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Social Soda Arrives

When you think of innovation, chances are a lot of things may come to your mind – but I’d be willing to bet that one of those things isn’t soda. After all, soda is basically “sugar water” that hasn’t experienced much change in the past 125 years or so. And no, I’m not counting New [...]

The best innovation is often staring right at you (and twitching its whiskers)

I had a real driveway moment yesterday as they say at NPR, where they apparently have lots of hidden video moments these days, when I heard the story of Alice Chen, a Cambridge-based, shamefully young scientist in a joint Harvard-MIT program. Ms. Chen has managed to place a tissue-engineered human liver into a mouse. Into [...]

How Brands Can Change Usernames on Social Networks: A Simple Go-To Guide

Did your company recently update its image by changing its name, and now you’re stuck figuring out how to reflect these changes on your social networks? Or maybe you’d like to change your username on your personal accounts? Changing a username isn’t as tricky as you may think, but finding best practices and instructions for [...]

Recap – My Way or the AOL Way: How Good Content Can Thrive

On yesterday’s episode of PJA Radio, Mike O’Toole and Matt Magee discussed the leaked copy of AOL’s new content strategy, which appears to stress the importance of SEO and page views over editorial quality. While many people argue that AOL is heading down the path of content farms such as Demand Media, others suggest that [...]

2011 Super Bowl ads and the missing (mobile) link

With marketers making huge investments in the SuperBowl, why did so many forget to think about the guy on the sofa with a smartphone in his hands?