As a creative director, my workday often revolves around crafting and optimizing email communications for big brands. So I'm always intrigued when new technologies come along that allow me to put another tool in my kit. One of the most exciting developments to come along recently has been the use of video in email. Not the spoofed playback buttons overlaid on a static image, or even animated gifs that simulate video, but honest-to-goodness sound and motion video played directly in a recipient's inbox....
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January 15, 2013
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Even the most reluctant social media participant can't have failed to have notice Pinterest's impact over the past 12 months. However, you'd be wrong if you continued to buy into the misconception that it's just all pictures of wedding plans and cupcake designs. Pinterest is now the fourth largest source of traffic after Google, direct traffic and the ubiquitous Facebook and is continuing to grow exponentially. In fact, it drives more referral traffic than YouTube, LinkedIn and Google+ put together. It's time to start taking this site very seriously.
East Carolina University Sues Cisco Over Slogan
January 14, 2013
From Reuters
"ECU has used the mark 'Tomorrow Starts Here' for over a decade, including in national advertisements and publications such as
Forbes and
Wired," Chancellor Steve Ballard said in a statement.The U.S. university said on Friday that it is seeking damages for unauthorized use of the trademark, which it said is "a university-wide brand that represents an overlapping field of goods and services when compared with that of Cisco". A Cisco spokeswoman said the complaint came as a surprise.
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