble all current and former workers for a stadium-sized party.

Though Apple anniversaries and other milestones are hugely important to the media and to loyal customers, the company has never made a big deal of such things-and there's a good reason for that.

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Marketing Day: AdWords bids continue to rise, April Fools' Day pranks & MarTech

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Here's our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.


From Marketing Land:



Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:



Online Marketing News From Around The Web:


Analytics



Blogs & Blogging



Business Issues



Content Marketing



Conversion Optimization



Copywriting, Design & Usability



E-Commerce



Email Marketing



General Internet Marketing



Internet Marketing Industry



MarTech



Mobile/Local Marketing



Social Media



Video



North Korea officially blocks Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Ap_1604010707074265
Feed-twFeed-fb

North Korea has officially announced it is blocking Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and South Korean websites in a move underscoring its concern with the spread of online information.


The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications announcement was posted this week at the country's main mobile service provider, Koryolink, and other places serving Internet users.


Very few North Koreans have Internet access. Typically they can see only a sealed-off, government-sanctioned intranet. But foreigners had previously been able to surf the Web with almost no overt restrictions, though most likely with behind-the-scenes monitoring of their Internet activities. Read more...


More about Social Media, North Korea, and Tech


Marketing Day: AdWords bids continue to rise, April Fools' Day pranks & MarTech

marketing-day-header-v2-mday

Here's our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.


From Marketing Land:



Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:



Online Marketing News From Around The Web:


Analytics



Blogs & Blogging



Business Issues



Content Marketing



Conversion Optimization



Copywriting, Design & Usability



E-Commerce



Email Marketing



General Internet Marketing



Internet Marketing Industry



MarTech



Mobile/Local Marketing



Social Media



Video



Thursday, March 31, 2016

Kanye West Lied, Life of Pablo Streaming Not Just on Tidal

After insisting rather strongly
that his new album
, Life of Pablo, would never be available outside of Tidal, it appears that Kanye West has finally backed down. Just in case you haven't already torrented the hell out of the album already, Life of Pablo is now also available on Spotify, and elsewhere.

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